Weapon X Posted September 30, 2004 Share Posted September 30, 2004 Last night was their final *home game, played at Olympic Stadium, aka the Big O. I was fortunate enough to have watched it, though not in it's entirety. Call me a pussy, but I went out drinking instead, since the thought of watching the final inning would have been too hard on me. Quebec has the richest baseball history in Canada, and the Expos have been around since 1969. Blame goes around to different people, depending on who you ask. Me? I blame the fans. Sure, there have been multiple greedy owners of the team, and sure, the stadium was a mess. But the city just couldn't support them because people had no interest in going to the games, nor watching them on television. My heart goes out to all the loyal fans in Mtl. I don't know what I'd do if the Blue Jays left town. I hate the fact that in Canada, only hockey rules. That's why it's the ONLY goddamn thing we're good at. C'est pathetique. So...I guess the Jays are next, huh? Unless some serious things go down, like stadium renovation, and a winning team. I seriously, seriously, seriously hate Canadians for only liking hockey, and not giving a shit about anything else. Bunch of one dimensional morons. Au revoir, Expos, salut, Senators! Let's see if Washington can become winners this time around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted September 30, 2004 Author Share Posted September 30, 2004 PLEASE READ THIS TIMELINE OUT OF RESPECT! READ THIS OUT OF RESPECT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted September 30, 2004 Author Share Posted September 30, 2004 Larry Walker Moises Alou Vlad Guerrero Pedro Martinz Rusty Staub Tim Wallach Tim Raines Pete Rose There's plenty more where that came from...what a history. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted September 30, 2004 Author Share Posted September 30, 2004 I'M GOING TO POUR LIQUOR FOR "1994'S BEST TEAM IN BASEBALL". TOO BAD THERE HAD TO BE A STRIKE THAT YEAR. THINGS WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT IF THE 'SPOS HAD WON IT THAT YEAR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mikro137 Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Originally posted by Weapon X Larry Walker Moises Alou Vlad Guerrero Pedro Martinz Rusty Staub Tim Wallach Tim Raines Pete Rose There's plenty more where that came from...what a history. andres galaraga Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 yep... it sucks.... but that's how commerce works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebsBK Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 fucken pete rose....that movie on espn about him was niceeee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRON KING Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 ill pour some of my 40 out for the expos:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HESHIANDET Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 i didnt know you were from mtl. tell some young french girl's i said "holla" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InnerCityRebel Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 The Expos are a tight team it is a sad day in baseball when they leave Montreal.A tip of my Expos hat to them.Fuck the Wasshington whatevers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted October 1, 2004 Author Share Posted October 1, 2004 Originally posted by HESHIANDET i didnt know you were from mtl. tell some young french girl's i said "holla" I'm from Toronto. I'm a baseball fan, though. But next time I reach, I'll be sure to say "Hesh says 'holla'" in my best drunken French. I wish I saw that Pete Rose flick on ESPN. It's nice to see that there are Americans who sympathize with the mtl fans. Sure, there ain't that many these days, but it's sad to think about the loyal ones. 30,000 peeps showed up at the game last night. Quite a few loyal fans were quoted as saying "Where were these people before?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flow ish Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 I blame both the fans and the management, more the latter though. If they would've pushed the team more, not traded off the good players, advertised and other things, the team wouldn't have faded as such. It would've been nice if they would've built that downtown park too but by the time they announced all of that, it was already too late. http://images.tsn.ca/images/stories/20040928/expos_68750.jpg'> http://www.e-cookbooks.net/aprons/expos.jpg'> http://www.steinke.us/baseball/pictures/expos-olyseat.jpg'> Tim Raines, my favorite; http://images.tsn.ca/images/stories/20020927/raines_78550.jpg'> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/2212/expo89-1.gif'> What woulda/coulda/shoulda been; http://www.baseballxxl.de/Download/expos_640.jpg'> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted October 1, 2004 Author Share Posted October 1, 2004 Yeah, the owners did what is known as a ‘fire sale’ after the ’94 year. If they had only kept that team together, they could have won the pennant in ’95, if not the World Series. I didn’t even realize that they were talking about making a new park. I’m sure that would have helped. But as you insinuated – too little, too late. That park looks sweet! Tim Raines…what a character. A cocaine user, too. At a crucial game against the Orioles last year, I almost yelled at Tim Raines Jr. (who has since been sent down to the Ottawa Lynx) that his dad was a cokehead when he was up to bat. But that would be terrible. He talked to my buddy who was wearing an Expos hat for a bit, and gave him his batting gloves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Dazzle Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Didn't they only get like a cpuple hundred people showing up for games? Everytime they showed them on TV the stands were 90% empty. You can't survive without support. People there probably won't even notice they're gone..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted October 1, 2004 Author Share Posted October 1, 2004 yeah, a lot of the people in montreal won't. But I know that there were those loyal fans, and it's those people I feel most sorry for. It's the same thing with the Jays. We don't have terrible crowds like the Expos (not a couple hundred...more like a few thousand - but that's still very bad), but believe me, there are quite a lot of big fans...me being one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual T. Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 http://www.negroplease.com/babypimp.jpg'> It's all about the Dodgers and the Angels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
23578 Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 one of the three major league teams i have seen in their home stadiums. didn't they have some earlier history than 69? i thought i heard on the radio yesterday that they had one of the first black players in mtl, because the stigma was less than in the states. hockey IS way kick ass though. preseason ahl tonight, woo-hoo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 http://www.kak.ru/images/archive/17/stroganovka/1kurs/DSC00675.jpg'> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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