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Originally posted by AaronSJ@Sep 29 2004, 12:56 PM
I also grew up as an Expos fan - Tim Raines was (and still is) my favorite player ever. We used to make an annual weekend trek from N.B. to Montreal to catch a weekend series - it used to be the highlight of my summer.
I was in Montreal last week and went to two games for old times sake. To be honest, I almost had tears in my eyes. It was very sad seeing a major league baseball game with 3,000 fans in a 50,000 seat stadium (and a good portion of them made the trek from NYC to watch the visiting Mets).
I'll be sad to see them go, but their time has come. The franchise deserves a home where the fans will support them rather than embarass them.
I wonder if the Blue Jays are next?
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I tried so hard to get to a final game this year (I've probably been to 100 or more over the years) but it was not to be
of course I agree with you , its embarassing the way fan support went out with a whimper...but I think the Fans hearts were long since broken post 94 and then the Brochu business followed by Loria
and the stadium was an unqualified disaster....downtown Montreal is probably one of the 4 or 5 most vibrant downtowns in North America....yet you have to get on a subway to the suburbs to go INSIDE to watch baseball in a broken down spaceship