A pitch against the D.C. expos.As city leaders and major league baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. fans exalted at the news on September 29 that the Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos (French: Les Expos de Montréal) were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1969 until 2004. After the 2004 season, the franchise relocated to Washington, D.C. and became the Washington Nationals. would be moving to Washington, D.C., few of the city's gay residents joined in the celebration. That's because the deal to get the Expos includes knocking down a number of long-standing gay nightclubs and bars to make way for a new $435 million stadium near the Anacostia River The Anacostia River is a river that flows about 8.4 mi (13.5 km) from Prince George's County in Maryland, USA and through Washington, D.C. where it joins with the Washington Channel to empty into the Potomac River at Hains Point. waterfront. "I became very angry," said Robert Siegel For other uses, see Robert Siegel (disambiguation). Robert Siegel is an American radio journalist, best known today as of the National Public Radio evening news broadcast All Things Considered. , landlord of five threatened gay establishments. "Tiffs block "has a long gay history." Siegel is vowing to fight the city's ability to acquire the land. If that fails, Siegel said, he is hoping the city will allow the businesses--which he describes as a "family"--to find a new home together. |
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