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Nats Bidders Told Not to Offer Funds<\/b><\/a> – The Post<\/i>
After two prospective groups (Ledecky and Haney) tried to assure D.C. that they would pay for cost overruns, MLB e-mailed the prospective groups with instructions to refrain from offering to pitch in.<\/p>\n

So, when it comes down to it the District wants Nats owners to take over cost overruns, some prospective owners are willing to agree, and well, fans just want to know that their ball team is going to be around. Can there be any wonder why Bud Selig’s<\/b> MLB bio comes up in Google<\/b><\/a> when you type “national disgrace<\/b><\/a>?” Back down Bud, the prospective owners know what a good deal it is for them even if they have to spend money for overruns.<\/p>\n

Nationals getting a raw deal<\/b><\/a> – MSNBC<\/i>
Some national attention on the Nats plight. My question is where are all of those national columnists who wrote so lovingly of the Nats (Charles Krauthammer<\/b>, David Brooks<\/b>, I am looking at you) during the season now? We need you guys smack MLB upside the head in print that the nation reads.<\/p>\n
Ballpark impasse affects projects<\/b><\/a> – The Wash. Times<\/i>
The delays don’t just bug Nats fans. Without the ballpark, the community benefit fund created under the stadium legislation is in jeopardy. The fund includes up to $125 million for school construction and modernization, $45 million for improving public libraries, $10 million for plans to build a new hospital and $2 million for supplies at McKinley Technology High School in Northeast. <\/p>\n

C’mon Selig, think of the children, won’t you please think of the children?!<\/i><\/p>\n

Hernandez to meet with congressman<\/b><\/a> – The Wash. Times<\/i>
\u00a1LIVAN! wants to field a World Baseball Classic team with Cuban defectors and met with Lincoln Diaz-Balart<\/b> (R) of Florida to discuss plans.<\/p>\n
DICK HELLER<\/b> – If it’s Soriano’s way or nothing, sayonara<\/b><\/a> – The Wash. Times<\/i>
Soriano is making Jose Guillen<\/b> look like a model team player.<\/p>\n
Short headed to Japan<\/b><\/a> – The Wash. Times<\/i>
We already know this is going to happen; The Wash. Times<\/i> is finally reporting on it.<\/p>\n
©MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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