Sources: Union Officials Break News to Players (Expos to D.C.)

ESPN.com ^ | July 22, 2004 | Jayson Stark

[BluegrassScholar]

Personally, I'd like to see the team go to Vegas. Although it seems fitting to have baseball in the nation's capital, two teams have failed there. It could be argued, however, that those two failures were the result of the owners, not the fans.

[brewcrew]

With either of these locations, Angelos is gonna be pi$$ed. The Orioles are no longer the only game in town.

[asgardshill]

Expos players were told this week that a decision on their 2005 home is near, that it won't be Montreal and that there is a strong likelihood they will be living in the Washington, D.C., area.

First in war, first in peace, and last in the American League. (Oops - strike that last part).

[byteback]

Would they be the Senators? I like to se them called the lobbyists. Of course the options are numerous...the Washington Burglars? the Crackpipes?

[rabidralph]

Woo-Hoo!

[baseballmom]

First in war, first in peace, and last in the American League. (Oops - strike that last part).

That was WAY harsh. I spent my whole childhood cheering on the Senators. Cheering for the losing home town team, year after year after year stiffens the spine. Damn Yankees !!:-)

[commish]

I propose Washington Exposes or Washington SINators.

Pretty sure it will be Senators if they move to DC.

[Hatteras]

How about the Washington Night Owls?

Regards, M. Barry
(I don't care what you say, the bitch still set me up!)

[LetsRok]

The stadium will be less than 5 miles from my house if they come to Northern Virginia. That will make it a VIRGINIA team NOT a Washington team.

[vabeachrepub]

Blast! Looks like Norfolk is out of the running. All that wasted effort by our area's leaders down the tubes when any third grader could have told them their effort would be a failure.

[vrwinger]

I'm sure Angelos's hissy fit will draw yawns from the Mets/Yankees, Cubs/White Sox, Dodgers/Angels, Giants/Athletics...

[Ed_in_NJ]

SuperNoVas.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Personally, I'd like to see the team go to Vegas.

So would I, but they would first need a ballpark with a retractable roof, like Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix. Build it right on the Strip, make it hold 60,000 people, and they would sell out every game and make nearly as much money as the Yankees.

And the franchise could hire Pete Rose as Vice President of Community Relations (hee, hee!)

[MP5]

LOL...Good ole' Marion.

Since we have the Redsox and Whitesox, how about the Washington Stuffedsox in honor of Sandy Berger?

[kayak]

LOL!

[bert]

What will this do to Qubeci self esteem? A major city loosing a professional sports franchise is a very detrimental occurrence.

How will they be able to lift their heads in pride?

[GraniteStateConservative]

The Red, White and Blue Sox.

[CaptRon]

I know what you mean. I'm a life-long Mets fan.

[GreenLanternCorps]

Definately the owners. I'm sure there were a lot of 'Nat's fans who were PO's when the Twins won in '65 after having been so lousy in Washington from the 30's though the 50's.

I'm not as angry about this move as I normally would be. Being a Brooklyn Dodgers fan (even though I was born in 1966), I'm no friend of those who would move teams. However the case of the Expos is different. Montreal's and Quebec's English speaking population, the backbone of the Expo's fan base have been slowly driven out by hostile Quebec Party (Parti Quebecious) governments in Quebec City. They are now in Toronto or Alberta and are Blue Jays fans. It's a real shame what happened to a once great baseball town.

Washington, First in War, First in Peace, ? in the National League.

FYI the NL had a team in Washington until 1899 when the league folded four teams, Cleveland, Louisville, & one I can't remember being the others.