Foul Ball: Nationals Welch on their Rent

Not only have the Nationals baseball team refused to pay $3.5 million in rent owed to DC, they want the ity to pay them $100,000 per day in damages.

And this tid bit is unearthed by Sean:

The Nationals owners have already been through a round of arbitration over ballpark costs, including over a demand that the city pay for the team's uniforms. The arbitrator ruled in the city's favor, but since then some city officials have privately expressed increasing frustration over the family's stands.

Folks, these are my tax dollars we're talking about here. Meanwhile there are dozens of city volunteer arts organizations longing for a public, affordable space to perform in the city, in vain.

Any desire I've had to go see a ball game (admittedly, not that great to begin with) has been squashed.

I hope the city tells the Nationals what they can do with their ball bats. And tell 'em to do it sideways.