At RFK, Nationals Can't Find Home Plate
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For the second night in a row, the Nats' bats fall silent as Los Angeles' Derek Lowe throws seven scoreless innings for a 5-0 Dodgers win.
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The Washington Nationals are back in business. A week after the deal to move the Montreal Expos to the nation's capital appeared dead, it was revived Tuesday when the District of Columbia Council voted 7-6 to approve stadium funding legislation.
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Some Nationals fans who put deposits on season tickets are unhappy with their seat locations.
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The last time Washington's major league baseball team played a home game, fans stormed the field with two outs in the ninth inning in a show of anger and frustration over owner Bob Short's decision to move the team to Texas. But even then there was the expectation that in a relatively short time, major league baseball would find a way to put a team back in Washington. Instead it took 33 years.
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Everything involving the Washington Nationals stalled yesterday. No uniforms were unveiled. Fans were offered the opportunity to get refunds for tickets, rather than the chance to make new purchases.
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Baseball will return to Washington in 2005 after an absence of more than three decades. It was announced Wednesday that the Montreal Expos will move to Washington next season and play its home games at RFK Stadium.
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Norfolkâs hopes of attracting Major League Baseballâs Montreal Expos appear to be slipping away. Washington officials disclosed plans Tuesday night to build the Expos
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The St. Louis Cardinals can't seem to take control of the National League Central. Luckily for them, the second-place Cincinnati Reds are struggling, too.
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A six-run ninth inning wasn't enough for the Mets. An improbable rally fell just short last night when Paul Lo Duca flied out with a runner on third, and New York's 10-9 loss to the Washington Nationals at Shea Stadium cost the NL East leaders another chance to expand their cushion.
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NEW YORK -- With their pitching staff in tatters, the free-falling New York Mets blew a five-run lead Wednesday night and lost again to Washington.
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The D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission yesterday abandoned a plan to build condominiums, shops and parking garages next to the new Nationals baseball stadium in Southeast Washington, dealing a major setback to Mayor Anthony A. Williams's hope that the project would spark renewal of the...
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The Nationals will continue the eight year struggle of trying to make center fielder Nook Logan into a switch hitter by getting him to hit from the left side as well.
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The Washington Nationals canceled batting practice and players were allowed to show up at the ballpark later than usual because a chartered Amtrak train carrying the team home from New York derailed early Tuesday morning.
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DC United will retain its lucrative base of sideline seats at RFK Stadium despite the arrival of baseball at the 43-year-old stadium, according to plans being developed by the DC Sports &amp; Entertainment Commission.
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Washington's three-game winning streak is snapped as the Nats can't figure out Toronto ace Roy Halladay and fall, 7-2, Friday night.
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WASHINGTON - The president of Major League Baseball called Washington DC&#39;s legislation for a new stadium &quot;wholly unacceptable&quot; on Wednesday night and halted all business and promotional activities for the Washington Nationals until further notice.
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At the same time the District is spending $611 million on a ballpark, the Nationals want to roll the dice with the affections of their fans by fielding a low-budget team.