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August 26, 2004
D.C. Baseball Update
Eric Fisher at the Washington Times is reporting that Major League Baseball will announce a decision on relocating the Montreal Expos sometime in the next two weeks, most likely the week of Labor Day, September 5. The news comes in the wake of two days of meeting between baseball officials and the two Washington-area groups vying for control of the franchise. MLB officials, led by Chicago White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf, met with members of the District group for better than seven hours on Tuesday, and the Virginia group for another three hours on Wednesday. As to who is in the lead, I don't think anyone can really say. On the surface, it looks like the Loudoun bid is in trouble, with a pair of high-profile Virginia Republicans announcing their opposition to the particular type of financing that the Loudoun group hopes to utilize. In the Washington Post Thomas Heath says MLB is concerned about the opposition in Richmond, but Fisher reports in the Times that capital insiders believe that the Virginia opposition will melt away if the state is awarded the team. Distinguished Senators has been all over this story this week, so start here and work your way forward. Ryan thinks the Virginia bid is doomed, but he just doesn't want to drive to Loudoun. But hey, I'm just another member of the "cabal" out here in the suburbs, so what do I know?
Eric
01:27 PM
Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsI pose this question: If the announcement comes in two weeks that the Expos will come to D.C., will the media critics of Bud Selig change their tune and drop their often-excessive hostility towards the commissioner? I would not nominate Selig for CEO of the year, but I also believe he's done an above-average job as commissioner, and that much of the anger directed at him from the D.C. region would be better directed at political leaders who want to use taxpayer funds to build a private stadium. Posted by: at August 26, 2004 03:29 PM Post a commentThanks for signing in, . (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) |