All involved parties should be on the hook for keeping Metrorail open if the Washington Nationals’ playoff games next month run past the transit systems normal closing time, Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said in a radio interview today.

Speaking to WTOP, McDonnell called the prospect of tens of thousands of Nationals fans departing the ballpark after 11 p.m.—some of whom would most likely be headed home to Northern Virginia—a “regional issue”:

McDonnell has told James Dyke, Virginia’s representative on the Metro Board, to “engage in discussions” for funding Metro’s extended hours. The Nationals postseason begins in three weeks.

“We don’t want everyone stranded,” says McDonnell. “We do want to try every way possible to make sure…that service is available.”

The governor’s solution, perhaps, is to get every stakeholder to put in for the $29,500 hourly cost of keeping Metrorail open late—a list that currently includes Metro, the District, Virginia, Maryland, Major League Baseball and, of course, the Nationals themselves. And then there’s Councilmember Jack Evans (D-Ward 2), the Nationals season ticket holder who has promised D.C. residents that Metrorail will stay open late during the playoffs, though he hasn’t explained how.