Democracy Dies in Darkness

The Nationals-Orioles MASN dispute could finally end this week

The Nationals and Orioles might have a resolution this week. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post)

The Washington Nationals have operated without the television revenue they think they deserve for so long, they are inured to the relative hardship.

For years, they have pressed on without the hundreds of millions of dollars they believe they are owed as their portion of the revenue from the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network. For years, they have not only been without that money, but hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees spent trying to pry that money away from the Baltimore Orioles, who refused to give it up four years ago. This week, the whole convoluted mess might finally reach a resolution.