District officials disclosed plans yesterday to build a publicly financed stadium costing more than $400 million on the Anacostia waterfront near South Capitol Street, amid growing signs that Major League Baseball will attempt to move the Montreal Expos to Washington.
Two high-level baseball sources said the owners' relocation committee is leaning toward recommending at an executive council meeting tomorrow in Milwaukee that the Expos be moved to Washington. That would trigger what figure to be delicate negotiations with Baltimore Orioles owner Peter G. Angelos.
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Now we need a ballpark name. Any ideas?
River Park
Federal Park
National Park
Anacostia Yard
Senators Stadium
Capitol East Stadium
Grays Field
District Park
Waterfront Stadium
Waterside Park
Buck Leonard Field
Walter Johnson Memorial Stadium
Douglas Park
Why, it'll be called CapitalOne Autodialer Park or something. Or maybe Pepco Park; that would be cute, a little symmetry with Petco Park, don't you think?
But who cares? DC will be getting baseball! I feel like stealing Tracy Ringolsby's hat collection!
Yeah, I think a corporate name sale is written into the proposal. Thus:
Comcast Waterfront Park
Pepco Field
Fannie Mae Federal Park
Comcast Capitol Yard
BBT Buck Leonard Field
Marriott Park at Riverside
Oliver T. Carr Stadium
Wachovia Waterfront Grounds
Citibank Capitol Yard
Bank of America Ballpark
How about Jack Evans Stadium?
Just a stadium? I'm saying we rename the capital Jack Evans, DC.
A lawyer I know ran into Evans last week at a spcial function, and everyone who was there in the room broke into applause.
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