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Official: Montreal Expos to Move to D.C.
Fox News ^
| 9/28/04
| AP
Posted on 09/28/2004 7:39:13 PM PDT by wagglebee
WASHINGTON Major League Baseball will announce Wednesday that Washington will be the new home of the Montreal Expos, the Associated Press has learned.
A city official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Washington has been notified by Major League Baseball of the impending announcement that will return the national pastime to the nation's capital for the first time in 33 years.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: baseball; canuckistan; dc; expos; mlb; montrealexpos
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To: COURAGE
Congressional Switch Hitters ?
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posted on
09/28/2004 7:48:21 PM PDT
by
KnutCase
To: wagglebee
Hey, now we can update the old phrase by saying "First in War, First in Peace, Last in the NL East".
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posted on
09/28/2004 7:48:53 PM PDT
by
GOP_Raider
(Conservative, Republican, Raiders Fan)
To: Petronski
Las Vegas; Norfolk, Va.; Monterrey, Mexico; Portland, Ore.; and Northern Virginia also made bids, but Washington clearly took the lead during negotiations over recent weeks, strengthened by its wealthy population base and a financial package that would build a new stadium primarily with taxpayers' money.How appropriate-- brought to Washington by suckling the taxpayer teat. . .
23
posted on
09/28/2004 7:49:08 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(crime would drop like a sprung trapdoor if we brought back good old-fashioned hangings)
To: sierrahome
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posted on
09/28/2004 7:49:31 PM PDT
by
kellynla
(U.S.M.C. 1/5 1st Mar Div. Nam 69&70 Semper Fi http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnkerry.com)
To: wagglebee
They will be an NL team, right? So let's go back to the
official name of the AL team that played in DC before -- the "Washington Nationals," or "Nats," as the "Senators" were nicknamed.
Why, we'll even resurrect National Bohemian beer!
25
posted on
09/28/2004 7:49:31 PM PDT
by
Snickersnee
(Where are we going? And what's with this handbasket???)
To: COURAGE
Washington Elephants (or L'Enfants)
To: Mobties
Best name I've heard so far is "Exposees" 6. The Washington Scandals
7. The Washington Watergates
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posted on
09/28/2004 7:50:02 PM PDT
by
malakhi
To: COURAGE
The Washington Bloviators
To: wagglebee
There's no crying in baseball!
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posted on
09/28/2004 7:50:22 PM PDT
by
AFreeBird
(your mileage may vary)
To: malakhi; Mobties
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posted on
09/28/2004 7:52:43 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(What did Terri McAuliffe know and when did she know it?)
To: malakhi
31
posted on
09/28/2004 7:52:52 PM PDT
by
KnutCase
To: Lunkhead_01
I would have gone with the Carolinas or Oklahoma.
32
posted on
09/28/2004 7:53:01 PM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired Army and Proudly Supporting BUSH/CHENEY 2004!)
To: wagglebee
They won't care what you call them. They will just be glad they no longer have to speak French!
To: barker
Drat. Kansas City needs a baseball team.We have one. The Royals are the best double-A team in the majors.
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posted on
09/28/2004 7:54:00 PM PDT
by
Lurking in Kansas
(I'm just a guy sitting in my living room in my pajamas...)
To: JudyinCanada
And they get to pick their own doctors!
35
posted on
09/28/2004 7:55:08 PM PDT
by
wagglebee
(Benedict Arnold was for American independence before he was against it.)
To: wagglebee
I pray this doesn't destroy Baltimore. One or three million flow into Baltimore every game, and this city needs the cash.
36
posted on
09/28/2004 7:55:21 PM PDT
by
Vision
("When you trust in yourself, you're trusting in the same wisdom that created you")
To: wagglebee
Just please don't bring pro football to LA!
To: COURAGE
Washington Filibusters
Washington Deficits
Washington Demagogues
Washington Caucis (pronounced cockeyes)
To: Mobties
Best name I've heard so far is "Exposees" To make that work, they could move the Oakland franchise to DC also and combine them into the "Expos-A's". ;)
Seriously, the A's have been given the back of Oakland's hand too often. If they can't get a new ballpark built outside the city limits (Dublin would be perfect) then I'd like to see them move to Las Vegas. It would serve the Oakland City Council right.
To: muawiyah
Currently the best and winningest name is not in use ~ that's the "Bullets".Reminds me of what Jay Leno said when the "Washington Bullets" of the NBA decided to change their name because of the association of their name with crime. Leno thought they would just be called the "Bullets".
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