Washington Baseball Fans Await Word on Expos
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Baseball fans in the nation's capital were anxiously awaiting formal word on Wednesday that the financially beleaguered Montreal Expos would relocate to the city for the 2005 season.
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The proposed move of the Montreal Expos to Washington is set to be approved when baseball owners meet Thursday in Chicago.
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Major League Baseball announced Wednesday that Washington, DC -- not Las Vegas -- will be the new home of the Montreal Expos next year.
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Baseball&#39;s decision to move the Montreal Expos to Washington gave officials in San Jose reason for optimism in their bid to acquire a major league team.
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This is just a guess, but I would assume that most people who read that the Expos were leaving Montreal for Washington in yesterday&#39;s Eagle simply yawned and turned the page.
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Washington, D.C., remains the No. 1 choice to become the new home for the Montreal Expos, but issues remain, according to two people with knowledge of the relocation process.Major League Baseball's relocation committee met with representatives from the nation's capital for 11 1/2 hours Wednesday to discuss the city's proposal, but the committee isn't ready to make a recommendation to Commissioner Bud Selig.Bob DuPuy, MLB president and chief operating officer, said the Tuesday victory by ex-Washington mayor Marion Barry in the Democratic primary for City Council should not affect the city's proposal to build a stadium for the Expos. Barry opposes taxpayer funds for it.Selig has vowed the team, now owned and operated by the other 29 owners, will have a new home for the 2005 season. He hopes to have an announcement before the postseason begins Oct. 5."We have no reason to believe the elections have changed the proposal unless we're told otherwise," said DuPuy, who also believes a suit by former limited partners of the Expos will not delay moving the team.Lawyers for the partners said Wednesday they plan to ask a judge to block MLB from moving the team.In their lawsuit, 14 limited partners claim former Expos owner Jeffrey Loria and stepson David Samson conspired with baseball officials to dilute the partners' share of the team from 76% to 6%-7% and had no intention of keeping the franchise in Montreal."In my view, the lawsuit is irrelevant," DuPuy said.The relocation committee also met this week with would-be owners from Northern Virginia, who hope to put the Expos in the Washington suburbs.
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With approval by baseball owners and a ballpark funding package pending, the Montreal Expos were rechristened the Washington Nationals on Monday with a splashy ceremony before hundreds
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Major League Baseball officials will announce today that the Montreal Expos are relocating to Washington, Mayor Paul D. Fraim said Tuesday night.
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Washington decided on where to build a ballpark for the Montreal Expos if major league baseball moves the team to the nation's capital
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Fans of the Montreal Expos prepared to  bid adieu on Wednesday, as Major League Baseball said Canada's  first big league team was to be relocated to Washington for  next year's season.
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MONTREAL - This was the kind of crowd the Expos always hoped to draw at Olympic Stadium - 30,000 strong, loud and lively.    They finally did, on the night they played their very last game in Montreal...
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Major League Baseball owners tabled Thursday&#39;s vote to relocate the Montreal Expos to Washington. According to baseball commissioner Bud Selig, the owners will likely vote before the winter meetings on Dec. 6.
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Major League Baseball informed Washington today that the Montreal Expos would relocate to the city in time for Opening Day in 2005, returning baseball to the nation&#39;s capital after a 33-year absence.
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The celebration can&#39;t last long in the nation&#39;s capital. The real work is just beginning now that the Montreal Expos are on the way: The city government must race against time to approve funding for a new stadium.
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WASHINGTON (Sports Network) - Professional baseball appears  ready to make a return to the nation's capital, as an  announcement could come later this week that the Montreal Expos  will be relocated to Washington, DC for the 2005 season.
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Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Professional baseball appears ready to make a return to the nation&#39;s capital, as an announcement could come later this week that the Montreal Expos will be relocated to Washington, DC for the 2005 season.
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The circle is complete. As the Expos prepare to face their uncertain future, as major league owners wrangle over the carcass, broadcaster Dave Van Horne is on hand to bear witness.