re: Should the Rays move to Montreal?

I think a team in Montreal and Vancouver would be great. They do like baseball in Montreal. There was a reason they got an expansion team. Cities and regions don't just stop liking a sport.

When Montreal had good teams they would approach and exceed two million in attendance which in the 1980s was good. The team was considered a success by all measures until Jeff Loria decided to destroy the team.

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1979 Stade Olympique 26,277 2,102,173 1,764,868
1980 Stade Olympique 27,261 2,208,175 1,760,340
1981 Stade Olympique 28,418 1,534,564 1,039,866
1982 Stade Olympique 28,621 2,318,292 1,792,285
1983 Stade Olympique 28,65 2,320,651 1,795,774
1984 Stade Olympique 19,957 1,606,531 1,731,786
1985 Stade Olympique 18,665 1,502,494 1,857,680
1986 Stade Olympique 14,025 1,128,981 1,861,123
1987 Stade Olympique 22,844 1,850,324 2,061,180
1988 Stade Olympique 18,255 1,478,659 2,041,606
1989 Stade Olympique 22,019 1,783,533 2,110,320
1990 Stade Olympique 16,952 1,373,087 2,040,959
1991 Stade Olympique 11,612 934,742 2,058,014
1992 Stade Olympique 20,607 1,669,127 2,009,261
1993 Stade Olympique 20,265 1,641,437 2,637,470

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Why the Rays and not the fricking Marlins?

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Montreal wouldn't take another Loria team.