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OT: MLB Thread

Sal_Butera said:
If I had that kind of dough to throw around, I'd have bought the Habs, Rays, and outbid Pegula for the Bills & moved them to Mtl, but alas....

Maybe u can use your Tim connections & get Wendy's to buy'em?
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I'll see your billion and raise you a billion.
 
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou said:
If Rogers owns a team then Bell has to own one too. Besides, having Sunday night baseball isn't as lucrative as having the LCS and World Series which TSN does not have. They need to be able to show a lot of games involving a team that a lot of people care about, not just two random teams.

In any case, Montreal is going to get a team again because money abhors a vaccuum. There's no money to be made in Tampa, there is money to be made in Montreal. It's that simple. Sooner or later BCE or some other corporation is going to find a way to get in there and get it. And I guarantee you that whatever the old model was in terms of territorial rights will be out the window. The landscape changed when Toronto entered the bigs and it will change again when Montreal re-enters it.

Never underestimate the power of lawyers in large groups.
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no one cared about Expos first time, why would they now?
 
And?

How does Braves attendance being shit defend the expos attendance?

All i see is two teams with shitty attendance...

It really doesnt help the argument.


The only argument the expos have is that the stadium location sucked and while that is true... unless you find someone willing to fund something downtown the problem isnt being solved

Unless you find an owner with 1 - 1.5 billion or so (and thats without considering payroll) its a pipe dream
 
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BKerr said:
And?

How does Braves attendance being shit defend the expos attendance?

All i see is two teams with shitty attendance...

It really doesnt help the argument.


The only argument the expos have is that the stadium location sucked and while that is true... unless you find someone willing to fund something downtown the problem isnt being solved
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Ted Turner - an owner willing to spend & field a winning team....Presto!

Funny how winning brings people out to watch - and willing to spend $ keeping & acquiring talent.

U talk as if u're knowledgeable about Expos history, u know very little about what transpired...
 
Sal_Butera said:
Ted Turner - an owner willing to spend & field a winning team....Presto!

Funny how winning brings people out to watch - and willing to spend $ keeping & acquiring talent.

U talk as if u're knowledgeable about Expos history, u know very little about what transpired...
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sure bad owners but still even in good years attendance was nothing before June 24. I went to a gsme in 1996 in August height of pennant race, a whopping 17000 showed up.
 
BKerr said:
Where is the ted turner equivalent in montreal?
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It looks like if anything, it might be a consortium of business people. There needs to be a team for sale or willing to relocate, and then there needs to be some interest in that city. Right now, it appears like Tampa Bay might be that team and the same group that initiated the study into the feasibility of a MLB team in Montreal might step forward. I think most people wish there was this knight in shining armor with billions to bring a team here and have a 100m+ payroll, it might not exist when the numbers get discussed, or it might be a group, no one knows until Tampa actually explores its options. Sometimes bidders stay anonymous or quiet until the opportunity actually exists.
 
Montreal is a national league city. However NL or AL I believe should change team name. Expo name is one of failure. A new team needs a new name new identity etc
 
TheCountofMonteCristo said:
sure bad owners but still even in good years attendance was nothing before June 24. I went to a gsme in 1996 in August height of pennant race, a whopping 17000 showed up.
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The fire sale of spring 1995 was the death knell, avg fan stopped caring, only diehards remained - especially when Walker, Grissom, Wetteland & Hill go to management & propose a package deal in order to keep the team together & the GM (from Brochu's orders) even refuses to offer arbitration to Walker because of fear he'll accept the 1-yr arbitration award to spite team ownership.

BTW Count - isn't that the moment they became "the Expires" to u?
 
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