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The Nationals asked for MASN to increase its annual payment from $20 million to $118 million per year [21] for the 2012 through 2016 seasons, while the Orioles countered with an offer averaging $39.5 million per year, [21] and MASN began paying the Nationals that amount in 2012 [21] pending agreement between MASN and the Nationals on a fee ...
MASN. Mid-Atlantic Sports Network ( MASN) is an American regional sports network owned as a joint venture between two Major League Baseball franchises, the Baltimore Orioles (which owns a controlling 77% interest) and the Washington Nationals (which owns the remaining 23%). Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, the channel broadcasts regional ...
MASN's broadcast partner switched from WDCA to WDCW from 2009 to 2012. In 2013, WUSA became MASN's over-the-air broadcast partner for 20 Nationals games a year–all weekend games except for Opening Day. In 2018, over-the-air broadcasts ended, and all games now air exclusively on MASN unless picked up for national broadcast.
The Orioles agreed to share its territory with the Nationals in return for the ability to present the Nationals games on the Orioles television network, the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network. The Orioles have a 90 percent stake in MASN and MLB paid the Orioles $75 million for 10 percent of the regional sports network.
Nationals versus the Cincinnati Reds in 2009 at Nationals Park. Washington, D.C. mayor Anthony A. Williams supported the name "Washington Grays" in honor of the Negro-league team Homestead Grays (1929–1950), which had been based in Pittsburgh but played most of their of their home games in Washington's Griffith Stadium during much of the 1940s.
Bob Carpenter (born 1953) is an American sportscaster and current television play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball 's Washington Nationals on MASN. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated from William Cullen McBride High School. Carpenter attended the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and later graduated with honors from ...
Picked up by the Nationals via waivers last year, Downs appeared in just six games for Washington. Downs played most of 2023 at three minor league levels, batting .222 (40-for-180) in 60 games.
The 2019 Washington Nationals season was the Nationals' 15th season competing as the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise representative in the District of Columbia, the 12th season at Nationals Park, and the 51st since the original team was started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The team clinched a playoff berth for the third time in four ...