There’s news in the baseball stadium world. First off, it appears that the Expos’ team name will most likely change to the Nationals, says the Post, which also alerts us to the shocking news that the chair of the D.C. City Council has unveiled a new stadium proposal, which the mayor says threatens the whole plan to bring baseball to D.C.

Linda Cropp, without any prior warning, has come out and said that it may be best to just build the new baseball stadium next to RFK Stadium at the far eastern end of Capitol Hill. Cropp said at a press conference in front of the Wilson Building that her plan, which would seek out public financing, would be less of a burden on the city’s businesses, which would foot much of the bill.

Mayor Anthony Williams (right), who is intent on having a publicly financed stadium built on South Capitol and N streets in Southeast, is livid. From the Post:

Williams responded angrily at his own news conference an hour later, saying that Cropp’s proposal could “blow … up” the deal he cut with baseball officials to bring the Montreal Expos to Washington in the spring. Under the agreement, the team would play at RFK for three years, then move to a stadium along the Anacostia in 2008.

The City Council vote on the stadium deal is on Tuesday. Expect fireworks to fly.

Back to the Nationals for a quick second. Assuming that the baseball marketing gurus are intent on the Nationals name, they’ll need to scoop up some Internet domains. First, washingtonnationals.com is already taken by an anti-Orioles fan group. And, dcnationals.com is taken by a Canadian skateboarding championship.