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OT: MLB Thread

I know that the national broadcast rights were given away by the Expos but that deal only lasted for as long as the Expos did. Since they no longer exist the deal is null and void. When Montreal gets a team that team will be a different entity and not subject to a deal signed by a now defunct club over 30 years ago.
And if the new owners are a media conglomerate like Bell they'll push for a piece of the pie
 
XPOFAN said:
Catherine Bourgoin ‏
90000 billets vendus pour les matchs de baseball ce weekend. Wow! Une autre preuve de l'amour qu'on a toujours pour ce beau sport
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I heard Price bought 70,000 of those tix.
 
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Lotusland said:
Long article from Jonah Keri on TSN.ca about the Expos, past and possible future.

http://www.tsn.ca/keri-on-the-past-future-of-montreal-baseball-1.245732

I can't say I disagree with a lot of what he said but he does hold out hope that Bell comes to the table with something... that or some other billion dollar owner.
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Keri was on the radio the other day and said that baseball's return to Montreal is a "when", not an "if". He doesn't see it happening within the next 5 years but probably in 5-10 years.
 
Jeff Blair on the Fan 590 this morning was saying how the media numbers for the Expos on the French broadcasts were higher than the Habs...not sure what period he was taking about. He said the strike in 94 is just a crutch. Said lack of political and corporate backing killed the Expos.
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
they were never higher, that is horseshit
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In the early 80's when the Expos were playoff contenders while the Habs were stumbling through the Bob Berry era and getting eliminated in the first round every year? It's more than possible. In the early 80's the Expos were winners and the Habs were mediocre. In the late 70's when the Alouettes were winning they drew in excess of 50000 for every game. The Manic of the NASL sold out the Big O for a playoff game. But in the early 80's the Habs had to buy radio ads for playoff tickets.

Montrealers aren't hockey fans or baseball fans: they just love winners and they don't tolerate losers.
 
Well there was a point when Expos games were not televised in the late stages...I believe the Loria time

So it would make sense that they got high radio numbers in that case...I know I listened to all the games on the radio

Have never had to do so with the Habs
 
For those that are interested, the documentary on the 1994 Expos called Perfect Storm is scheduled to air on TSN5 at 11:30 Eastern tonight.
 
Take me out
To the ball game
Take me out
To the crowd
Buy me some peanuts
And Crackerjacks
I don't care if
I never never get back

Oh we'll root, root root
For the Ex-pos
If they don't win
It's a shame
For it's one, two,
Three strikes you're out
At the old ball game
 
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