Baseball&#39;s return: a long time coming for DC
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The last time the nation&#39;s capital was home to the national pastime, the game was literally a riot. Fans stormed the field with two outs in the ninth inning of the Washington Senators&#39; farewell appearance at RFK Stadium on Sept.
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Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Washington&#39;s wait is over for the return of a Major League Baseball team, as it was announced on Wednesday that the Montreal Expos will be relocated to the nation&#39;s capital in 2005.
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The deal to move the Expos to Washington, DC, is, as Mayor Anthony Williams puts it, &quot;in jeopardy.&quot; If it falls apart, baseball will not resume talks with other cities until after Dec. 31, and it&#39;s unclear where the Expos would play this season.
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Washington, DC&#39;s City Council on Tuesday approved a debt and tax-backed financing plan to build a new stadium for Major League Baseball, moving a step closer to bringing baseball back to the US capital.
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After two and a half years in limbo as a ward of Major League Baseball, the Montreal Expos appear to be heading to a new home in Washington.
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fter two and a half years in limbo as a ward of Major League Baseball, the Montreal Expos appear to be heading to a new home in Washington, which has had its Senators leave twice for other
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Description: Washington, DC&#39;s City Council has thrown a wicked curveball at plans to attract Major League Baseball&#39;s Expos.
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WASHINGTON - This has been quite an offseason for the game of baseball. Two weeks ago, the scourge of steroids finally and inevitably caught up with the sport, leaving the reputation of the game&#39;s biggest star in tatters.
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MONTREAL (CP) - A large crowd is expected to take in the final game at Olympic Stadium on Wednesday, which will come hours after Major League Baseball announces Washington as the team's new home.
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Like two teams before a big game, supporters and detractors of a plan to bring baseball to the District are preparing their lineups for tomorrow&#39;s showdown before the DC Council.
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The long wait for baseball in Washington will prove worthwhile as fans begin a rewarding relationship with the Nationals.
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Major League Baseball selected Washington, DC, as the new home for the Montreal Expos on Wednesday, bringing the iconic American sport back to the US capital after a 33-year absence.
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Major League Baseball appears headed to the nation&#39;s capital after all, with its supporters eking out a razor-thin victory on Tuesday from a city council that backed
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After all the twists and turns that the Washington, DC stadium controversy has taken, we should have known it wouldn&#39;t end simply.
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If Major League Baseball and the District of Columbia Council fail to reach an agreement to keep the Nationals in Washington, baseball would be faced with the difficult question
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WASHINGTON - Baseball is returning to the nation's capital for the first time in 33 years, in the form of the Montreal Expos. Major League Baseball announced Wednesday the team is moving to Washington to begin play at RFK Stadium in the 2005 season...
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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.