The Post reports that Major League Baseball hopes it can resolve any remaining issues about the stadium lease by next week. That, hopefully, will clear the way for the naming of an owner, which, hopefully, will clear the way for some strategic thinking about the Nationals, which, hopefully, will clear the way for the firing of Jim Bowden, which, hopefully, will clear the way for some rational spending that improves the team.
Although the Post describes the negotations as "tense", thankfully the City Council didn't take the opportunity of correcting technical problems with the lease agreement to make wholesale changes to the deal. On the other hand, this sounds ominous:
Even if the sports commission and baseball agree to a lease, the deal still might not be finished. D.C. Council member David A. Catania (I-At Large) is lobbying for the council to get a chance to vote on the lease terms.
Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp (D) has said she is awaiting a legal ruling by the city's attorney general and the council's lawyers before deciding whether to offer the lease for a vote.
I won't believe the new stadium will be built until the first shovel breaks ground at the site. Sadly, the City Council hasn't given us any reason to be confident on that score.
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