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OT: MLB Thread

What if the powers that be in Montreal started with something less ambitious like the Can-Am League. Imagine the rivalry with Quebec City.
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
given the Expos' history of losing when it mattered like 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, hell even 1993 when they had to win and Sean Berry had someone at 3rd with less than two outs and did nothing, they never won when they had to, so I am not convinced they wouldn't have choked away either the division or the post season.
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Man, for someone who hates this team you sure know a lot about them.
 
there was a time I was a sucker like you all for them, then I woke up, problem is it took me until 2000.

However long before that, I always knew they were chokers and losers.
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
there was a time I was a sucker like you all for them, then I woke up, problem is it took me until 2000.

However long before that, I always knew they were chokers and losers.
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Well if you were able to snap out of it for the Expos then perhaps there's still hope for you that you'll one day look back and shake your head at the thought of dropping big money on Habs tickets. They haven't exactly been world-beaters over the past couple of decades, that's for sure.

If I were still in Montreal I would buy tickets, wear my Expos jersey and root hard for the Mets. I suppose that if the games don't draw well they can always use the excuse that:

A) it was a pre-season game, and
B) people in Montreal still harbour resentment toward the Blue Jays (and generally loathe all things Toronto anyway)

Good thing they're playing the Mets instead of the Marlins or there'd be nobody to root for.
 
nah, I always liked Canadiens far more, and will never give up on them.

Expos were just the team to follow between Canadiens' cups in the 1970s and a summer pass time in the 80s
 
xposbrad said:
If you always lived in BC, why did you start to follow the Expos and not the Blue Jays?
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He didn't always live in BC but even if he had he could have followed the Expos easily back then. At one time the Expos had a network of radio affiliates from coast to coast and that didn't suddenly end in 1977 with the birth of the Jays. Even in Southern Ontario where I lived I had access to every Expos game on radio (the then 1350 CKAR - Oshawa) up until the mid-80's and could still get about half their games on radio as late as 1990. The bleeding off of Expos radio affiliates happened gradually, and while one might think it coincided with the Jays' on-field success it was really more about the management of the Expos at that time simply giving away the rights to everything outside Quebec. It wasn't a media take-over by the Jays; it was a capitulation on the part of the tight-fisted, provincial hicks in Expos management after Bronfman sold the team.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
He didn't always live in BC but even if he had he could have followed the Expos easily back then. At one time the Expos had a network of radio affiliates from coast to coast and that didn't suddenly end in 1977 with the birth of the Jays. Even in Southern Ontario where I lived I had access to every Expos game on radio (the then 1350 CKAR - Oshawa) up until the mid-80's and could still get about half their games on radio as late as 1990. The bleeding off of Expos radio affiliates happened gradually, and while one might think it coincided with the Jays' on-field success it was really more about the management of the Expos at that time simply giving away the rights to everything outside Quebec. It wasn't a media take-over by the Jays; it was a capitulation on the part of the tight-fisted, provincial hicks in Expos management after Bronfman sold the team.
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My dad lived his whole life out west and he was a habs/expos fan.
 
Well for whoever plans on going to the BJs vs Mets series, are people going to the Friday or Saturday 1pm game? I'm leaning towards Saturday but I love night games.
 
You don't get the benefit of a night game at the Big Owe anyway. Although Bradley, not sure how you can go, the games are on the Sabbath.
 
Count, will you buy a couple of tickets to each game to help the cause? You can then send them to me and I'll make sure they get distributed to a a needy fan.
 
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