Posts Tagged ‘Bud Selig’

Nats want more money from MASN

Nats hire media consultant to improve MASN deal – Nationals Journal, The Post
Every five years, the Washington Nationals get to renegotiate their “deal” with MASN, the subpar cable channel they are forced to be on because Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos is a coward. As you may recall, Angelos voted against D.C. getting a baseball [...]

Nats vs. Brewers Q&A with David I. Leavitt

David I. Leavitt, who tweets at @LeavittDC, has been a Nats fan for six years and a Brewers fan for 34 years. You may remember him from the Redskins vs. Packers Q&A last football season and several Penn State vs. Wisconsin previews (2008 2007 2006). We address on a variety of topics, including who [...]

MASN, Angelos fail Nats, D.C. again

MASN loses feed from Wrigley – The PostIf thought Rob Dibble was bad, just wait until you hear him without video. MASN (the network that hates Washington, the Nationals and their fans) had no video for a good chunk of last night’s game. We don’t know if it was malevolence or just Baltimoron incompetence that [...]

No more Googlebombs

In case you have not heard, Google figured out how to defuse Googlebombs last month. They were fun while they lasted, no? I guess Bud Selig, Sidney Crosby and John Kerry can rest easily.
I cannot believe it took Google that long to get rid of them. It was so easy to Googlebomb someone.

“BITTER DAY FOR BASEBALL IN THE DISTRICT”

D.C.’s Stadium Lease Talks Stumble – The PostYesterday’s committee hearing did not go terribly well for fans of a Anacostia waterfront ballpark. MLB has not agreed to pay $20 million towards the ballpark, though a couple of news reports indicated that they had. MLB President Robert DuPuy is threatening to take D.C. to arbitration over [...]

MLB ON PLOTKIN AT 10 A.M.; BOSWELL ON SELIG

Stadium Deal to Slow Sale of Nats – WTOP
WTOP’s Political Analyst Mark Plotkin says the lease is really “the first and last step” in the process.
“All the controversy over which owner is really moot until they get the deal done.”
Big surprise, right?
MLB relocation committee chairman Jerry Reinsdorf will be on Plotkin’s politcs program [...]

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