Even if you don't want to play, it's Game On! anyway (by guest blogger Peter)

And so the dance continues. The saga known as the Montreal - Puerto Rico - Washington Expos/Nationals carries on for another day. DC mayor Anthony Williams signed a bill which officially brings Major League Baseball back to our nation's capital more than three decades after their last team skipped town (again). For reasons I won't get into here, I was opposed to baseball's return to DC in the first place but since it's happening anyway, I just hope the decimated franchise gets some sense of stability as soon as possible.

Tim Marchman had a great article in Monday's NY Sun which sums up the absurdity of the Exponals fiasco. For those of you who haven't been following this story, the big issue which almost killed the deal was that MLB expected a new stadium to be paid for with taxpayer money while the DC city council wanted the financing to come from private sources. The city caved, but don't think it's just the folks in Washington who are being forced to open up their wallets. According to Marchman, it looks like federal money is getting mixed into the park as well. For shame.

Currently, the Expos Nationals are owned by the other 29 MLB owners, a sizeable group of rather successful business men and women. When they finally find a buyer for the team, the owners' collective is expected to make a profit in excess of $200M. Consider the fact that we're dealing with people who pay the Kris Bensons of the world $22.5M to pitch for three years, and you have a group of people who could totally build their own stadium if needed. But why make them loosen their purse strings when the IRS can mug us for the money?