Rookie Gets No Support – The Post
The Nats must be the worst first inning team in all of baseball. They went down 3 and never recovered, losing 6-2 in St. Louis. Mike O’Conner gave up three runs in five innings in his MLB debut.
More from The Wash. Times: Nats’ skid reaches five games
Boxscore – ESPN
City to Break Ground With Owner – The Post
A bit of a misleading headline since there are is gurantee that MLB will have an owner named by Thursday’s ballpark groundbreaking. However, Mayor Anthony Williams went on the radio and said he expected this to happen, a nice reminder to MLB to get it figured out. Of course, MLB is usually tonedeaf in such matters, so there is no telling.
The announcement could come any day and the approval vote is “expected” to be at the May 17-18 owners meetings, with the sale becoming final around June 15.
No second thoughts for Soriano in left field – Post-Dispatch
Out of town article about Alfonso Soriano’s switch to left.
It’s a New Page as Coach Returns to St. Louis – The Post
Mitchell Page, the Nats hitting coach, made his return to St. Louis yestreday. He was their hitting instructor in 2004 when they won the pennant. He left that job to confront alcoholism.