For Nationals fans among the 1.6 million Comcast subscribers in the area, the wait is over. After an acrimonious 15 months of squabbling, Comcast and MASN have settled their differences. This weekend, Comcast agreed to broadcast MASN-produced Nationals games for its area subscribers. The dispute originated from MLB’s attempt to relocate the Montreal Expos to DC. Peter Angelos, owner of the Baltimore Orioles, raised a ruckus, believing that his fan-base would diminish, given to…
The team is here, the stadium is to be built and the team will finally have a new owner — it’s all falling into place for the Washington Nationals. WUSA-9 is reporting that a new owner for the orphaned Nats may be named as soon as Friday, and the team is likely to go to real estate mogul Ted Lerner. The news is based on two anonymous sources, though MLB Commissioner Bud Selig denies that…
We’ve all heard the news — the negotiations between MLB and the District over the new stadium aren’t going particularly well. The City Council is increasingly annoyed with a stadium that is fast exceeding expected costs, while MLB continues being its own worst enemy by refusing to consider even the most basic financial concessions to the city. In a private meeting with the council yesterday, MLB chief negotiator Jerry Reinsdorf both surprised and angered the…
You’ve been warned: your iPod may well be stolen while you ride the rails to and from home and work. What was once a phenomena limited to Boston and New York, iPod-related thefts have made their way down I-95 and are now affecting Metrorail commuters. Police recommend being discrete with your iPod, especially by avoiding the now infamous and easily recognizable white headphones. Butterstick Becomes Hottest Ticket in Town: Yesterday we complained of not…
Final Baseball Vote Set for Today: How many final votes on the baseball deal are there? For baseball owners, their final vote on whether to send the Montreal Expos (to become the Washington Nationals) to Washington is today. While the real deal making has happened over many months and this vote is more of a formality, the cloud of unsettled District Council squabbles over the contentious stadium deal have put a cloud over today’s vote,…
With President Bush set to head north of the border in a state visit to Canada, a Canadian official has been advising Washington on a critical political issue. A Montreal city councilman has been in contact with District Council Chairman Linda Cropp regarding the Montreal Expos-now-Washington Nationals baseball team sending warning that D.C. should beware. The Post quotes a letter sent by Montreal’s Marvin Rotrand: MLB’s honeyed words are only calculated to open the public…
Good morning, Washington. There may be some rain moving into the area, so don’t forget your umbrella. Temperatures will be in the 50s approaching 60 degrees. Owners Delay Expos Vote: In a vote that was to officially seal the deal that would bring the Montreal Expos to Washington, baseball owners in Chicago have delayed their vote, the AP, via WJLA, reports. The Post reports that the deal is not in any danger of faltering considering…
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…
DC’s baseball team may not have a name yet, but they do have a tentative game schedule lined up. According to the Post, the former Montreal Expos are scheduled to play their first game on April 15 against the Arizona Diamondbacks. The last home game is against the New York Mets on September 25 at the new RFK Stadium. No word yet on when tickets for these games will actually go on sale. Baseball fans…
Reading into the Post’s main article on the official announcement of the Montreal Expos’ move to Washington, we were looking for those necessary paragraphs that talked about urban progress in the capital since the Senators left town in the 70s. Any broad overview of something as big as a sporting franchise relocation requires it. They are good measuring sticks of prosperity, despite their broad generalizations that can muddle the context in which they are rooted….