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OT: MLB Thread

Yeah I am sure a potential owner is going to base a decision to buy a team, build a stadium and bankroll a 100 million payroll on the basis a few people said they "might" buy season tickets.
 
James Duthie ‏@tsnjamesduthie

Told my boy he could have any hat from Lids and he went with vintage Expos #neverbeenprouder

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Expires are getting a bit of a nostalgic boost. I have seen a few wearing old school Expire outfits out here, even saw Carter jersey for sale at Seattle outlet mall.

Too bad they might have more "fans" now than when they existed.

I laugh though at the Canadian media all claiming now they liked them etc, TSN et al spent 15 years ripping that franchise to shreds.
 
Anything that keeps the Expos memory alive is a step in the right direction towards bringing MLB back to Montreal. Is it a long shot? You bet, but so was winning 10 consecutive playoff overtime games. As Winnipeg showed; anything can happen in sports.
 
Winnipeg is not a good example in that the city did support the team before, not the same as Montreal. There are also not any other good hockey markets in the US to which you can move a team. Montreal would likely be behind a few other areas for a team.

Personally I say if they get a team back to Montreal, they need a new name, new identity etc. Completely break free from the festering pus filled sore that was the last 10 years of Expos existence.

They would also need to ensure they actually get on TV across Canada, and not just a game a week on SRC.
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
Winnipeg is not a good example in that the city did support the team before, not the same as Montreal. There are also not any other good hockey markets in the US to which you can move a team. Montreal would likely be behind a few other areas for a team.

Personally I say if they get a team back to Montreal, they need a new name, new identity etc. Completely break free from the festering pus filled sore that was the last 10 years of Expos existence.

They would also need to ensure they actually get on TV across Canada, and not just a game a week on SRC.
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Not sure where? Over 3-million population is nothing to sneeze at, largest market without a team - too bad not many baseball fans amongst them, thus no well heeled investor, stadium, yada yada...otherwise TBay would've been a good option for relocation.

Doesn't look like the Rays will be getting a new stadium....

As for TV, not sure, if there's legalize to get around the Blue Jays monopoly of everything west of Belleville is considered their territorial right, thus blackout restrictions. SRC & RDS won't suffice.
 
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I know there are a few Blue Jays fans on here. Don't follow them much, but I see they have a losing record. Weren't the expectations very high at the beginning of the year?
 
The only way then would be for the new Montreal team to hold all the Blue Jay fans in eastern Ontario, and Maritimes hostage and say, ok, no BJ games for you if our games aren't on in Ontario and west.
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
The only way then would be for the new Montreal team to hold all the Blue Jay fans in eastern Ontario, and Maritimes hostage and say, ok, no BJ games for you if our games aren't on in Ontario and west.
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That was the agreement Paul Beeston negotiated w Bronfmans Expos in 1977 - in fact it was the Expos who insisted on it. As $ & power shifted Toronto & West, the Expos were left with only regional TV deal possibility - which is a major reason the team became so small market, Brochu telling CBC he wanted out & negotiate his own TV advertisement contracts in 1990 made a terrible situation impossible to overcome, forcing team to lose even its regional (re: Eastern) focus & limiting it to Quebec.
 
XPOFAN said:
James Duthie ‏@tsnjamesduthie

Told my boy he could have any hat from Lids and he went with vintage Expos #neverbeenprouder

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What is it with people today leaving the tags and stickers on ball caps? Once you've purchased the item and are ready to start wearing it, you should do three things, none of which kids today seem willing or capable of doing:

1) remove all tags and stickers
2) bend the bill of the cap so that there's a curve in it, and....
3) wear it facing forward, not backward (unless you're playing catcher) and wear it straight on your head, not crooked with the bill pointing off to one side. You ain't a "gangsta". Get over yourself. Unless the logo on the cap itself is a blinged-out dollar sign, just wear it like a normal person.

There. I feel better now.
 
Sal_Butera said:
Not sure where? Over 3-million population is nothing to sneeze at, largest market without a team - too bad not many baseball fans amongst them, thus no well heeled investor, stadium, yada yada...otherwise TBay would've been a good option for relocation.

Doesn't look like the Rays will be getting a new stadium....

As for TV, not sure, if there's legalize to get around the Blue Jays monopoly of everything west of Belleville is considered their territorial right, thus blackout restrictions. SRC & RDS won't suffice.
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One of the main reasons why you see a lot of US-based pundits now pimping Montreal as the best and most logical destination for MLB is because there isn't a non-MLB US city with the population base that Montreal has. MLB will eventually have to look seriously at Montreal again for much the same reason that the NHL is now looking at Seattle, which is the largest US market currently without an NHL franchise.

Are stadiums expensive? Yes, especially in Quebec where you have to factor in a good deal of corruption and when you can't expect much (if any) help from the taxpayers which would certainly be the case in Montreal. Funny how Canada, a supposedly socialist country, tends not to allow public money to be spent building arenas and stadiums but the supposedly capitalist-uber-alles US always has a ready supply of civic governments willing to bankrupt themselves in order to give a billionaire owner a free stadium.

Is owning an MLB team expensive? You betcha. But MLB now has the kind of labour peace that other leagues can only dream about. And while costs are high so are the potential profits if you run your business properly (i.e. not like Loria/Samson)

It may take a few years but I think it will happen.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
What is it with people today leaving the tags and stickers on ball caps? Once you've purchased the item and are ready to start wearing it, you should do three things, none of which kids today seem willing or capable of doing:

1) remove all tags and stickers
2) bend the bill of the cap so that there's a curve in it, and....
3) wear it facing forward, not backward (unless you're playing catcher) and wear it straight on your head, not crooked with the bill pointing off to one side. You ain't a "gangsta". Get over yourself. Unless the logo on the cap itself is a blinged-out dollar sign, just wear it like a normal person.

There. I feel better now.
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You're getting old WeHave. :smilewinkgrin:
 
Tony Marinaro ‏@TonyMarinaro

MTL FORUM TwitterQuestion: Ichiro Suzuki reached 4000-hit milestone, which records in pro sports are more impressive than that?


As Al Sharpton says at the end of his show with the letters segment..."Friend or foe, I wanna know"
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
What is it with people today leaving the tags and stickers on ball caps? Once you've purchased the item and are ready to start wearing it, you should do three things, none of which kids today seem willing or capable of doing:

1) remove all tags and stickers
2) bend the bill of the cap so that there's a curve in it, and....
3) wear it facing forward, not backward (unless you're playing catcher) and wear it straight on your head, not crooked with the bill pointing off to one side. You ain't a "gangsta". Get over yourself. Unless the logo on the cap itself is a blinged-out dollar sign, just wear it like a normal person.

There. I feel better now.
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get off my lawn!


but i agree with number 3... if you are over 25 (that is pushing it) you do not wear a hat backwards



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XPOFAN said:
Tony Marinaro ‏@TonyMarinaro

MTL FORUM TwitterQuestion: Ichiro Suzuki reached 4000-hit milestone, which records in pro sports are more impressive than that?

As Al Sharpton says at the end of his show with the letters segment..."Friend or foe, I wanna know"
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Has Antonio forgotten Pete Rose had more hits, 56 game hitting streaks, Gretzky's 2700+ points?
 
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