Baseball adopts Nationals name
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The Expos were rechristened the Washington Nationals yesterday with a few glitches and a tussle - but just in time for the Christmas shopping season.
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The Nationals reach agreement with free agent reliever Antonio Osuna on a one-year, $800,000 deal.
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â¢ Bud Selig announces that the troubled Montreal Expos will move to Washington, returning baseball to the nation&#39;s capital for the 2005 season.
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Major League Baseball will announce today that Washington will be the new home of the Montreal Expos, the Associated Press has learned.
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The question of whether baseball will now jerk its franchise out of Washington is a mere foregone conclusion. Why would baseball come here? We have pulled a bait-and-switch on the sport.
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Since childhood, John Patterson's nickname has been "Nasty," and that's exactly what the Nationals need their oft-injured ace pitcher to be this season.
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Companies ranging from video game makers to baseball card producers are having a difficult time finding the best way to incorporate the Nationals into their products.
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The first Red Sox World Series victory in 86 years could change the identity of the city.
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VIERA, Fla., March 1 -- There is but one portable stereo in the Washington Nationals' clubhouse, constantly set to an innocuous pop station. Not once during the past three weeks has it risen to a level that interfered with normal conversations. Not once has someone slid in a country CD, only to have...
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The Montreal Expos are expected to become the Washington Nationals if they move to the District, according to two published reports this morning, but the name could be a temporary one.
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WASHINGTON - Major League Baseball will announce Wednesday that Washington will be the new home of the Montreal Expos, The Associated Press has learned. A city official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Washington has been notified by Major League Baseball of the impending announcement that will return the national pastime to the nation's capital for the first time in 33 years...
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At some point, one would think Washington&#39;s new Major League Baseball franchise -- assuming it does, at some point, play in Washington -- would want to plaster
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The wait for a baseball team is over. The debate over the name begins. With the Montreal Expos headed to the nation&#39;s capital, ideas for a suitable nickname for a baseball team at the seat
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Washington, DC (Sports Network) - The official move of the Montreal Expos to Washington, DC is more certain than it was a week ago.
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NEW YORK (Ticker) -- The Montreal Expos have a home and Washington DC once again has a team. According to numerous reports, Major League Baseball formally will announce Wednesday that the Expos will be relocated
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The president of the re-named Washington Nationals, Tony Tavares, told WTOP Radio the vote was overwhelming. Tavares said the deal to move the Expos remains contingent on the DC Council giving final approval to a stadium plan.
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WASHINGTON It&#39;s been more than 30 years since baseball was in Washington DC -- and many residents don&#39;t seem in a hurry for a return.