ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS SEVEN YES VOTES
The moment of truth is upon us (we think). The second council vote is scheduled for today. What would Woody Hayes have said, “there are three things that can happen and two of them are bad.” We can have a postponement, a majority of nays, or a majority of yeas. The news today leaves room for optimism, if that’s your thing.
Baseball Sweetens Benefits To City – The Post
Cropp ‘Positive’ Before Vote Today
MLB has offered more community benefits and opened up a few things in the deal. Linda Cropp is leaning in the direction of yes.
Ballpark approval coming today – The Wash. Times
Many more details about why Cropp will likely support the funding legislation today. Some of them are problematic, but hopefully, they will not be triggered. Read on and you will see what I mean. The one that gets me is the lower figure for moving the location of the ballpark. While it would cost more to build a park in SE than at RFK, the uspide is much higher, since developing the RFK area is a non-starter. Also, there are death threats to council members (and their families) who vote for the ballpark.
Tony Kornheiser – Swing for the Fences, Jim – The Post
Wow, a column about the Nats from Mr. Tony. He advises Jim Bowden to have a little fun and sign lots of flashy players like Sammy Sosa. It’s not Bowden’s money after all and he will probably be gone as soon as owners are found anyway.
Nats’ lineup basically set – The Wash. Times
A run-down of the lineup we can expect to see in April. I am not convinced this is it, Bowden has plenty of time to reshape it just because he can.
More from The Wash. Times: Meetings net deals for Hammonds, Cordero
D.C.’s baseball fixer-upper – The Sun
Baltimore’s paper of record takes a trip to RFK Stadium.
PSU CAGERS 1/3 OF THE WAY DONE
Young Nittany Lions on schedule after one-third of season – CDT
A look at the first 33.3% of the men’s basketball season.