Stories like this are why Washington D.C. is the home of OhMyGov!

A dispute between the billionaire owner of the Washington Nationals baseball team and the D.C. government which owns the stadium where they play may end up pinching -- you guessed it, the very fans who support the team.

Nationals owner Ted Lerner is withholding the team's $3.5 million rent payment to the city, which financed the stadium with public money. He claims the city has failed to live up to the contract because the stadium is "incomplete." What's more, he is demanding the city pay him $100,000 a day in damages. The Nationals have played 50 games in the stadium since March 29.

But without the rent payment needed to service the debt, the city is in a lurch. Revenue from sales taxes levied on concessions at the stadium has been lower than expected because attendance has averaged only around 29,000 fans per game, far below the 42,000 capacity.

So the D.C. City Council is considering raising the sales tax on Nationals tickets, parking, concessions, and merchandise from an already steep 10 percent to 15 percent! That's what we like to see -- thanking the fans who've actually been coming out to games to support the team.   

More on the story from BizofBaseball and the Washington Post.