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William Gildea – Make Room In the Owners’ Hall of Shame – The Post
Baltimore native William Gildea slams Peter Angelo$ and lumps him in with Walter O’malley, Bob Irsay, Bob Short, etc.

ONLY 4 DAYS UNTIL KICKOFF
Corners, safeties deal with injuries – The Collegian
The Collegian has returned and the first football story is about the banged-up [...]

CRIPPLED
Yesterday afternoon, as I was preparing for a second update, XP failed (big time) and I have been down ever since, thus no updates on the blog this morning. I am going to try and steal away some time at lunch, but it may have to wait until this evening.
©MMX William F. Yurasko

It is a HUGE Monday here at WWN! Stories about two of our favorite things, D.C. baseball and Penn State football, from both today and yesterday are up. My advice — pace yourself, it may take some time. Also, check back this evening, I may have another update because there may be more stories out [...]

Fans Back Pitch for Baseball, D.C. Says – The Post
A survey by the D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission says that area fans want a ballpark in D.C. as opposed to Loudon County. This of course, contradicts, the Va. stadium authorities survey. I think the D.C. one is more accurate and not just because I want [...]

LOUDOUN PLAN DOWNSIZED
Va. Baseball Group Scales Down Plans – The Post
The Loudoun group is now publicly saying they cannot pull off their “town center” concept that would accompany a ballpark. I do not know what this all means in the end, but that was a big selling point for the whole package.
York: MLB ‘Dying Fast’: [...]

Baseball Proposal Losing in D.C. Poll – The Post
This could be trouble, big trouble, for D.C.’s bid for the Expos. However, this sort of thing has been overcome before, Pittsburgh comes to mind.
MLB Meets With Virginia Officials – The Post
Sounds like MLB’s meeting with Loudoun officials was not even half as long as the meeting [...]

MLB Talks to Officials In D.C. – The Post
Officials were in town yesterday and Mayor Tony Williams had this to say: “What you’ve heard around is there’s a lot of support there [for D.C.]. But at the highest levels, there’s still resistance to coming here. They’re still looking for a way not to be here, [...]

MLB IN TOWN (AGAIN)
MLB Group In Area Today – The Post
ChiSox owner Jerry Reinsdorf is appearing in D.C. today and Loudoun tomorrow. He apparently hits Norfolk and Las Vegas later in the week. If you see him, tell him that D.C. is where the Expos should live.
Also, see The Wash. Times coverage: Relocation group returning [...]

PUBLISHING ERROR
I got disconnected and lost all my work. Once again, we are all reminded that Comcast really sucks. I will have to do the update this afternoon.
©MMX William F. Yurasko

TALKING (D.C.) BASEBALL
Mark Gauvreau Judge – Washington Baseball Is Not for the Birds – The Times
The grandson of Senators great, Joe Judge makes the case for D.C. baseball in the Sunday Times. More good press for our cause.
Jack Evans – Evans: Take N. Va. out of the ballgame – Washington Business Journal
The D.C. Council point-man [...]