OT: MLB Thread
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Re: OT: MLB Thread 2012
and weird thing is, it isn't even an anniversary year for the only Expo team ever to make the playoffs even though it was in a bastardized year
and weird thing is, it isn't even an anniversary year for the only Expo team ever to make the playoffs even though it was in a bastardized year
rouah
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Yeah its been not yet 31 years... so I guess its their 30th...
And the Habs celebrate their Centiennal for 6 years, so tough to argue...
Yeah its been not yet 31 years... so I guess its their 30th...
And the Habs celebrate their Centiennal for 6 years, so tough to argue...
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Actually, we only celebrated the centennial in 2009. We might have been retiring numbers in anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the greatest hockey franchise ever created, but we only celebrated the centennial in 2009.
Actually, we only celebrated the centennial in 2009. We might have been retiring numbers in anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the greatest hockey franchise ever created, but we only celebrated the centennial in 2009.
rouah
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The official logo was unveiled in 2005 http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/l_fr/news.htm?id=487227
The inauguration of the Hall of Builders was done in 2006 http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/l_fr/news.htm?id=487617
The 100th crest was on the ice in 2008. Plus the programmation started in 2008. http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/l_fr/news.htm?id=488248
Historic website for centiennal opened in 2008.
Centiennal Place in 2008.http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/l_fr/news.htm?id=487227
The Hall of Fame opened in 2010.
We were all fed up in 2009.
The official logo was unveiled in 2005 http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/l_fr/news.htm?id=487227
The inauguration of the Hall of Builders was done in 2006 http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/l_fr/news.htm?id=487617
The 100th crest was on the ice in 2008. Plus the programmation started in 2008. http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/l_fr/news.htm?id=488248
Historic website for centiennal opened in 2008.
Centiennal Place in 2008.http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/l_fr/news.htm?id=487227
The Hall of Fame opened in 2010.
We were all fed up in 2009.
Tiger's Wood
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The Expos have become material for wannabe rappers like Anniken Slade and other rappers at large who sport dark, stylized versions of what used to be their gear.
I've always loved Cro in terms of his bubbly personality. However, I couldn't care less about meeting any ex-players or his attempts at trying to get a franchise back to Montreal -- it won't happen in our lifetimes, we might as well accept it and move on.
Best he can do, if he's lucky, is land a minor league affiliate. And no one will even care for it. We already have a minor football league with the CFL, maybe they could be part of the same organization. :sarcasm
I've completely lost interest since Loria and his Fuc.k Buddy condescending sidekick rammed it up the ass of our legends-in-their-own-mind Quebec businessmen.
Plus, look at it another way.
MLS soccer (another minor league/ semi, simili pro) outfit has already moved in to snap up some of the entertainment dollars abandoned by the Ex-poons. It's over. Let's stop agonizing over that cursed franchise.
The Expos have become material for wannabe rappers like Anniken Slade and other rappers at large who sport dark, stylized versions of what used to be their gear.
I've always loved Cro in terms of his bubbly personality. However, I couldn't care less about meeting any ex-players or his attempts at trying to get a franchise back to Montreal -- it won't happen in our lifetimes, we might as well accept it and move on.
Best he can do, if he's lucky, is land a minor league affiliate. And no one will even care for it. We already have a minor football league with the CFL, maybe they could be part of the same organization. :sarcasm
I've completely lost interest since Loria and his Fuc.k Buddy condescending sidekick rammed it up the ass of our legends-in-their-own-mind Quebec businessmen.
Plus, look at it another way.
MLS soccer (another minor league/ semi, simili pro) outfit has already moved in to snap up some of the entertainment dollars abandoned by the Ex-poons. It's over. Let's stop agonizing over that cursed franchise.
Dr.Phibes
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Tiger's Wood
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Tiger's Wood
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Re: OT: MLB Thread 2012
From the Washington Post, all you need to know about your Ex-poons:
From the Washington Post, all you need to know about your Ex-poons:
Dr.Phibes
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why, they have been dead for 8 years and face it, the lack of a good fan base helped kill them.
why, they have been dead for 8 years and face it, the lack of a good fan base helped kill them.
Dr.Phibes
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Why the need to rub it in?
From the Washington Post, all you need to know about your Ex-poons:
Why the need to rub it in?
Dr.Phibes
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That was the tip of the iceberg, and you know it.
That was the tip of the iceberg, and you know it.
Tiger's Wood
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Sorry about that. Didn't mean to be condescending.
They meant a lot to me growing up -- I'm pissed at how Selig, the Siths and those DC blowhards made all Expos fans feel worthless. So many nails in that coffin, including hard-ass Frank Robinson getting an Expos bobble head doll for his efforts as MLB's designated mortician. The days when the franchise was on its last lifeline, all too painful to reminisce.
I cope by distancing myself from them, cause a shot at them is a shot at the those who tried to play us all for fools.
Sorry about that. Didn't mean to be condescending.
They meant a lot to me growing up -- I'm pissed at how Selig, the Siths and those DC blowhards made all Expos fans feel worthless. So many nails in that coffin, including hard-ass Frank Robinson getting an Expos bobble head doll for his efforts as MLB's designated mortician. The days when the franchise was on its last lifeline, all too painful to reminisce.
I cope by distancing myself from them, cause a shot at them is a shot at the those who tried to play us all for fools.
Tiger's Wood
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Not meant that way.
The nationals have appropriated themselves of all Expo records -- they've been gone for almost a decade and yet these idiots continue to rub salt in our wounds.
Not meant that way.
The nationals have appropriated themselves of all Expo records -- they've been gone for almost a decade and yet these idiots continue to rub salt in our wounds.
Le_Slacker
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Re: OT: MLB Thread 2012
I think this thread is for the 2012 MLB season....
Less Expos, more talk about how the umps just plain suck these days!
I think this thread is for the 2012 MLB season....
Less Expos, more talk about how the umps just plain suck these days!
Tiger's Wood
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Oswalt signs with Texas. I don't like the fit at all -- will probably get bombed over there. What do you think?
Oswalt signs with Texas. I don't like the fit at all -- will probably get bombed over there. What do you think?
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it ultimately all came to that, if they had decent crowds and not just on opening day, or on 1 dollar hot dog night, they would still have survived. You can blame ownership, MLB, where the stadium was located, the fact no one cared until June 24 nor after September 1 etc but at the end of the day, if 30000 showed up game in game out, the team would still be in Montreal.
it ultimately all came to that, if they had decent crowds and not just on opening day, or on 1 dollar hot dog night, they would still have survived. You can blame ownership, MLB, where the stadium was located, the fact no one cared until June 24 nor after September 1 etc but at the end of the day, if 30000 showed up game in game out, the team would still be in Montreal.
rouah
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I wonder why Tampa, with a good team, managed to have under 20,000 average attendance in the lasts years... at least there was a reason why people didn't went to the Big O in almost the last decade of their existence.
Cleveland had pretty much the same crowds as the Expos. Except the MLB chose otherwise for the Indians.
I wonder why Tampa, with a good team, managed to have under 20,000 average attendance in the lasts years... at least there was a reason why people didn't went to the Big O in almost the last decade of their existence.
Cleveland had pretty much the same crowds as the Expos. Except the MLB chose otherwise for the Indians.
Tiger's Wood
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Every year brings its lot of cockamaney baseball injuries, some of which reek of excessive creativity.
Like the injury just sustained by Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy:
A few questions ...
OK, what color was the sock?
Why is your wife involved in this? Why didn't you cover for her?
Suitcases are light nowadays. Are you sure it wasn't an escort who fell on your hand?
Every year brings its lot of cockamaney baseball injuries, some of which reek of excessive creativity.
Like the injury just sustained by Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy:
A few questions ...
OK, what color was the sock?
Why is your wife involved in this? Why didn't you cover for her?
Suitcases are light nowadays. Are you sure it wasn't an escort who fell on your hand?