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IS SELIG READY TO BACK MENARD GROUP TO KEEP 'SPOS IN CANADA?

          MLB Commissioner Bud Selig's recent comments about the
     Expos' future prospects (See THE DAILY, 7/13) "have to be
     considered encouraging" to those wishing to keep the team in
     Canada, according to Stephanie Myles of the Montreal
     GAZETTE.  Selig said more time would be given to resolve the
     team's ownership and ballpark situation.   Minority Owner
     Mark Routtenberg, on Selig's comments: "It doesn't surprise
     me.  That kind of confirms what I've been saying. 
     Obviously, it's a positive statement, even though he didn't
     say very much" (Montreal GAZETTE, 7/14).  Also in Montreal,
     Jack Todd writes that Selig, "in the subtlest possible way,
     let the world know" that the Jacques Menard group "now has
     the backing of the commissioner's office."  Todd: "Rather
     than backing his own friend Claude Brochu in his attempt to
     sell the club and move it to the U.S., it would appear that
     Selig is now backing Menard and the 'continuing partners,'
     the group of investors who are attempting to build Labatt
     Park. ... It would appear from what Selig said Monday that
     the official backing will be forthcoming, probably within
     the next two weeks."  Todd concludes: "If Selig has been
     patient this long, it's because he knows the Menard group is
     solid, the deal can be done" (Montreal GAZETTE, 7/14).
          VA STILL LURKING: VA Gov. James Gilmore attended the
     All-Star Game and said he would lobby MLB officials for a
     team: "This region deserves a team."  Also, the VA Baseball
     Authority sent a "massive study touting the region's
     economic strengths" to MLB owners (WASHINGTON POST, 7/14).
          REALIGNMENT NEXT? USA TODAY's Hal Bodley writes that
     MLB realignment is "back on baseball's front burner.  How
     hot it gets depends on the [Expos]."  Red Sox CEO/
     Realignment Committee Chair John Harrington: "The Montreal
     thing is about to come to a head. ... I think they're closer
     to moving.  Whether they're in Charlotte or northern
     Virginia would dictate a lot of things" (USA TODAY, 7/14). 

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