Mayor says they’ll build it

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.

You are planning to do what — pass the full cost of the stadium to the public?

Are you out of your mind?

Williams is actually stuck with the humbling reality of trying to do business with an entity accustomed to having its way.

Bud Selig and the owners, after evaluating the mayor’s vision, may ask to have a parade thrown in their honor to complete the deal.

Baseball has had no shame with the Expos.

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