Last not-quite-as-unfair deal gone down

As most D.C. cynics predicted, it appears as if a stadium financing deal is in place, pending a council vote. But, at least, it will be done with half private financing, so Cropp deserves some credit. At a minimum, I hope that the hysterics from people who said that any further negotiation would kill the deal will instruct us that MLB’s once-vaunted leverage is a fraction of what it once was; increasingly, local governments are onto the scam. Good for them.