Deal will allow Expos to move
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District of Columbia Mayor Anthony A. Williams and Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp reached agreement last night on a stadium financing package that they said will satisfy Major League Baseball by guaranteeing construction of a permanent home for the Washington Nationals along the Anacostia waterfront.
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The Expos made their first big splash since announcing their move to Washington, agreeing Tuesday to a &#36;6.2 million, two-year contract with third baseman Vinny Castilla and a &#36;16.8 million, four-year deal with shortstop Cristian Guzman.
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The proposed move of the Montreal Expos to Washington is set to be approved when baseball owners meet Thursday in Chicago.
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Major League Baseball will announce today that Washington will be the new home of the Montreal Expos, the Associated Press has learned.
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Instead of rubber-stamping the Expos' move to D.C.  as expected, baseball owners make the surprise decision to table Thursday's vote.
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Professional baseball appears ready to make a return to the nation's capital, as an announcement could come later this week that the Montreal Expos will be relocated to Washington, DC for the 2005 season.
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Major League Baseball will announce Wednesday that Washington will be the new home of the Montreal Expos, The Associated Press has learned.
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Washington, D.C., remains the No. 1 choice to become the new home for the Montreal Expos, but issues remain, according to two people with knowledge of the relocation process.Major League Baseball's relocation committee met with representatives from the nation's capital for 11 1/2 hours Wednesday to discuss the city's proposal, but the committee isn't ready to make a recommendation to Commissioner Bud Selig.Bob DuPuy, MLB president and chief operating officer, said the Tuesday victory by ex-Washington mayor Marion Barry in the Democratic primary for City Council should not affect the city's proposal to build a stadium for the Expos. Barry opposes taxpayer funds for it.Selig has vowed the team, now owned and operated by the other 29 owners, will have a new home for the 2005 season. He hopes to have an announcement before the postseason begins Oct. 5."We have no reason to believe the elections have changed the proposal unless we're told otherwise," said DuPuy, who also believes a suit by former limited partners of the Expos will not delay moving the team.Lawyers for the partners said Wednesday they plan to ask a judge to block MLB from moving the team.In their lawsuit, 14 limited partners claim former Expos owner Jeffrey Loria and stepson David Samson conspired with baseball officials to dilute the partners' share of the team from 76% to 6%-7% and had no intention of keeping the franchise in Montreal."In my view, the lawsuit is irrelevant," DuPuy said.The relocation committee also met this week with would-be owners from Northern Virginia, who hope to put the Expos in the Washington suburbs.
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Mayor Anthony A. Williams predicted Monday he has enough votes in the District of Columbia Council to approve financing for a ballpark for the Expos in the location agreed to in the team's contract to relocate to the capital.
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Major League Baseball finally did what many expected: It announced Washington, DC, will be the new home of the Expos. The best choice?
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Major League Baseball yesterday officially announced that the sale of the yet-to-be-named Washington baseball team is under way and that prospective bidders have until Nov. 1 to throw their hats in the ring.
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Major League Baseball is set to announce on Wednesday that the Montreal Expos will relocate to Washington next year, local media reported, citing city and baseball officials.
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The District of Columbia has reopened talks with major league baseball on the proposed &#36;531 million ballpark agreement for the Expos, and a council official predicted the plan could gain addition votes toward approval if the city saves money in a revised contract.
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The president of the re-named Washington Nationals, Tony Tavares, told WTOP Radio the vote was overwhelming. Tavares said the deal to move the Expos remains contingent on the DC Council giving final approval to a stadium plan.
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Major League Baseball has chosen Washington, DC as the new home of the Montreal Expos, a city official has told The Associated Press.
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Major League Baseball will reopen negotiations with the city about relocating the erstwhile Montreal Expos to Harbor Park this coming season if officials are
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fter two and a half years in limbo as a ward of Major League Baseball, the Montreal Expos appear to be heading to a new home in Washington, which has had its Senators leave twice for other