Mayor says they'll build it

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Building a baseball stadium with public funds is an objectionable idea whose time has come to the city.

There is no other alternative, as Mayor Anthony A. Williams has come to realize.

His $340 million proposal is an act of surrender.

Here, he says to baseball, you win.

We will build it, as you stipulated.

Will you come now?

This has been the game within the game the last few years.

Baseball has been waiting for a suitor to blink, although not necessarily Washington.

The mayor finally obliged, right down to the last penny.

His critics have principle on their side.