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While Blue Monday is universally recognized as the dagger in [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] theheart to Montreal's best chance to get to the World Series (in anon-strike year), we believe that there was an undisclosed daythat was worse than that. It was some day after 1990 when ClaudeBrochu and Bud Selig made a deal with one hand, and stabbed [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] theExpos with the other.
3 - Blue Monday was the worst day in Expos History.
2 - Attendance remains low due to indifference [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] of Montrealers.
6 - The [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] city of Montreal should not be important to MLB.
This is the city where Jackie Robinson played before beingcalled up into the major leagues. This is the city and team thatPete Rose played for when he collected his 4000th hit (therewere over 48 thousand that day). This was the first expansioncity outside of the United States. This is the team whosepitcher was the 11th in baseball history to record a perfectgame. It can even be said that the success of the Expos pavedthe way for a 2nd Canadian franchise to be [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] established. The BlueJays went on to become the dominant franchise between 1989 and1993. No matter what, Montreal will be remembered for itscontribution to baseball.
10 - That the Expos lost its fan base after all the English leftin the early 80's.
While this claim may be technically true, it [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] has about as muchmerit as McGuire's or Bonds' juiced up home run records.
8 - Small market teams like the Expos cannot compete.
The Olympic Stadium continued to average over 18 thousandvisitors per game until 1997. While they were not leaders inattendance by any stretch, it was still a solid base that astrong committed ownership can have grown from.
If there is one thing that Montrealers love to do, it is to goout and party. Any event is good. Jazz festival, Comedyfestivals, Canadian Football League, hey, even a North Americansoccer league. As long as you have a liquor license, you haveyour self a good attendance. Knowing your franchise is leaving,or your owners are major league baseball, well, that is notexactly a party atmosphere. Even the film festival was gettinggood attendance until the rumors started of it being shut downin favor of Toronto. That won't win you any fans either.
No one, who has ever been to the Olympic stadium and heard 10thousand people sound like 30 thousand strong can ever make thatstatement. Most of us continue to follow the exploits ofVladimir Guerrero or Orlando Cabrera on their new teams. Or theCanadians that are making [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] the major leagues in ever increasingnumbers. To go to the stadium and give our money to MLB would belike victims paying to keep their rapist in [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] jail. It simplyisn't right.
People seemed to forget that Montreal already had a 1994 seasonback in 1981. The Expos will in the lead both times. Thedifference between 1994 and 1981 was 1 thing. Charles Bronfman.Mr. Bronfman kept his team intact and worked hard to keepMontreal in contention year after year. He only sold the teamafter having the foresight of the skyrocketing player salariesin his near future. Selig, through Brochu, would have sold offMontreal's star players despite any success the team may, or maynot have had during that season. Using recent history as ourguide, we see that Selig's new puppet Loria did the same thingwith the Marlins. Montreal would have been no different. And theresulting backlash would have allowed him to move the team evenearlier.
While there is no question that a stadium, in the heart of thedowntown area, would have improved attendance, it is na?ve tobelieve that it would have been anything more than a band-aidsolution. The Expos needed a stable and committed ownershipgroup, not a better stadium. If there is one thing aboutMontreal, their fan suffers no fools. Players would have to havebeen re-signed. Quality free agents would have to be brought in.Bottom line, the Expos would have needed to remain a contenderto have survived. All one had to do was to read the papers, andcheck the first few weeks of attendance with Mr. Loria boughtthe Expos.
By the team Loria purchased the Expos, the city almost held it'sbreath with the promise of restoring tradition and longevity toa team that has for over a decade seen it's best players beingsold to what seemed like the lowest bidder. With no localownership stepping up to become the majority partner,Montrealers knew that this Art Dealer from New York was theirlast chance. The real plan or plot [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] was soon revealed as Loriaturned out to be another [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] pawn by Bud Selig in his plan. Themedia crucified Loria and he was made the scapegoat. We now havethe benefit of history to [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] guide us, and it has become painfullyobvious that Loria was simply Selig's patsy. Selig has wanted toget rid of the Expos opening since 2001, but most like has beenworking on this since Claude Brochu in the mid 90's. He is abusinessman, and if a franchise does not meeting targetedrevenues, then what better way to line your pockets than theadditional monies made for "expansion fees".
1 - That had the strike not cancelled the 94 season, thingswould somehow be any different.
Consistency. That is what having $$$ at your disposal every yearwill give you. Consistency. Assuming, of course, your team isnot run by Monkeys (see: New York Rangers), a big budget willget you talked about as a contender every year. But every year,"Cinderella" or small-market teams make a run for it. Everyyear, one or more of the "David's" take on and bet the"Goliaths". Every few years, Montreal's well-renown scouting andminor league development systems are able to churn out teamsthat are usually only a couple of pieces away from a playoffrun.
9 - That the [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] Atlanta Braves are on the verge of their 13thCONSECUTIVE division title.
4 - Jeffery Loria killed the Expos.
5 - The Expos needed a new stadium downtown.
7 - The people of Montreal no longer care about baseball.
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