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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 9:20 pm to East Coast Band
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:20 pm to East Coast Band
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
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
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Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:23 pm to East Coast Band
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 on 3/31/17 at 9:25 pm to Bestbank Tiger
Really? Phoenix and Houston aren't larger? Not that either should get another team.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:26 pm to Broseph Barksdale
quote:
Montreal
Nashville
Brooklyn
Austin
Raleigh-Durham
Montreal - meh
rest are too close to current teams to let that happen
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:26 pm to Bestbank Tiger
quote:
Been done before.
Lol 60 years ago
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:26 pm to Broseph Barksdale
Could Salt Lake City, New Orleans or Portland ever support a team?
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:28 pm to CRDNLSCHMCPSN11
NOLA definitely not. Nor Portland IMO. I don't know enough about SLC.
Raleigh-Durham might actually make the most sense. That area is huge now, no other team in the area, they've proven they can support the Hurricanes, and they already love baseball / the Bulls. I'd look there.
Raleigh-Durham might actually make the most sense. That area is huge now, no other team in the area, they've proven they can support the Hurricanes, and they already love baseball / the Bulls. I'd look there.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:30 pm to Kings of Carolinas
This is bs.
Yes the A's have been trying to get out for as long as the Raiders and would have already if the Giants didn't block the SJ move, but I have never heard Vegas as an option for the A's even once and it makes little sense.
The A's have no leverage now, and as a result Oakland will probably try to hold them hostage for another decade like the Raiders.
Yes the A's have been trying to get out for as long as the Raiders and would have already if the Giants didn't block the SJ move, but I have never heard Vegas as an option for the A's even once and it makes little sense.
The A's have no leverage now, and as a result Oakland will probably try to hold them hostage for another decade like the Raiders.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:32 pm to Kings of Carolinas
You can be 10th in attendence but still above average. So yes, true.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:33 pm to Kings of Carolinas
I'll donate to the A's move anywhere outside of Oakland fund. As an Astros fan, playing the A's there is pretty much dreadful all around.
~games start at 9 pm central
~the stadium is about as aesthetically pleasing as a baboons arse.
~their fans beat drums and blow vuvuzelas for 3 hours.
On a serious note, now that the football team is gone they could tear down Mt. Davis and renovate the place to be basbeall specific and they might have something.
But please..please...do away with the 6 miles of foul territory.
~games start at 9 pm central
~the stadium is about as aesthetically pleasing as a baboons arse.
~their fans beat drums and blow vuvuzelas for 3 hours.
On a serious note, now that the football team is gone they could tear down Mt. Davis and renovate the place to be basbeall specific and they might have something.
But please..please...do away with the 6 miles of foul territory.
This post was edited on 3/31/17 at 9:35 pm
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:37 pm to Broseph Barksdale
There are already fewer West Coast teams, so if Raleigh or Montreal ever get a team it would probably be the Rays. Athletics have been in Oakland so long I would hate to see them leave.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:37 pm to Lsuhoohoo
quote:
On a serious note, now that the football team is gone they could tear down Mt. Davis and renovate the place to be basbeall specific and they might have something.
It's not structurally sound enough for any kind of demolition or renovation, the City has already looked into that option years back and were told it cannot handle a renovation or any kind of partial tear down...it has to be completely demolished and rebuilt.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:37 pm to Lsuhoohoo
The fans in the right field stands at the Coliseum are some of the best in the country
There may be only 9000 people there but they make themselves noticed
When the A's are good they will fill the seats. At the end of the 2012 season they were putting 35000 in there every day. Could have put more but the upper deck was not opened and covered with tarps
There may be only 9000 people there but they make themselves noticed
When the A's are good they will fill the seats. At the end of the 2012 season they were putting 35000 in there every day. Could have put more but the upper deck was not opened and covered with tarps
This post was edited on 3/31/17 at 9:38 pm
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:38 pm to Lsuhoohoo
I think the problems with their stadium go well beyond aesthetics. I seems like every year they have some kind of infrastructure issue.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:40 pm to Kings of Carolinas
Fair enough, but look at 88-04. That's pathetic.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:42 pm to Kings of Carolinas
I saw that Expos film a few years ago. Gammons said if there was no strike in 1994 the Expos would have gotten a new stadium in downtown Montreal.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:44 pm to TH03
That was because of getting rid of Andre Dawson
The exchange rate killed Montreal
Montreal is not Toronto they demanded a winner and because of the financial restraints bringing a currency less valuable than you pay will make anyone go into debt
Plus the Blue Jays forced the Expos to stop broadcasting games across the country and they became provincial with only Quebec
The Blue Jays themselves had financial problems until about 2005 when the exchange rate was about even
The exchange rate killed Montreal
Montreal is not Toronto they demanded a winner and because of the financial restraints bringing a currency less valuable than you pay will make anyone go into debt
Plus the Blue Jays forced the Expos to stop broadcasting games across the country and they became provincial with only Quebec
The Blue Jays themselves had financial problems until about 2005 when the exchange rate was about even
Posted on 3/31/17 at 9:45 pm to UltimateHog
Shame. If Angel stadium could go from this
To this
I'd like to see what a massive renovation could turn the coliseum into as a baseball only facility.
To this
I'd like to see what a massive renovation could turn the coliseum into as a baseball only facility.
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