Nats Look OK to Fans
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After living with the Redskin Reign of Daniel Snyder, the Wizards/Mystics of Abe Pollin, the Caps' Ted Leonsis and D.C. United's Phil Anschutz, viewing baseball's auction from the sidelines last week took some adjustment for Washington fans.
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Runelyvs Hernandez's time in the minors seems to have paid off.
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American fans may not care for cheating players, but those players havenât stained the game sufficiently to keep fans away.
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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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Lose the choreography and dial back the frivolity. Thatâs my advice for the Mets as they resume the season. The Yankees, on the other hand, could use a bit of strut.
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The Montreal Expos are about to get their new name: the Washington Nationals. A city official and a baseball official, both speaking on condition of anonymity, said Friday that the team will reveal its new name, cap and red-white-and-blue color scheme during a news conference Monday.
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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 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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Despite the Mitchell report, which some say deals a blow to baseballâs integrity, fans donât appear to be boycotting the sport. In fact, quite the opposite.
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Curt Schilling and Pedro Martinez are revved up. Roger Clemens and Roy Oswalt are rarin&#39; to go. Baseball fans are ready, too. The shadows are getting longer, the leaves are starting to turn and pumpkins are showing up.
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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. 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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If anything, there will be a little more sizzle around the ballpark. There won't be so much focus on Julio Lugo's slump, or J.D. Drew's batting average, or Curt Schilling's injury, or the fact that there's not much of a race in the American League East right now.
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No. 700 was a modest home run. It traveled about two rows deep into the left-field bleachers. It brought some spangly streamers out of the upper deck and none of the Giants from the dugout, except for AJ Pierzynski
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The move must be official. The tricolored Montreal Expos caps, so Gallic, so quaint, are collectors' items now.
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Still-unanswered questions temper many people's enthusiasm for the rebirth of the Nationals.
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Single-game tickets for the Nationals' 2008 season, including the March 30 opener against the Atlanta Braves at the new Nationals Park, will go on sale March 4 at 9 a.m.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. - This isn&#39;ta good sign: Washington players have spent the week saying they&#39;re not in awe of Notre Dame, while the Fighting Irish have spent the week saying they&#39;re not overlooking the Huskies.