Comments on: What Could Have Been? The Story of the 1994 Montreal Expos

By: RadioDave

RadioDave — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:10:19 +0000

As a life-long Yankee fan… and as someone who went to a few Expo games (growing up 3 hours from Montreal)… just thinking about 1994 still ticks me off. I thought for sure it would be Yanks/Expos and I might get a crack at seeing a WS game live and in person.

If the team ever built that downtown stadium, who knows… maybe the team would still be there, but I think the stadium was the key, Olympic Stadium was a dumpster fire.

Either way, MLB continues to screw up its own sport. No minimum salary cap, World Series games that haven't seen sunlight in 20 years, over-expansion, turning a blind eye to steroids till it was too late… add it all up and you've got your answer.

By: dehybl

dehybl — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:13:13 +0000

Thanks, I got my years confused when looking at the years of his awards. Appreciate the edit.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:02:40 +0000

Very good article.

Just one correction on the Pedro Martinez picture caption – he won his first Cy Young with the Expos in 1997 (with his other 2 as a member of the Red Sox).

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:44:12 +0000

Excellent article. I firmly believe that MLB & MLBPA killed the Expos. Although not an Expos fan I was very sad to see them leave Montreal. I even went to Montreal during their last season to see a game at old Olympic Stadium. And you are correct, the current baseball financial imbalance is destroying several once proud teams.