I was told by a friend (former mlb player/person still associated with mlb)
about 6 months before the decision was made to put the the Nationals in DC that
Major League Baseball has a plan was to watch the team fail and to contract this
francise...and shut up the DC people once and for all eliminating 2 problems at
once. I was told I was wrong and that MLB would never do such a thing. My
friend insists that his information was accurate. I didn't believe him then and
as time goes by he reminds me that everything that has happened points to him
being correct...the fact that key players were allowed to leave Montreal, the
delays that put DC in a position of not being able to compete on an even playing
field by going after free agents while players leave Washington.
I now believe that everything that is happening is part of a master plan...I
am not a person who believes that everything is a conspiracy...but it is
becomming clearer that MLB has a plan and DC is not going to benefit from it.
I hope my friend is wrong but he swears that he heard exactly what I just
reported. He doesn't think Washington will has baseball much longer. I hope he
is wrong.
Has anyone else heard anything similar?
Bill

archandkathy@... wrote:
Tim, All of the points you make are valid. However, if we had had support
from MLB from the get-go, this would have been a done deal and the Nationals
would have been active participants in the free agency market, as well as other
trades. MLB should take the major responsibility for this current mess, but you
know what? They won't because Angelos and all of his cronies are enjoying every
minute of our twisting in the wind. They have since the day Calvin Griffith took
my beloved Senators to Minnesota and they have been pissed ever since that time
because Congress stepped and forced them to have an expansion team placed here.
And why did they leave second time..? The 2.7 million tickets sold and the
tremendous sales of Nats "stuff" has done little to move this group of owners to
support Washington, DC and those who think differently are only kidding
themselves. You have every right to be angry at the DC Council, but the real
villians are the MLB owners who continue in
private to laugh us as we create civil war in the Nationa Capital. It is
exactly what they hoped for...revenge!! With the exception of Tom Boswell,
who in the media has even pointed a finger at the ownership? People tear up
Selig, but he is nothing more than a puppet for that group, which more than
likely is providing financial support for the Brewers to keep his family afloat.
Someday there may be Godfather 3 made that exposes MLB for what it really is...
Arch Webster

-------------- Original message from "Tim and Suzanne" <tbpsmd@...>:
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If you oppose the stadium agreement, you are de facto opposing the continued
existence of the Nationals in Washington. There is no way around that. You are
also sending the message that Washington, DC can't be counted on to keep its
commitments.

The important thing to remember is that the District will draw in money from
this ballpark. But that money for schools, libraries, hospitals, and police is
not available unless the ballpark draws it in.

70 percent of the last year's attendance at RFK came from outside DC. Most of
the money is outside money coming into DC that otherwise wouldn't, and when the
neighborhood develops with restaurants and shops and the like, the effect will
be even more pronounced. Suburbanites will ultimately pay off this stadium.
This is effectively the commuter tax that Congress won't let you have.


Tim Phares

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