Jewish World Review April 7, 2006 / 9 Nissan, 5766

Don't mess with a congressman/sports fanatic

By Evan Weiner

http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Major League Baseball is once again scheduled to appear before the House government reform committee later today, but this time committee chair Tom Davis isn't asking about steroids.

Instead he wants to know where is his Nats TV.

Remember the old I want my MTV commercials? Davis, the Northern Virginia Republican, is saying I want my Nats TV.

The Mid Atlantic Sports Network is a baseball creation and owned by the Baltimore Orioles.

Washington Nationals games are carried on the network but the Mid Atlantic area's biggest cable TV operator, Comcast has not signed a deal with MASN which means that most of the Nationals fan base cannot get the cablecasts.

The Nationals have some satellite and phone company deals but that doesn't reach the majority of the team's fans.

Rep. Davis cannot get Nats games at his Northern Virginia home or his congressional office on Capitol Hill, so he is hauling people before his committee to tell them point blank. I want my Nats TV