Expos Night Ceremony at the Bell Centre

[MontrealExposForever]

This video makes me cry each and every time.

How I miss Nos Amours. 

[MTLbigJ]

im going to start crying

[SWhit62030]

I don't know. Maybe they were scared to death that a Canadian team could have won the World Series for three straight years in the 1990's. The Expos would have smoked the Yankees in 1994, and I think that would have been great for the game.

[guacamolechief39]

first line= Youppi-Koivu-Kovalev

[MTLbigJ]

i want a youppi jersey

[SWhit62030]

Maybe once Bud Selig gets out of the game, baseball will come back to Montreal.

[PLERKTA]

@SWhit62030 why does he hate the expos?

[BrownBrother27]

Why was there no banner for the Expos' 1981 Division Championship raised at Bell Centre along with the numbers of players for the Montreal Expos?

[moffman17]

They'd better make a new sign for when Vladdy retires. Nobody played better baseball in Montreal than #27: 234 HR, 702 RBI, 123 steals and, last but certainly not least, a .323 average.

With his career numbers giving him first-ballot hall-of-fame potential and the fact that he played longer in Montreal than in Anaheim, he will be the third and last Expo in the hall.

[rodneymack1999]

@moffman17 I think Pedro Martinez have his chance to be at the hall of fame.

[ddavenport]

If Selig would know any better, the Expos would be back in Montreal.

BRING 'EM BACK!

[raiders1967]

Thanks for posting this video. I grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida, spring training home of the Expos and home of a Class A minor league team of the Expos. I was unaware of this tribute until tonight.

[tayeule124]

The problem is that they don't have any space in downtown Montreal for a Baseball Stadium. The Olympic Stadium was ugly but there was something special about it. I'd pay a lot of money to see a baseball game in that stadium once again!

[famar06]

very nice gesture honoring les expos and giving youppi a new home

[TheRevolutionCanada]

I sooo Miss the days that the Expos and Jays played against eachother on Canada Day

[upchuck69]

I would love to see baseball make a comeback in Montreal.

But the demographics of the city has changed and most immigrants that have come here in the past 15 years are more interested in soccer than baseball as a summer sport. I'm not saying that it won't happen but it would be a real uphill battle.

[spyglass71]

@upchuck69 yeah the demographic has changed but don't forget there's a huge Baseball program in Quebec, especially in montreal.. every neighborhood in MTL has a baseball team and they all play VERY hard for the Quebec championships. Once we get a new park, (which they have plenty of place on the island.. it doesn't have to be in the downtown core) there will be a big movement to get a franchise back here.. especially since a few american franchises are failing

[Thenumber11here]

The strike screwed over the Jays fan base and the expos even worse.

[DonoGagnon11]

hahaha on the board its whrite "Play Station 2" And i have "Play Station 3" At my home :D

[puck30]

Two Things doomed 'The Expos'. One was 94' when the strike ended the march on the Championship. And number two was not getting a new ball-park. For Montreal to have any chance they would have to get a AAA franchise first. Build a new Stadium, and wait for some U.S. franchise to go into the tank.

[GPRacing1000]

Your right, that is Michael Jackson! Rest in Peace King of Pop! Everyone loved you so much!

[OzoneReviews]

HOLY SHIT MICHAEL JACKSON IN THE CROWD AT 1:00

Anyway, this was very classy and I still remember this night. MLB must've been pissed when they heard about this.

[redsoxsuckhaha]

NO MLB knew about it and they were not mad they prob gave the Expos simble to that hockey team so in 10 years the people who grew up knowing the Expos can tell their kids that there used to be a MLB team in Montreal

[OzoneReviews]

Meh... Don't think so...

[redsoxsuckhaha]

i do think so MLB IS VERY GOOD TO EVERYONE THEY EVEN HELP KIDS TO NOT USED DRUGS AND PLAY THE GAME OF BASEBALL MLB RBI AND IM SURE THEY GAVE THE EXPOS SIGEN TO THE HOOCKEY TEAM CAUSE MLB HAD TO ORDER THE SIMBLE

[OzoneReviews]

Sure, the MLB had to authorize it, but they wouldn't do it to make people remember.

You don't know the true story of the Expos, do you?

[redsoxsuckhaha]

um yes i do i went to c them play every year they didnt ever filled up their stadium ever since the 1994 strike and they left montreal for good after the 2004 season and talked about leaving montreal for years

[azbaldy5]

that was aCLASSY THING the canadiens did to remember the expos. maybe someday MLB will return to montreal,given the right ownership it could make it.

[redsoxsuckhaha]

MLB will never bring the Expos back cause now their the Nats and have a new ballpark and MLB taked for years of moving the EXPOS to the states and it cost MLB a lot of money to move the team to washation DC and changing the name and making the uniforms and finding a owner

[jlcel0818ya]

Is that banner still hanging at the Molson Centre?

[XLIXERS]

Yes.

[GohabsGo39]

But Now The MOLSON CENTRE CHANGED ITS NAME IN 2004 TO THE BELL CENTRE!!!!

[Mahes46]

now since molson bought the habs its probably gonna b called molson centre agn :D

[jayuiu]

yes that banner is still there

[system9697]

yes it is!

[Pedro4life09]

ayoyedon you obviously havent been to a rays game or have seen a rays game for that matter they have a good solid fan base and have loyal fans. nuff said

[NClaxGoalie]

I'm a devils fan but i like the canadiens cuz i take french.. but they're a decent team for hockey.. i want to go to one of their games just to experience a hockey game in french

[MrCanuck]

I remember beating up Youppi for hitting on my sister at one of the Expos games.

[Dbczero4]

7000 or less at expos home games... sad, considering the jays lowest in the 2000s was 21000 or 20000, and has been steadily rising to 29000 this year, last home game for this season brought 44000 fans to see roy get his 20th win while expos last home game ever only drew 31000 if fans want expos back, which is remote idea at best, they'd have to avg more than 18000 every home game

[JEVEUMESEXPOS]

je veu mes expo!!!!!

[JEVEUMESEXPOS]

je veu mes expo!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bigfilmhat]

Good to see Youppi landed on his feet.

[LeafzFan95]

This is getting so bullshit MLB only has 1 canadian team NHL only 8 NFL NONE! Nba has 1 The Canadians Created Hockey and Basketball and Americans like Gary Betman are taking Canada away from sports

[WWEYANKS52]

the bills are moving to toronto for good when ralph wilson dies

[koouunn]

horray, another canadian team. but only if it was a team that isnt doing so good like texas

[ACParker13]

NHL has 6 canadian teams bud

nordiques and jets have been gone for years

[ayoyedon]

move the Rays to MTL because montreal and toronto have a great rivalery and don't forget boston and new york

[jessesells15]

rays wont be movin their after the season their having

[ACParker13]

i say move the marlins, they had 600 people at their game last night, that's right SIX HUNDRED

there was more people at the theatre i went to see Dark Knight at

[EddieNeverSleeps]

The Marlins won 2 World Series in their first decade of existence. Not too shabby. They tied the pitiful cubs and the cubs had a 90 year head start!

[gstant21]

i dont know about anyone else, but i think montreal should try and move away from the MLB for a while and attempt to get a minor league tewam. ive been to some ottawa lynx games and they are amazing. the atmosphere is really good at a minor league game.

[xlibman]

true, I heard lot of Montrealers didn't wanted MLB to come back anyway due to waht happened. I think they should try to get a Can-Am team instead. It's quite odd to see Quebec city have a baseball team and not Montreal, even if it's not major league

[iglookid74]

I am proud to say that I was at that game for one last tribute to my beloved expos!

[RdSoxFan618]

Is that Michael Jackson in the corner @ 1:00?

[21117333]

on vous oubliras jamais

[21117333]

on vous oubliras jamais

[BlackJays]

MTL needs a baseball park, not an olympic stadium. That's the first thing they need to get if they're serious about bringing a new franchise.

[mrios328]

that ship has sailed. there will be a team in mexico before they put one in montreal.

[BlackJays]

Eventually, baseball will return to Montreal. Washington didn't have a team for a while, so it just made sense to move it there. I'll give it about 15 years or so, but I think the city will get a team back.

[canadiensfan66]

nah itll never happen unfortunetely

[PLERKTA]

@BlackJays the washington nationals actually have existed before in the MLB. i'm not sure what ever happened to them though. Hopefully the expos will return. If it wasn't for the expos there would be no blue jays.

[Kanjilearner]

@BlackJays

But what to name the new team? MLB retired the Expos name.

[cheesemonkey421]

@BlackJays After the Winnipeg Jets left for Phoenix, it was a 15 wait for the NHL to return to Winnipeg. It took a big effort, including a new arena. If Montreal makes an effort, they could be where the next team to move lands. The Nationals played at RFK stadium for 3 years while planning/building their new stadium. A baseball team could use Olympic Stadium in a similar manner. There's potential.

[xlibman]

Idk but I think people in Montreal are more hockey fans. Just look by yourself. MTL Canadiens sucked since the Nordiques departed for Colorado until 2007-2008 season and since the strike the attendance is maxed out. The opposite happened with MTL expos

[USAGiant]

dumb question: If the fans & most important business/political leader in Montreal wanted it bad, could that city get a MLB team again?

[ihatethecityofblah]

if only someone would build a new baseball stadium, montreal would get a team - i say move the rays.

[riderfanszmul]

No, move the Marlins! Lowest attendance in MLB and 2 World titles since '97. Proof that the fans don't care

[puck30]

Won't be The Marlins, they have a new Stadium being built

[trdcleveland858]

I Agree, Therefor The Expos Can Kick The Yankees & Red Sox's Ass Every Year, LOL. It's Better Than Beating The Worthless Braves.

[taceyb]

very nice. Does that mean they retired the Expos?

[jclout09]

That was great-missing the spose