MLB Statement: DC Baseball Business Activities Cease Until Further ...
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Bob DuPuy, who is Major League Baseball&#39;s president and chief operating officer, issued the following statement Wednesday regarding the legislation passed by the DC City Council late Tuesday night.
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Washington's new baseball team shut down business and promotional operations indefinitely Wednesday as its move to the nation's capital teetered on the brink of collapse.
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Mayor Anthony A. Williams isn&#39;t giving up on Major League Baseball in Washington, saying Thursday that District of Columbia officials are working hard behind the scenes to get an acceptable deal done by the Dec.
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The deal to bring baseball back to  Washington, D.C, was described by Mayor Anthony Williams as  close to dead Wednesday after the City Council changed the plan  to require private financing, a move Major League Baseball  (MLB) called unacceptable.
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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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According to several baseball officials, District residents could learn on Thursday that Major League Baseball plans to return to the national capital next season.
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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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Major League Baseball&#39;s plan to move the former Montreal Expos franchise to Washington DC appears to be falling apart. Washington Mayor Anthony Williams said Wednesday the deal was almost dead after the city
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Issues such as financing, traffic and zoning laws, and not opposition from Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos, are what's keeping baseball from moving the Montreal Expos to the Washington, D.C., area, Major League Baseball president Bob DuPuy said Monday.
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The D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission will apparently announce that the Montreal Expos will be moving to Washington, an executive said.
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WASHINGTON - It was more pep rally than news conference, with the mayor and city officials wearing red Washington Senators caps, the ones with the curly "W" on the front.   "After 30 years of waiting and waiting and waiting," said Mayor Anthony Williams, adding dramatic pauses for emphasis, "and lots of hard work and more than a few prayers, there will be baseball in Washington in 2005!"   Baseball returned to the nation's capital for the first time in 33 years Wednesday, with an announcement from Major League Baseball that the Montreal Expos will move to Washington next season...
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The Montreal Expos appear to be near the end of a long road, mere inches from finally becoming the Washington Nationals. And Mayor Anthony Williams believes the District of Columbia is making similar progress
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Washington&#39;s Major League Baseball franchise today began to unveil its plans to sell season tickets, ending two weeks of delays and marking the first tangible way for fans to connect with
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This is it. There will be no more second chances. No more Curt Schillings and Keith Foulkes to sign in the off-season. While it really hasnât been discussed, the organization is expected to take another
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Major League Baseball is moving the Montreal Expos to Washington DC The city has been without a Major League team since the Senators team moved to Texas and became the Rangers in 1971.
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For a team that has suspended much of its operations, the Washington Nationals were a brisk source of commerce Thursday &#151; at least in sporting good stores.
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District of Columbia Council Chairman Linda Cropp, left, and Washington Mayor Tony Williams announce a baseball stadium financing agreement they say is acceptable to Major League Baseball during a news conference in Washington, Monday, Dec. 20, 2004.