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Originally Posted by RichMSN
I spent about an hour talking about the Expos with a friend of mine just a few weeks ago. The strike hurt them more than any other franchise. And the exchange rate (at the time). And Loria skipping town and MLB operating them on a shoestring budget were the final nails in the coffin.
I loved going to Montreal every couple of years for a Phillies series. I was there in September 1993 and was in a packed-to-the-gills Olympic Stadium watching the Phils and Expos play for the division. Phils took 2 out of 3 and won the division and went to the World Series. Montreal came back in 1994 and had the best team in baseball in the one year there was no World Series.
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Quite right. The strike in '94 killed baseball in Montreal. It was the only franchise where the fans remained away in droves.
A tip of the hat for remaining a Phillies fan, for they have to endure the indignity of being the losers of more games in MLB history.
Tue Apr 13, 2010, 06:50pm
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