The redsox, cubs and countless other teams don't have to say what if? You know why? Because through good and bad times they support their team. The strike didn't help but the bottom line is the fans should have come to supports the expos no matter what!!!
@lcpmarketinggroup I can't tell you how much I would love to see that come to pass, but I have serious doubts. I saw many a game at the Big O, and sadly I felt like the guy at 1:10 more often than not.
As long as Bud Selig and his cronies are running MLB, don't even dream about baseball returning to Montreal. If/when they do go one day, then maybe it's possible.
Former Expos voice Rodger Brulotte revealed last week that a group of serious investors is already working on trying to bring a team back to Montreal. Who knows? Maybe by 2020, Nos Amours will be playing in a downtown stadium.
Great article on the CBC and a bunch of other websites confirming that Montreal can support a MLB team! The hype to bring back the Expos is gaining momentum, it seems (Just look at the number of people around Montreal who are wearing Expos gear!).
Now Montrealers just need to take charge and demand their team back. If we scream loud enough, someone with deep pockets will hear us.
@ajax66 no there is no other baseball team in Montret the only other MLB team in canada is the Toronto Blue Jays but thats far from montreal and the Expos left because fans gave up on them after the 1994 strike due to money and they had a chance to make the world series that year. they left after the 2004 season and are now called the Washation Nationals in Washation DC
@MontrealExposForever me eaither i miss going up to montreal i wish they played the Yankees durning internleague that would have filled up the stadium and i prob would have gone to that game if they had the Yankees played up there in their final few years that would have been nice for the expos to fill the stadium even though it be 90% yankee fans
@redsoxsuckhaha The thing is, if you're not from Montreal, it is hard to understand just how disgustingly this team was stolen from us. Yes, the fans gave up the last few years but that's because they knew there was nothing they could do to stop Loria and Selig.
Did you know that they pulled all of the games off TV for the final 3-4 years? Why would a team do this if they were serious about staying in Montreal?
But killing kids' dreams isn't worth more than the almighty dollar.
@MontrealExposForever i used to go up to montreal once a year and see a game it was fun even though they lost everytime i went but it was just fun sitting anywere you want in the stadium cause like no one was there
@MontrealExposForever Criminal--at least Seattle got the Mariners when the Pilots got stolen from the city and broke people's heart, but the city of Seattle sued baseball and forced them to give them another team.
Man if 1994 just didn't have the strike BASEBALL would have hit new heights in Canada. Toronto 92 and 93 champs and Montreal 94 champs. It would have been awesome to see Toronto vs. Montreal in the World Series.
@mtee111 the yankees were good in 94 is what i was told but it would be nice to have the expos in the world series they prob would have won and still have been in montreal today
@mtee111 I took a few years off of following baseball after 1994. What the strike potentially took away from the great city of Montreal (most poignantly a decade later) was the nail in the coffin for me. Baseball lost character when they lost the Expos.
The Expos had several problems which is why they left. They had a Management Group not committed to winning. They played in a Football Stadium. And they played in a market that was never very loyal to baseball.
The '94 team would have probably won the National League that season when the strike took place they where at least if memory serves me 8 games up on the Braves,probably the best team nobody remembers,anyway when baseball came back for early '95-97' attendance was way down not just in Montreal but all around baseball
I had a feeling back in '94 that if the strike killed the season that the Expos fortunes would never recover and unfortunately I was proven right. I always wonder if Bud Selig and his corrupt cronies deliberately dragged the strike as part of a plot to kill the Expos especially sine the Jays had won it 2 years in a row before. I'm sure it didn't sit well with a lot of the American owners the idea of a 3rd consecutive World Series going north of the border. Think of the lost revenue in the US.
I was at that game too, I was only twelve and it was a school night. My dad took me and my sister, but he took me to games as early as 1995. Since the Expos left I've become a Rangers fan, and my dad a Yankees fan, but no matter what team I watch or cheer for my team will always be the Expos.
redsoxsuckhaha i never said the strike didn't hurt any other teams. my point was that because of the revenue the expos lost they were not able to sign their top notch talent, thus leaving the fans with nothing more than a gloified minor leauge team. As for seattle, they were able to eventually"somewhat" recover because of the great american economy at the time. it might be a different story today.
@mariner82 but still if the mariners did not make the playoffs in 95 they would have moved to florida and they could have been eaither the tampa bay mariners or the tampa bay divil rays then
The 'spos had just swept the braves and had the best record on the mlb when the '94 strike occured. Between the regular season and playoff revenue they would have had the money to hold onto walker, grissom, lansing, wetteland, alou, et al. The strike hurt the expos more than any other team. i course fehr just as much as selig.
@mariner82 umm the 94 strike did not just hurt the expos it did hurt all of MLB in the start of the 1995 season fans did not go to baseball games they were still mad about the baseball strike it slowly recover as the season went on the seattle mariners had just faild to build a new ball park and was going to move to tampa bay so it did not just hurt the expos yes after the stike less fans went to expos games same with the blue jays thats because expos fans never gave the expos another chance
@redsoxsuckhaha Baseball in Montreal was always taking a back-seat to hockey. Without as much history or tradition for the sport as in the US, the strike dealt a MAJOR blow to the game's popularity here, moreso than anywhere else. With the ressurgence of the game with the McGwire/Sosa homerun race, the sport in Monteal didnt recover as well as other areas.
@redsoxsuckhaha ...continued... One person to blame is Claude Brochu who never really had any intention of building the new ballpark he promised and performed the fire-sale of players. There is also the return of a football team (CFL) to our city in 1996 that provided competition for fans,
On Aug 29 1984 SD beat Montreal 11-3. On Aug 15 and 16 Montreal was in San Fran. Check out baseball-reference web site under teams, then results and schedules!
great team in the late 80s and early 90s...with the likes of larry walker, tim raines, andres gallaraga, bret barberie, denny martinez, moises alou, and marquis grissom...
I bet if they had a winner year in and year out they would draw 2 million per season. But they never did, due to a minimum payroll and lack of Ownership control. Too bad Labatt Field was never built. Would have been sweet!
There not going to come back people in Montreal never gave them a chance plus their stadium sucked it was really a in door track but they had no more then 400 fans per game min
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The redsox, cubs and countless other teams don't have to say what if? You know why? Because through good and bad times they support their team. The strike didn't help but the bottom line is the fans should have come to supports the expos no matter what!!!
averagejoe511 4 days ago
@lcpmarketinggroup I can't tell you how much I would love to see that come to pass, but I have serious doubts. I saw many a game at the Big O, and sadly I felt like the guy at 1:10 more often than not.
TiocfaidhArLa 1 month ago
As a met fan, I miss the expos. I wish they would have never moved.
qman66 2 months ago
Bring back the Expos!
diabledesbois 3 months ago
I pray daily that Selig --- and while we're at it, Loria --- die very soon.
MontrealExposForever 5 months ago in playlist MontrealExposForever's Favorited Videos
As long as Bud Selig and his cronies are running MLB, don't even dream about baseball returning to Montreal. If/when they do go one day, then maybe it's possible.
upchuck69 5 months ago
Former Expos voice Rodger Brulotte revealed last week that a group of serious investors is already working on trying to bring a team back to Montreal. Who knows? Maybe by 2020, Nos Amours will be playing in a downtown stadium.
That's why I'm an Expo forever. :)
MontrealExposForever 7 months ago 7
@MontrealExposForever i dont think montreal will be getting a MLB team ever again sorry just saying
redsoxsuckhaha 6 months ago
Great article on the CBC and a bunch of other websites confirming that Montreal can support a MLB team! The hype to bring back the Expos is gaining momentum, it seems (Just look at the number of people around Montreal who are wearing Expos gear!).
Now Montrealers just need to take charge and demand their team back. If we scream loud enough, someone with deep pockets will hear us.
Just like our friends in Winnipeg.
MontrealExposForever 7 months ago 3
Im am going to montreal this summer are there any other baseballclubs in that city?
And why did they move, im sorry im from Amsterdaman i like baseball but i dont follow it,
ajax66 8 months ago
@ajax66 no there is no other baseball team in Montret the only other MLB team in canada is the Toronto Blue Jays but thats far from montreal and the Expos left because fans gave up on them after the 1994 strike due to money and they had a chance to make the world series that year. they left after the 2004 season and are now called the Washation Nationals in Washation DC
redsoxsuckhaha 8 months ago
@ajax66 not at all...
folsomballer31 7 months ago
Beautiful tribute video. Thanks for posting this.
Damn, I hate that I'll never have the chance to bring my kids to see this team play like I was able to as a child. :(
MontrealExposForever 10 months ago 13
@MontrealExposForever me eaither i miss going up to montreal i wish they played the Yankees durning internleague that would have filled up the stadium and i prob would have gone to that game if they had the Yankees played up there in their final few years that would have been nice for the expos to fill the stadium even though it be 90% yankee fans
redsoxsuckhaha 10 months ago
@redsoxsuckhaha The thing is, if you're not from Montreal, it is hard to understand just how disgustingly this team was stolen from us. Yes, the fans gave up the last few years but that's because they knew there was nothing they could do to stop Loria and Selig.
Did you know that they pulled all of the games off TV for the final 3-4 years? Why would a team do this if they were serious about staying in Montreal?
But killing kids' dreams isn't worth more than the almighty dollar.
MontrealExposForever 10 months ago 4
@MontrealExposForever i used to go up to montreal once a year and see a game it was fun even though they lost everytime i went but it was just fun sitting anywere you want in the stadium cause like no one was there
redsoxsuckhaha 10 months ago
@MontrealExposForever Criminal--at least Seattle got the Mariners when the Pilots got stolen from the city and broke people's heart, but the city of Seattle sued baseball and forced them to give them another team.
jongreek 10 months ago
@jongreek also the mariners almost left seattle if they didnt win the ALDS they would have moved to tampa bay
redsoxsuckhaha 10 months ago
Man if 1994 just didn't have the strike BASEBALL would have hit new heights in Canada. Toronto 92 and 93 champs and Montreal 94 champs. It would have been awesome to see Toronto vs. Montreal in the World Series.
mtee111 1 year ago
@mtee111 the yankees were good in 94 is what i was told but it would be nice to have the expos in the world series they prob would have won and still have been in montreal today
redsoxsuckhaha 1 year ago
@mtee111 I took a few years off of following baseball after 1994. What the strike potentially took away from the great city of Montreal (most poignantly a decade later) was the nail in the coffin for me. Baseball lost character when they lost the Expos.
DontrelleRoosevelt 10 months ago
But it's not NFL
redsoxsuckhaha 1 year ago
Well how should I know I do not live in Montreal calm down and ur the retarded one
redsoxsuckhaha 1 year ago
They didn't play in a football stadium Montreal does not even have a football team
redsoxsuckhaha 1 year ago
@redsoxsuckhaha ARE YOU RETARDED??? THEY DO HAVE A FOOTBALL TEAM
MEGAxxxDETH666 1 year ago
@redsoxsuckhaha accutly they do its called the alouettes and its OLYMPIC stadium
p74ty4 1 year ago
@p74ty4 its still not in the NFL
redsoxsuckhaha 1 year ago
The Expos had several problems which is why they left. They had a Management Group not committed to winning. They played in a Football Stadium. And they played in a market that was never very loyal to baseball.
FRSFreeStateES 1 year ago
The '94 team would have probably won the National League that season when the strike took place they where at least if memory serves me 8 games up on the Braves,probably the best team nobody remembers,anyway when baseball came back for early '95-97' attendance was way down not just in Montreal but all around baseball
Airman241 1 year ago
I had a feeling back in '94 that if the strike killed the season that the Expos fortunes would never recover and unfortunately I was proven right. I always wonder if Bud Selig and his corrupt cronies deliberately dragged the strike as part of a plot to kill the Expos especially sine the Jays had won it 2 years in a row before. I'm sure it didn't sit well with a lot of the American owners the idea of a 3rd consecutive World Series going north of the border. Think of the lost revenue in the US.
upchuck69 1 year ago
@upchuck69 Totally agree, American owners hate seeing Canadian teams do well, it's just like what Bettman does in the NHL
partylikeits1066 9 months ago
Great video and I dig your YouTube Page. Can you tell me what song/artist is playing in your video? It's perfect.
dennisjames1971 1 year ago
@dennisjames1971 idk who sings this i just though it was a good viedo cause it go with the viedo lol
redsoxsuckhaha 1 year ago
I was at that game too, I was only twelve and it was a school night. My dad took me and my sister, but he took me to games as early as 1995. Since the Expos left I've become a Rangers fan, and my dad a Yankees fan, but no matter what team I watch or cheer for my team will always be the Expos.
51DangerousDave 1 year ago
redsoxsuckhaha i never said the strike didn't hurt any other teams. my point was that because of the revenue the expos lost they were not able to sign their top notch talent, thus leaving the fans with nothing more than a gloified minor leauge team. As for seattle, they were able to eventually"somewhat" recover because of the great american economy at the time. it might be a different story today.
mariner82 1 year ago
@mariner82 but still if the mariners did not make the playoffs in 95 they would have moved to florida and they could have been eaither the tampa bay mariners or the tampa bay divil rays then
redsoxsuckhaha 1 year ago
The 'spos had just swept the braves and had the best record on the mlb when the '94 strike occured. Between the regular season and playoff revenue they would have had the money to hold onto walker, grissom, lansing, wetteland, alou, et al. The strike hurt the expos more than any other team. i course fehr just as much as selig.
mariner82 1 year ago
@mariner82 umm the 94 strike did not just hurt the expos it did hurt all of MLB in the start of the 1995 season fans did not go to baseball games they were still mad about the baseball strike it slowly recover as the season went on the seattle mariners had just faild to build a new ball park and was going to move to tampa bay so it did not just hurt the expos yes after the stike less fans went to expos games same with the blue jays thats because expos fans never gave the expos another chance
redsoxsuckhaha 1 year ago
@redsoxsuckhaha Baseball in Montreal was always taking a back-seat to hockey. Without as much history or tradition for the sport as in the US, the strike dealt a MAJOR blow to the game's popularity here, moreso than anywhere else. With the ressurgence of the game with the McGwire/Sosa homerun race, the sport in Monteal didnt recover as well as other areas.
SweetZombiJesus 1 year ago
@redsoxsuckhaha ...continued... One person to blame is Claude Brochu who never really had any intention of building the new ballpark he promised and performed the fire-sale of players. There is also the return of a football team (CFL) to our city in 1996 that provided competition for fans,
SweetZombiJesus 1 year ago
On Aug 29 1984 SD beat Montreal 11-3. On Aug 15 and 16 Montreal was in San Fran. Check out baseball-reference web site under teams, then results and schedules!
BoyJewish 1 year ago
great team in the late 80s and early 90s...with the likes of larry walker, tim raines, andres gallaraga, bret barberie, denny martinez, moises alou, and marquis grissom...
domirules28 1 year ago
Could of easily have been the team of 1990's and 2000 if they were able to re-sign their home grown all star talent. I miss my Expos.
ponti32 2 years ago 2
they couldnt fill up their stadium from 95-04
redsoxsuckhaha 2 years ago
I bet if they had a winner year in and year out they would draw 2 million per season. But they never did, due to a minimum payroll and lack of Ownership control. Too bad Labatt Field was never built. Would have been sweet!
ponti32 2 years ago
BRING BACK EXPOS !!!!!
moviemaker0304 2 years ago 14
There not going to come back people in Montreal never gave them a chance plus their stadium sucked it was really a in door track but they had no more then 400 fans per game min
redsoxsuckhaha 2 years ago
2002 average attendance: 10, 031
2003 average attendance: 12, 662
2004 average attendance: 9,356
So you should get the numbers right, man.
OzoneReviews 2 years ago
They were good
NoJokingAround 2 years ago
great team
justhockeyhead 2 years ago 4
Is there any notable left-handed relievers who played for the Montreal Expos?
renandstim 2 years ago
Idk i didnt really follow them i just went to see them play once a year
redsoxsuckhaha 2 years ago