DC Baseball may be dead

All because of Cropp (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A350-2004Dec14.html)

Linda Crapp...that's right I said Crapp. She's setting it up so that MLB uses us for a year then moves on

They're saying that it will cost the city too much money, but in reality, it will be one of the best things to happen to the city in a long time. It's rediculous.

That's what I've been thinking all along. All having a baseball team will do is generate more and more money for the city. I don't live in the city, I rarely go there, but I would attend baseball games. I know plenty of people who would come from MD to watch the Nationals play. That's more taxable money they wouldn't have. Let's say they get good and some of the players move into somewhere like Georgetown, that's taxable income for the city. WTF were they thinking?!

I can't stand this.

fucking Linda Cropp is a bitch. This is the 2nd time she does something like this.

You guys don't know how excited I was about this, and now it looks like it's all going down the toilet.

Sounds like Tony Williams is conceding that baseball won't be in DC if things continue. What a shame. I think Cropp is just doing this out of spite, what a witch.

Baseball in DC. Who cares? Drive an extra 20 minutes to see another bad team in the Orioles. The problem with baseball in DC is the city isn't fronting the money for the stadium. They're just jacking everyones taxes up to pay for it. I can understand both sides and I think it's a bit silly to have two teams so close together. I don't think this area can support two teams. For the first year or two the nationals will do fine, but I wouldn't be suprised to see attendance drop off.

I think the area can support 2 teams. I'm a O's fan and the Nationals coming to town won't make me change my allegiance. I may root for them during the season, since they're NL, but the O's are my team. I think that the team will be more than self-sustaining towards the city. 81 games a year will create revenue and jobs that just are not there at the current time. Some times you have to take a risk to get the full reward. Seems like the council isn't willing to take the risk, which is a shame.

I think the city should foot the bill for the stadium. Not the people of DC. Would you be for baseball in Rappahannock if it jacked your taxes up? Even though it would be an economical boom, that doesn't help you any!

Even though it would be an economical boom, that doesn't help you any!

Sure it would, don't be rediculous. Go read Wilbon's article about the positive effects of the new Lions stadium on the surrounding area.