Founding father Gerry Snyder feels city government let Expos down
677212
MONTREAL (CP) - Ask a dozen Montreal Expos fans why the team is on the verge of departure after 35 years of existence, and you&#39;ll get a dozen different answers.
59418
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.
326534
MONTREAL - The Expos era in Montreal ended with a 9-1 loss to Florida on Wednesday night, a game delayed for 10 minutes when players were pulled off the field after a fan threw a golf ball that landed near second base.    Hours after baseball announced that the 36-year-old franchise will be moved next season to Washington, D.C., a crowd of 31,395 showed up at Olympic Stadium for its final chance to say farewell...
370922
The chair of the District of Columbia Council proposed Friday that a new ballpark be built next to RFK Stadium instead of a site south of the U.S. Capitol, a plan that could cause Major League Baseball to drop the scheduled move of the Montreal Expos to Washington.
314519
Is the nation&#39;s capital on the verge of losing baseball again - this time without even playing a game? The move of the Montreal Expos to Washington, DC, appeared close to falling through Wednesday after
640913
In an interview on WTOP radio, Mayor Anthony A. Williams said a deal to bring baseball to D.C. is "close to dying" but can still be realized with more hard work.
636766
WASHINGTON - DC Mayor Tony Williams said he remains confident that a deal can be worked out to bring baseball back to the city after a 33-year hiatus.
485746
The deal to bring Major League Baseball back to Washington, DC, was described by Mayor Anthony Williams as close to dead on Wednesday after the City Council changed the plan to require private financing.
365652
Mayor Anthony A. Williams&#39; political career may depend on whether his plan to bring a Major League Baseball team to the nation&#39;s capital is approved in the next two weeks, he said Sunday during a national television interview.
589657
An angry and frustrated crowd in Southwest Washington last night denounced Mayor Anthony A. Williams&#39;s proposal to build a baseball stadium in their community, saying they feared being displaced
312065
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.
114198
Baseball supporters sang. A DC Council member waved a bat in glee. The mayor and council chairman appeared together after weeks of feuding.
348951
Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony Williams on Wednesday said the deal to bring Major League Baseball back to the U.S. capital was close to dead after the city council changed the plan to require private financing.
278066
DC Mayor Anthony A. Williams Signs Legislation to Bring Major League Baseball Back to Nation&#39;s Capital. Washington, DC Mayor Anthony Williams, is all smiles after signing into law a financing package for a
628065
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.
390789
Mayor Anthony Williams (website - news - bio) says the city has returned to a bad habit of not honoring its commitments. He says he made the agreement with the council and baseball to cut this deal.
369474
Dousing a flicker of hope that Las Vegas could land the Montreal Expos baseball team, the Washington, DC council on Tuesday finalized a last-minute deal to bring the franchise to the nation&#39;s capital.