OT: MLB Thread

[XPOFAN]

It will happen someday.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/spor...ue-baseball-back-to-montreal/article10045131/

Hope that day is before I die.

 

[BKerr]

Need to build a stadium to have a chance IMO.

 

[Habs53]

Need to build a stadium to have a chance IMO.

For sure. Glad to see some interest there in Montreal to revive

 

[GrandWazoo]

I don't know, personally I think baseball in Montreal is dead for good.

 

[Habs53]

I don't know, personally I think baseball in Montreal is dead for good.

Thats what people in Winnipeg said of the Jets a while back.

 

[rouah]

I don't think it is dead, but more like someone tried hard to kill the interest. I go often to Philly to see some baseball and there is more and more french-speaking people in the attendance...

 

[XPOFAN]

I don't think it is dead, but more like someone tried hard to kill the interest. I go often to Philly to see some baseball and there is more and more french-speaking people in the attendance...

Must be Krusty. :shocked:

 

[GrandWazoo]

Thats what people in Winnipeg said of the Jets a while back.

I wouldn't compare hockey in Canada to baseball in Canada.

 

[GrandWazoo]

I don't think it is dead, but more like someone tried hard to kill the interest. I go often to Philly to see some baseball and there is more and more french-speaking people in the attendance...

I dunno, I have access to an MLB team and I never go (maybe once a year). I used to be a huge baseball fan but it's dead to me now. And I know many people like me. Even in Seattle the stadium is almost empty. Of course if the local team was winning, there will be interest, but we all know that a team in Montreal will not win on any regular basis.

 

[wiseguy1]

Thats what people in Winnipeg said of the Jets a while back.

But Hockey is the #1 sport in Winnipeg.... and baseball in Montreal? Hmmm

But like I said before, the Tampa Bay franchise moving to Montreal would be the best shot for survival.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

But Hockey is the #1 sport in Winnipeg.... and baseball in Montreal? Hmmm

But like I said before, the Tampa Bay franchise moving to Montreal would be the best shot for survival.

fourth

pretty bad when you have to hope for Boston and New York fans to invade your stadium 10 times a year to make you a viable franchise.

 

[wiseguy1]

fourth

pretty bad when you have to hope for Boston and New York fans to invade your stadium 10 times a year to make you a viable franchise.

Blue jay fans from Eastern Ontario as well. Thats 3 x 9 = 27 games. Now its getting serious.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Do you still play 18 games in the division? Still, you can't make a franchise based on hope foreign team fans fill your stadium. Not like they can play those teams only on weekends.

BlueJayFan never travelled to Montreal before when there was inter league play, not sure why you think they will now.

 

[wiseguy1]

Do you still play 18 games in the division? Still, you can't make a franchise based on hope foreign team fans fill your stadium. Not like they can play those teams only on weekends.

BlueJayFan never travelled to Montreal before when there was inter league play, not sure why you think they will now.

Yes still play 18 games. When the Expos died, that left a vacuum in the Ottawa and Eastern Ontario region. Jays won over many of the baseball fans there. They have a pretty decent fan base, all games are broadcast on a local radio station.

 

[wiseguy1]

The Ottawa mayor also approached the Jays about putting a double A team there.

 

[CH1]

The Kid got his street today. Ballpark coming in June.

http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/street-front-former-jarry-park-renamed-expos-start-193524774.html

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Why does the sign have a hyphen between Gary and Carter?

 

[wiseguy1]

Why does the sign have a hyphen between Gary and Carter?

So it looks less Anglophone.

 

[CH1]

Standard Montreal

 

[GrandWazoo]

Yeah, I don't know why but they do that with all the names.