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So much for the Nationals' pastime

By Mark Kreidler
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, December 16, 2004

And now, direct from the basement office of Cynics Inc., today's sporting question: How hard will Major League Baseball even try? How hard will MLB try to keep the Washington Nationals alive as a going concern? What do the other franchise owners, who after all "own" the Expos/Nationals, see as the realistic upside to a new round of frenetic activity? If it isn't worth it to the District of Columbia to come up with one financing plan and then stick with it, how much are MLB's ruling czars requi ...

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