Soros, Colon Powell among those interested...

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[quote][b]Soros joins bid to buy Nationals [/b]
12:51 p.m. 06/02/2005  Provided by 


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire American financier George Soros has joined one of the groups bidding to buy the Washington Nationals.

Big Train Holdco, a group of investors led by Washington entrepreneur Jon Ledecky, says that Soros has agreed to join them on the bid.

Big Train Holdco is one of seven groups which submitted offers on Tuesday for the Nationals, a new Major League Baseball (MLB) team that is owned by the 29 other franchises.

The sale price is expected to exceed $300 million, according to one of the bidders.

The Nationals moved to Washington from Montreal at the end of last season, bringing MLB back to the U.S. capital after a 34-year absence.

Washington has a 27-26 win-loss record in its debut season.

[b]Former Secretary of State Colin Powell last week joined another group of investors which is seeking to buy the team.[/b]

[b]Powell is part of the Washington Baseball Club which also includes former Fannie Mae chief executive Franklin Raines, attorney Vernon Jordan and James Kimsey, founding CEO and chairman emeritus of America Online, according to the Washington Post. [/b][/quote]

please get it Powell... Soros sucks!!

[|Bunghole|]

I always root for Powell...I also find it interesting that Vernon Jordan is also in that group...

[Guest BlackJesus]

[b]If they are all part woners that would make for interesting draft day chats [/b]

[Jamie_B]

I want the Powel group only because they are the only bidder, or at least the only one the local media has talked about, that is a local bidder everyone else is out of towners.... no thanks, out of towners dont have the best interest of the fans of the city.