ON THE NATS…
Nobody seems happy about the Wilkerson-Soriano trade. I am not really sure how this helps the Nats, but then again, Jim Bowden is still GM.
I am happy for Wilkerson, who probably gets a better chance of playing to his abilities with Texas, but I am sad to see him go. He got kind [...]
‘Nats/MLB 2005’ Archive
MLB AGREES TO THE LEASE!
District, Baseball Agree on Nationals’ Lease – The PostI about stopped in my tracks when I saw this, but MLB Commish Bud Selig has officially given the green light on the Anacostia ballpark lease. It now heads back to the DC Council where they must get 7 votes to approve the [...]
PLAYER SHUFFLE
Bowden Heats Up the Stove – The PostDC baseball champion Tom Boswell analyzes the overall moves made by Jim Bowden this year, but does make a frightening point right up front–with no owner and a ballpark deal gone completely awry, Jim Bowden is the best thing the Nats have right now, for better or [...]
THE MESSAGE TO MLB IS…BUILD A NICE BALLPARK
Mayor Dismisses Stadium Estimate – The PostMayor Tony Williams categorically says “NO!” to the notion of a $700+ million ballpark, insisting that no more than the agreed-upon $535 million will be spent, and that the higher estimates are coming from the anti-baseball people.
Stadium Choices Are Threefold – The [...]
AND THE COSTS JUST KEEP ON A-RISIN’
D.C. Baseball Stadium Cost Could Exceed $700 Million – The PostI’d say this is just a tad more than they had originally thought, but takes into account parking, Metro, and road improvements around the SE site. While Natwar Gandhi says that the numbers are by no means final, and while Jack Evans says that the [...]
CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM?
Tentative Deal Reached On Lease For Stadium – The PostAfter hearing politics and worst-case scenarios and generally being whipsawwed into thinking we’d never actually have an Anacostia ballpark, it would appear that MLB and the DC Council reached a compromise on the Nationals’ new ballpark! I’m still kinda pinching myself to believe it. In essense [...]
RFK REDUX?
Major articles from today’s papers RE: the stadium debacle
Council States Case for RFK Site – The Post
Baseball official hints OK for stadium at RFK – The Wash. Times
Baseball Assured D.C. Site Won’t Change – WTOP News
The big news of the day is that Jerry Reinsdorf and members of the DC Council got to meet [...]
INTO EXILE I MUST GO…
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JACK: NEVER MIND THE $20M
Evans: No need for $20M for D.C. – The Wash. TimesJack Evans (D-Ward 2) says that the District “does not need it and at this stage should drop it.” The “it” is the request for $20 million from MLB for the ballpark. Jim Graham (D, Ward 1) disagrees. More of the same from the D.C. [...]
TRAVESTY!
Being a Nationals fan can be tough at times. We were largely deprived of watching our local nine on television and when we could, we had to listen to Ron Darling. We also heard nothing about the Nats on the so-called “sports radio” station and the official Nats station had a terrible signal. Throw [...]
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