Let the circling Expos land at Dulles.

As for the poor, wandering Expos, those forlorn gypsies wandering from country to country, occasionally paddling a raft to a hospitable island, they have been locked in the N.L. East basement for most of April, dank and dark, losers three times as often as winners.

Where have you gone, Vladimir Guerrero?

You've moved southwest to Anaheim?

Good for you.

Now, if Major League Baseball's commissioner, Allan (Bud) Selig, would use his considerable political influence with his partners in the game's executive offices, the Expos could make a move good for them, good for baseball, and--stretching it here--good for Selig's place in the game's history.

Though the commissioner will forever be known in this space as The Man Who Killed a World Series, he has made good and important things happen. Revenue sharing and the luxury tax have combined to improve competition. The wild-card concept, anathema to self-described purists, has sustained late-season interest in Selig's three-division leagues. Even real purists must admit to loving another of Selig's creations, interleague play.

It's now time for Selig to end the foolishness with the Expos. This is a team owned by its N.L. competitors. Its budget is set by the commissioner's office. It plays about a quarter of its "home" games in a Puerto Rican ballpark that would be a laughingstock if posing as a major league facility anywhere else.