January 15, 2004
MLB on Expos: Show us the money
One day after declaring that "I would rather get [the relocation of the Montreal Expos] done sooner rather than later," MLB COO Bob DuPuy clarified the league's stance: "It is an objective to have a facility committed for and understand how the facility is going to come together before a decision is made. We don't want to do something in the blind." Translation from Selig-ese: We'll move the Expos once some city coughs up dough for a new stadium, and not a moment sooner.
Baseball's relocation committee met yesterday without narrowing the list of cities bidding to be the Expos' new home - currently including Washington, D.C.; Northern Virginia; Portland, Oregon; Monterrey, Mexico; Hampton Roads, Va.; San Juan, Puerto Rico; San Antonio; Las Vegas; and Moonbase Alpha - with DuPuy somewhat defensively insisting that a move for the 2005 season "is not only viable, it is desirable." This could take even longer than we expected.
