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Thomas Boswell – Time for Frank Talk About the Ballpark – The Post
Long time baseball cheerleader Tom Boswell weighs the pros and cons of building the ballpark. Guess which side he chooses?
Expos Land C. Guzman, Castilla – The Post
GM Jim Bowden is already very busy and not everyone is real happy about it. The seemingly [...]

I am still recovering from the great announcement, so the blog will be a little lean over the next few days. Penn State news will have to wait again. There was not much yesterday either. I have a few items from yesterday to add that do not even have anything to do with baseball.
Decision 2005 [...]

Mayor Tony Williams holds up a ceremonial home plate, signifying the return of baseball to Washington, D.C. William F. Yurasko/WWN
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The million-to-one shot came in. Hell froze over. A month of Sundays hit the calendar. Major League Baseball relocated the Montreal Expos to Washington, one day short of thirty-three years since the last [...]

Baseball returns to D.C. – The Wash. Times
Top story from The Washington Times says that the Expos are coming here and it will be announced today. Some former Senators are supposed to be a part of the ceremony. I still think any announcement would be tomorrow. It looks like The Wash. Times and The Sun [...]

Expos likely to come to District – The Wash. Times
What appears to be a front page story has the Expos coming here, with an announcement tomorrow or Thursday. I would expect Thursday, if it is to happen, because of the symbolism of being 33 years to the day after the Senators final game and an [...]

MLB Still Aims for Deal With Angelos – The Post
Expos’ Move to D.C. Tied to Agreement
If the move is tied to an agreement with Peter Angelo$, there really is no incentive for him to bargain, now is there? MLB may have to make a stand here, but I do not expect them to have the [...]

Tom Knott – Cornfield, enclave or nation’s capital? – The Wash. Times
A very sarcastic column about the Loudoun bid that is hardly worth posting — way too much hyperbole from Knott.
Editorial – D.C. baseball founders as Norfolk sits on bench – Virginian-Pilot
The Hampton Roads leading paper tells their readership to have hope.
David Teel – C’mon [...]

Mills, Wake elected as PSU captains – The Sentinel, Lewistown, PA
Zack Mills and Derek Wake were both voted in as team captains by this year’s squad. Will Zack finally live up to his potential as was expected two years ago? Will they both be the leaders on the field that Penn State Football has been [...]