NEW YORK (AP) -- The Baltimore Orioles, Washington Nationals and Major League Baseball are in court in a dispute over television rights fees.
The Mid-Atlantic Sports Network was established in 2005 after the Montreal Expos relocated to Washington and became the Nationals. The team moved into what had been Baltimore's exclusive broadcast territory since 1972.
Baltimore has majority control of the network. When the sides couldn't agree on the Nationals' rights fees for 2012-16, the teams appeared before an MLB panel.
The panel consisted of Pittsburgh Pirates President Frank Coonelly, Tampa Bay Rays principal owner Stuart Sternberg and New York Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon.