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re: Rumor out of the Bay Area is that A's are trying to go with Raiders

Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:15 pm to
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
62911 posts
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:15 pm to
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Montreal

lulz.
In addition to the dude that played the saxophone in the stands, the Expos averaged about 800 fans a night.
Posted by Kings of Carolinas
Member since Mar 2017
244 posts
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:20 pm to
What killed the Expos more than anything else was the exchange rate
Taking in Canadian loonies and paying in American dollars
This was the time when it was .70 on the dollar I am not sure now but it is closer to equal than it was in the 70's and 80's
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
171080 posts
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:23 pm to
The strike and then Loria were the final bullets, but attendance was never above 10th in the league I think . The city wouldn't give them a new stadium in 2000 too. D.C. was desperate for a team and gave them a beautiful park in the navy yard and have been committed to making the immediate area outside the park a place people want to go, something they didn't have in Montreal.
Posted by Mikey Ballgame
Deep in the Piney Woods
Member since Dec 2014
361 posts
Posted on 4/1/17 at 2:03 pm to
Yeah, Montreal had their chance. Try someplace MLB hasn't already failed.
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