Goodbye

[XPOFAN]

This is really the end of the road. After all these years and countless "last games ever", there is no tomorrow. My heart is filled with a sadness that I haven't experienced too often. I'll have to put my Expos stuff away and keep it for a day in the future when I get the nostalgic urge to revisit a team I followed from the beginning. There are so many memories, but that will be for another day.

To the people I have met on this board, it's been great. You guys have made following the team that much better. As I say goodbye to the dream, I'll leave you with the words of the late Ray Charles.

I can't stop loving you)
So I've made up my mind
To live in memory
Of the lonesome times
(I can't stop wanting you)
It's useless to say
So I'll just live my life
In dreams of yesterday

:(

[mikey_s]

Hi Folks;

Please feel free to use this thread therapeutically: Vent, rant, update us on what you will be doing in baseball terms going forward. (new team, complete abandonment).

Please keep it clean.

I will be hanging in here a little longer. When ST starts next year I will probably pack it in.

Mike.S

[donzblock]

You don't have to leave. Just move the Expos to the part of the board occupied by the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Boston and Milwaukee Braves, the New York Giants, the Philadelphia Athletics, the Washington Senators, and the St. Louis Browns. Probably in a few years, the Washington team will join you. On our board, you can rant forever.

[trosmok]

I'm still in shock and disbelief; the one MLB team that I really liked as the affiliate of my IndyIndians is now history. From 1984 to 1992 Montreal's AAA farm club had division winning seasons for all but two years, and we were fortunate to have a number of future stars play here on their way to the show. Marquis Grissom, Delino DeShields, Larry Walker, Randy Johnson, and Andres Galarraga all spent a good part of their final minor league seasons at our old Victory Field.

The arbiters unanimously dismissed all of the partners' claims against Loria, Samson and the rest. As if that wasn't just a crying shame, Selig claimed he was angry that his office was even mentioned in the lawsuit. If he was standing right here, right now, I don't think I could restrain myself from committing felonious assault on his empty head. :evil

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

I feel very sad about this news.

Like I have said before, I always had a soft spot for the Expos.

Somehow it will leave a void. So how must you guys feel...?

I really hope that this Washington adventure will be a big failure.

I hope you will get over it and can see the fun and beauty of our beloved game, though I can imagine that this will be hard the coming years.

[n!k]

Mikey, on behalf of I think all of us here, we would be honored to have you moderate the Cooperstown Expos forum.

[Monarchs29]

Since Monday's announcement, I've been trying to get my thoughts in order for this post. Suffice to say, I'm having a little difficulty with it all.

For those of us who have cheered for the Expos over all these years, we have now come to the realization that the dream is over. No more will we see "Nos Amours" take to the field at Olympic Stadium. And I doubt very much any of us will see MLB action at that venue ever again.

Over the past 4-5 years, all of us have placed blame on those who, we believe, are responsible for our loss. Bud Selig, Jeffrey Loria, Claude Brochu and possibly even the Bronfmans made contributions.

I don't know yet whether I'll pick up on another team or whether this is the end of my MLB years. Maybe by the time ST begins I'll have second thoughts. But for right now, that issue is very much in doubt.

I will find a place in my home to hang my Expos hat, it will never be worn again. I will wish each of you the best that life has to offer. And I will say so long, for now.

As B. B. King out it, "The Thrill is Gone".

Thanks to all, Terry.

[mikey_s]

You don't have to leave. Just move the Expos to the part of the board occupied by the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Boston and Milwaukee Braves, the New York Giants, the Philadelphia Athletics, the Washington Senators, and the St. Louis Browns. Probably in a few years, the Washington team will join you. On our board, you can rant forever.

Donz thanks for the invite. I know how passionate you are about the phils. I think my personal feelings are very different. I have been a voice of dissention against MLB for a number of years now. It is a con game. That BB can be named MVP, that Albert Belle wasn't banned for life, the selfish arogance and disdain for the fans who pay the bills...... It has been difficult for me to rationalize away my dislike of the professional version of basball while rooting for the expos.

I won't have that problem anymore. I won't feel I am being a hypocrite. I have absolutle NO animosity towards washington (politics aside :eek:) I don't hope for a failure on their part I hope for a failure of the whole MLB house of cards.

Imagine you are in a relationship with a mate. You are happy. You are building a future together blah blah blah. Then you suprise her one afternoon, flowers in hand and find her in the sack with another guy. (Who incidentily is uglier, fatter/skinier, dumber...). That is the level of hurt/anger/disapointment that I am currently experiencing.

So for me I can't see continuing the act. My contributions at Fever would degenerate into a continually negative, viscous, hateful diatribe against MLB.

That is a waste of time. I will lick my wounds. They will heal with time. I will channel my energies in a positive fashion (coaching, volunteering...). I won't keep peeling the scabs off the wounds. If I let them heal properly the scars will not show.

AND I haven't left yet. I will slowly trod off into the sunset. I figure around ST of 2005 I will post my goodbye.

[Captain Cold Nose]

Your presence will be missed, Mikey. It makes me wish you actually would have won the Fever fantasy league so you have some fond memories of baseball in 2004.


Almost. ;)


Again, your presence will be missed.

[Ontarioguy]

Well it's 100% official now. The Expos are done.

I'm not sure how I will react to all this. There are a few questions that only time will answer.

First off. To adopt a new team or leave MLB behind? If I do take in a new team, it will probably be the Mets. If I stop posting around these boards it means I've quit on MLB.

What to do with the Expos cap? Monarchs said he will never wear it again. I'm wondering if I should do the same or wear it alot. I'm leaning towards wearing it. I want people to notice it and question me about it. I want people to know that Baseball in Montreal could have and should have worked.

When will I see another live MLB game again? What is it like to be a transplanted fan? Although I lived in ONT., I still was close enough to MTL to listen to the Team 990 and drive in for some live games.

It's a weird time for me right now but it hit me hard at the end of the season. That's when I was really down. I'm into the healing process now. Although I do fear a relapse around ST...

[Augustin_"Gus"]

I have done a lot of venting already. This ruling comes as no surprise. I barely went halfway trough the article discussing the issue in that day's paper. So there's not much more venting to be done.

Baseball is a great sport. I really enjoy it, and I may just go on the fan free agent market, we'll see. I know only one thing for sure: fiction is way better than reality, at least in my case. So the Expos will live on on my PS2 for many years to come. I think 2005 will be pretty good. I barely had to touch the core of the team that won 126 games and the WS last season. In 2005, there will be no games in PR, a competitive team and packed stands at Olympic Stadium. Just like it should have been almost permanantely trough the last ten years.

I understand that some people would like to retire their Expos cap. Personally, I will try to keep the Expos alive in peoples mind for as long as I can. That's why I now have the Expos logo next to all my posts. And I will roam around this board, basically bothering people with the team for years to come. I have expressed in the past my admiration for the Brooklyn Dodgers fans, I would like to do for the Expos what they have done for their team.


I said I had no more venting to do, not entirely true. The english language as many expressions I think are wonderful. And there is one that is particularely fitting in this situation. L. Jacques Ménard said after the ruling that this was not a cash grab, that they wanted to keep the team in Montréal.

Mr. Ménard, do I look like a horse's ass to you?

Boy that's a great expression. I'm jealous.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

I really hope you won't step out of this forum Mikey.

Why not share the good memories you have in the Cooperstown section?

There's nothing wrong with that?

I can imagine that you have some thoughts against MLB, the way they have dealt with the Expos and other things.

But maybe that's only because of Selig & Co. Maybe it will be better with another commissioner.

Please think it over.

[mikey_s]

I really hope you won't step out of this forum Mikey.

Why not share the good memories you have in the Cooperstown section?

There's nothing wrong with that?

I can imagine that you have some thoughts against MLB, the way they have dealt with the Expos and other things.

But maybe that's only because of Selig & Co. Maybe it will be better with another commissioner.

Please think it over.

Thanks for the concern YR.

Who knows what the future holds. .... but the way I feel today......
Thanks ;)

[Ontarioguy]

I'm feeling pretty depressed today. Seeing the new Washington logo just tore open the old wounds again.

Just made me think about how much next summer is going to suck.

I hope all you guys stick around. I had a great time over the last season and a half. Talking about the Expos with you guys was alot of fun. You guys taught me alot. When I found BF we were in a wild card race. We were on a bad trip on the west coast (LA + SD) We won only 2 out of 6. Soon afterwards came the home series against the Phils. That was great. Then the offseason came and Vlad left. Monarchs and I chose to take an optimists view saying that Everett and Batista would keep the Expos competitive. Mikey disagreed, i guess you were right. We spent the year talking about losses, Frobbie, Loria, Puerto Rico and the ever-looming doom. It has finally arrived and I'm going to really miss the banter. Sure, I can pick up a new team but it won't be the same. On a small board like this the sub-boards become like little families (sounds kinda weird, considering we've never met). I would log on everyday looking to see what you guys had to say about the Expos. I even logged on from France. You guys were great amabassadors for the Expos. You told fans of all 29 MLB teams all the crap we put up with these last years. Sure our team was small-market, fairly young and had no Pennant but we made alot of noise here and around the Fever (especially you Mikey, 3000+ posts!!!). I'm going to miss it all.

[bluejaysfan93]

it was hard to watch.......seeing the new logo. Another Canadian team-gone-

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

How many teams are left in professional sports (MLB, NBA, NHL)?

I have counted 8

Blue Jays

Canucks
Canadiens
Maple Leafs
Flames
Oilers
Senators

Raptors

Did I miss a team?

Bad situation that a lot of teams has left for the US the last ten years.

A team like the Nordiques for instance, didn't they have a big fan base or what? Or was it just another greedy owner who could earn more money in Colorado?

[mikey_s]

How many teams are left in professional sports (MLB, NBA, NHL)?

I have counted 8

Blue Jays

Canucks
Canadiens
Maple Leafs
Flames
Oilers
Senators

Raptors

Did I miss a team?

Bad situation that a lot of teams has left for the US the last ten years.

A team like the Nordiques for instance, didn't they have a big fan base or what? Or was it just another greedy owner who could earn more money in Colorado?

VERY similar situation.

Unlike the Jets. The 'diques had a GOOD team up and coming. Good player development but played in a very small market. The arena was samll and the corporate sponser ship even smaller. This is what much of the financial issues come down to today. Corporate sponsorship. Canada doesn't have the same corporate base.

[Mattingly]

I feel very sadly for all of you. I do hope that all of you are able to stay onboard at times to offer any info about the team that could've kept on going.

I'm not sure how each of you will feel in March when ST comes around and your guys aren't playing. I would, however, enjoy hearing from you folks, just as I also enjoy hearing from the Brooklyn Dodgers fans here about their team, also since removed to another city (and country, in your case).

Thanks in advance. :)

[Captain Cold Nose]

VERY similar situation.

Unlike the Jets. The 'diques had a GOOD team up and coming. Good player development but played in a very small market. The arena was samll and the corporate sponser ship even smaller. This is what much of the financial issues come down to today. Corporate sponsorship. Canada doesn't have the same corporate base.

Can you imagine if Eric Lindros did not force a trade? Lindros stays with Quebec, and the folks who saw Lindros tear it up in Oshawa and the like support the team.

And Peter Forsberg does not develop into the two-way player he would become for Colorado. He would have to deal with Bobby Clarke, and develop in Philadelphia. The whole landscape of the NHL was changed because of that.

It's as if Canadian sports teams are set up to fail in today's market. The market has always been money driven, but the source of that money has changed greatly. The fans are not responsible for the player's salaries so much anymore. I don't think there's anything I can say that is already not known and felt by those who frequent this forum.

[RainesFan]

Greetings, all...

First post to BBF, so I might as well make it here... I've been an Expos fan since watching Tim Raines on TBS against the Braves in '81... Living in Arkansas, I never got a chance to see the Expos or Raines play, but that hasn't kept me from being a die-hard fan from the distance...

Even watching the slow decline and selling off of talent to other teams hasn't really prepared us all for this, has it? I can only imagine how Expos fans in Montreal feel... :-/

This just reeks. Nothing more to say... Like others, I think I'll wear my Expos stuff even more often...

Hmmmph... :-/

- Bert in Springdale, Arkansas

[Ontarioguy]

Welcome aboard, Rock! :waving

Glad to see you post around here, since the news of the move things have gotten really quiet on the Expos board. Aside from some venting and grieving not much has been talked about.

If you're into high-quality baseball talk, you've come to the right place!

[RainesFan]

Welcome aboard, Rock! :waving

Glad to see you post around here, since the news of the move things have gotten really quiet on the Expos board. Aside from some venting and grieving not much has been talked about.

If you're into high-quality baseball talk, you've come to the right place!

Thanks! I have looked around for a while, and just haven't posted anything... I already have a statistical analysis / question to post involving Raines... So you'll be seeing me around... :)

- Bert

[brewcrew82]

May I just use this thread to thank the Expos fans that posted here past and present, I have immensly enjoyed reading your posts...You're passion and loyalty are something to be admired.

Here's hoping you guys stick around and keep sharing the memories.

By the way, the Expo's av will be staying (partially to keep the memory alive, also as a protest to Selig).

[mikey_s]

May I just use this thread to thank the Expos fans that posted here past and present, I have immensly enjoyed reading your posts...You're passion and loyalty are something to be admired.

Here's hoping you guys stick around and keep sharing the memories.

By the way, the Expo's av will be staying (partially to keep the memory alive, also as a protest to Selig).

Tanx! BC. Glad to see Selig outta Milwaukee too!! now they have a chance....

[bake mcbride]

Although I know baseball had no real chance of succeeding in Montreal any longer, not that it ever really did, and it has a chance of working on take three in D.C., it has to been remembered by baseball that while the city as a whole did not support baseball, there were fans in Montreal that truly loved baseball and loved the 'Spos.

And in the early '80s, really, through the mid-'90s, Montreal was the blueprint for fielding a competitive team through scouting, development and incredibly intelligent and effective trades.

There have been quite a few, "What might have been's", throughout baseball history, but as far as the fate of this franchise? Who knows what happens if the strike doesn't hit in '94, Montreal wins the former NL East, clinches the pennant and, even had they come up short, there would have been a World Series north of the border that didn't take place at Skydome.

Montreal has given us some of the best players in baseball over the past twenty-plus years: Tim Raines, Andre Dawson, Gary Carter, Randy Johnson, Larry Walker and Vladimir Guerrero, and this is a franchise that cannot be forgotten.

They didn't have the history or success of Brooklyn or the New York Giants, and the original Washington Senators won two pennants and a World Series, but those 'Spos gave us some great players, great teams and, for those that know the history of the game, some great memories that are important to baseball. I mean, who can forget El Presidente's perfect afternoon in L.A.? I can close my eyes now and still hear Vin Scully..."Nothing scratchy. Nothing fluky. It was a masterpiece."

The Expos franchise deserved a chance to play before major league crowds at home instead of just on the road, but for Expos fans, the true Expos fans, they deserved better, too. If only there could have been a way to give both sides what they rightfully deserved. Baseball, as its fans more than well know, is not a perfect world.

[Edgartohof]

No one can say the fans did not love baseball in Montreal. I have always been a distant fan of the expos, and I will always remember my one chance to go to Montreal and see them play live, in 2003.

I remember it well, it was Saturday, July 12th, 2003; it was a $5.00 ticket night!!!) Expos vs Marlins, and the Expos won! I had Great seats, 5 rows up on the thrid base line, I could see the whites in the players eyes. I still have my ticket from that game, and I intend to keep it. So while the team may be no more, I can always say that I was able not only to watch them on TV, but I was able to watch them play live, at their home field - Stade Olympique (Olympic Stadium). So with these memories, and the memories of every other fan, the Expos will never truly go away.

[Bob Hannah]

...and the original Washington Senators won two pennants and a World Series,...
The Senators were AL champs three times, '24, '25, '33. They one the 1924 World Series.

[bake mcbride]

The Senators were AL champs three times, '24, '25, '33. They one the 1924 World Series.

My bad, I should have elaborated further, that's what I meant when I said that they had won two pennants and a World Series, that they had twice gone to the Big Dance and come up short, and that they won it all in 1924.

I should have been more specific, but nice catch nonetheless!!

[shinco]

There will always be alittle spot in my love of baseball for the 1994 Expos that were never to be.

It's a shame, Montreal / New York would have been a great Series that year. Maybe Mattingly could have made the hall with a ring on his finger? :) (for the other thread)

[skeletor]

Here it is, a couple of weeks before the start of spring training..And
it's hard to believe that Le' Expos are gone..Always had a soft spot in
my heart for them..and always enjoyed hearing the canadian fans
in and around my former stomping grounds, Detroit, argued over who
was the better team..The Jays, and the Expos..Toronto had a real
passion for the Blue Jays,and so did the Expos, although they never
won a world series like the Blue Jays..but the passion was there JUST
as solid as it was for the Jays..Who can forget some of the great players
that the Expos produced ? they didn't have the big money muscle of
teams like the Red Sox, Yankees, etc..but always seem to have a top
notch farm system, that bared much good fruit..and supplied an endless
number of good players..only to eventually lose them to trades or free
agency...Yes, Baseball should have WORK in Montreal. It should be there
this very minute..The fans,or the true fans,who supported the team with
their attendance, and heart, did all they could..but MLB ,had the deck stacked against them..It is not Washington's fault...I wish the NATS well.

[brothersun43]

I just hope somebody in the Washington area steps up and buys the franchise--had they found a buyer in Montreal, they might still be there. Bud Selig is largely responsible for the death of the Expos--had it been any other Commissioner, the franchise would not have been allowed to bleed to death. Baseball in DC has failed twice (the second Washington Senators play 30 miles from my house), and I'm willing to bet, after the novelty wears off, there will be LOTS of empty seats at RFK. Although, just to spite Peter Angelos, I hope the Nats outdraw the Orioles.

[Baltimore1967]

Now you see why they moved.....700,000 vs 3 million Montreal failed the Expos

[runningshoes]

No one is saying there weren't any Expos fans, there simply weren't enough of them. You could have opened up an Uzi and not hit anyone at any of the games I atteneded.

[Baltimore1967]

The fact is.....the fans in Montreal stopped supporting the Expos.......in a bad way.... a real bad way... what choice did MLB have?? Kill the franchise or move it.

[runningshoes]

I'm not sure the Expos ever had enough of a hard core fan base to keep the team alive. Fairweather fans can fill a stadium when things are good, however......

[rxpro]

I'm not sure the Expos ever had enough of a hard core fan base to keep the team alive. Fairweather fans can fill a stadium when things are good, however......
the expos are still alive...they're called the Florida Marlins....I believe last in the NL in attendance...but 69000 for the WS

[runningshoes]

Yup, and that's why they're probably going to lose that team as well.

[BasEbaLlKnoItAll]

There will always be alittle spot in my love of baseball for the 1994 Expos that were never to be.

It's a shame, Montreal / New York would have been a great Series that year. Maybe Mattingly could have made the hall with a ring on his finger? :) (for the other thread)

amen

...but yes, Montreal/Yankees would have been a great series. But the thing when people say that is just because the Expos and Yankees had the best records in their respective leagues, that doesnt mean that they would have been in the World Series. The best teams can lose in the playoffs. But yes, had they both made it, it would have been a hell of a series.

[Knick9]

I have to bring this up, sorry.

If anything, the Atlanta Braves shouldn't be said to have 14 consecutive NL East championships. It annoys me that ESPN says that all the time. In 1994, the team with the best record in the NL East were the Montreal Expos. This goes for the best record in MLB as well. I think the Expos are the 1994 WS champs by default, someone should make a trophy. :)

I just think of it like this about the relocation, I think everyone was at fault. MLB and Expos ownership (Loria) for not even trying to make this work. KC is in a bad position now with their team but you don't see MLB chasing them with pitchforks, and if anything, choose any Expo team from 1995-2004, I bet one of them were better than this year's Royals. Anyway, even though it was very rough watching a product that can be better, the fans (not the diehards like Ontarioguy and Gus I mean) should've made a better attempt of going to the games regardless of the team's record and hockey.

Cheers to the 1994 WS champions by default, Les Expos of Montreal! :gt

It's been a year since the goodbye, I may as well cap this one off for now.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

EXPOS Forever!:(

[ElCaminoSS]

I was never really a huge follower, but I'll miss them :ughh And a huge sorry to the fans who lost their team, As much as I complain about my teams owners, GM's, Players etc. I dont know what I would do if my dodgers left.

[PJ-34]

to be honest. Ive never seen an Expos game, ive never seen one highlite from an Expos game. I never felt the pain of Expo fans everywhere reading that their team is moving to washington. I feel so bad, I wish I could have sen just one game live, I just want the Expos back.

[ShortStop]

Might sound harsh but moving the Expos was a very smart bussiness decision from MLB. Will all due respect but a ballpark with an avg of attendance the Expos had doesn't deserve to be in the Majors.

O and starting this season Canada will have another team on the Majors : The Toronto FC of soccer.

[Alomar93]

Might sound harsh but moving the Expos was a very smart bussiness decision from MLB. Will all due respect but a ballpark with an avg of attendance the Expos had doesn't deserve to be in the Majors.

O and starting this season Canada will have another team on the Majors : The Toronto FC of soccer.

Do you blame fans for not coming out to see a team that was rumored to move for almost a decade? One that had to trade off all their assets because owners kept coming and going (a la loria). Easy to say from a Yanks fan where your team has stable ownership as long with the biggest payroll in the MLB, but not everyone has the same luxury you guys do.

Besides the big owe was a horrible place to watch a ball game and there was alway danger of it falling apart. As for the MLS... really I don't think many people care, North American soccer is flat.

[Augustin_"Gus"]

Might sound harsh but moving the Expos was a very smart bussiness decision from MLB. Will all due respect but a ballpark with an avg of attendance the Expos had doesn't deserve to be in the Majors.

O and starting this season Canada will have another team on the Majors : The Toronto FC of soccer.

That would barely have deserved an answer to begin with, but coming from a Yankees fan who considers soccer a major sport... Answering would be a complete waste of my time.

[concept2complex]

Do Expo fan root for the Nats ?

[XPOFAN]

Do Expo fan root for the Nats ?

Not many I would guess. I know I don't.

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Do Expo fan root for the Nats ?

There is one on this board. Wilkerson_Rulz_06.

I could not root for a team that has left my home town. :mad:

[PJ-34]

Might sound harsh but moving the Expos was a very smart bussiness decision from MLB. Will all due respect but a ballpark with an avg of attendance the Expos had doesn't deserve to be in the Majors.

O and starting this season Canada will have another team on the Majors : The Toronto FC of soccer.

Ohhh....wow:ughh

[Reed Johnson]

Might sound harsh but moving the Expos was a very smart bussiness decision from MLB. Will all due respect but a ballpark with an avg of attendance the Expos had doesn't deserve to be in the Majors.

O and starting this season Canada will have another team on the Majors : The Toronto FC of soccer.

Soccer isn't a major sports, its AWFUL. I seriously would rather watch my grass grow for a couple of hours then watch soccer and that isn't a joke. Even if its true, why post it in here? Good job in making yourself look like a jackass.:crazy

[morepepper]

I don't understand why people are so hyped on this Toronto FC nonsense. These people post this rubbish everywhere. Can't you come up with a better name.

[D6+]

Might sound harsh but moving the Expos was a very smart bussiness decision from MLB. Will all due respect but a ballpark with an avg of attendance the Expos had doesn't deserve to be in the Majors.

O and starting this season Canada will have another team on the Majors : The Toronto FC of soccer.


If an outdoor stadium that felt like a ballpark would have been built in Montreal and new owners of the team would have invested much more money in players than was the case in Montreal for quite sometime, it could easily have turned out to be a good business decision for the Expos to remain in Montreal.


I seriously doubt that the vast majority of people reading this are remotely close to being thrilled that a major league soccer team is coming to a rival city of Montreal.


No soccer team on the planet can come close to replacing a MLB team.

[Ontarioguy]

This Toronto FC business annoys me. I don't like the way CBC has jumped all over it and is broadcasting their games across the country. :blah:

I feel bad trashing Soccer because of it's world popularity, but I just don't get it. And then there's the diving. Ugh:grouchy

[Augustin_"Gus"]

Hey Jeremy, great to have you back around these parts.

Now, OG, since you're calling Belleville home, I need to ask you the question that's on everybody's mind (and I know I'm off-topic, but really, I think the people have the right to know): Did you ever get to meet (meet, date, whatever) Miss Universe during her time in Belleville? BTW, you can lie if you want, we couldn't possibly call you on it, could we? ;)

Now, for those of you who don't have access to the Belleville Intelligencer every day, let me tell the story real quick. Miss Riyo Mori, miss Japan, won the Donald Trump organized Miss Universe pageant in May. And just like our very own Ontarioguy, miss Mori has a connection with the city of Belleville Ontario. She studied at the local High School as an exchange student, graduating in June 2006. So for those of you scoring at home, she gratuated HS, 11 months before being crowned miss Universe. And there comes the part of the story that really cracked me up: No one invited her to the prom! There wasn't one soul in that High school who tought it would be better to go with her, rather than going with their buddies. Now, can you imagine how cool that would be, you just took a shot at asking the exchange student to the prom, out of sheer desperation, and you can spend the rest of your life telling everyone you meet that you went to the prom with miss universe?

I'd be banging my head against the wall if I was a member of the class of 2006 at that HS...

Sorry about that digression. But that's really my personnal news oddity of the year. And I tought I'd share that with everyone.

[morepepper]

This Toronto FC business annoys me. I don't like the way CBC has jumped all over it and is broadcasting their games across the country. :blah:

I feel bad trashing Soccer because of it's world popularity, but I just don't get it. And then there's the diving. Ugh:grouchy

I feel like I woke up in an alternate universe with all this soccer coverage on the front page of the paper.

[Ontarioguy]

Hey Jeremy, great to have you back around these parts.

Now, OG, since you're calling Belleville home, I need to ask you the question that's on everybody's mind (and I know I'm off-topic, but really, I think the people have the right to know): Did you ever get to meet (meet, date, whatever) Miss Universe during her time in Belleville? BTW, you can lie if you want, we couldn't possibly call you on it, could we? ;)

Now, for those of you who don't have access to the Belleville Intelligencer every day, let me tell the story real quick. Miss Riyo Mori, miss Japan, won the Donald Trump organized Miss Universe pageant in May. And just like our very own Ontarioguy, miss Mori has a connection with the city of Belleville Ontario. She studied at the local High School as an exchange student, graduating in June 2006. So for those of you scoring at home, she gratuated HS, 11 months before being crowned miss Universe. And there comes the part of the story that really cracked me up: No one invited her to the prom! There wasn't one soul in that High school who tought it would be better to go with her, rather than going with their buddies. Now, can you imagine how cool that would be, you just took a shot at asking the exchange student to the prom, out of sheer desperation, and you can spend the rest of your life telling everyone you meet that you went to the prom with miss universe?

I'd be banging my head against the wall if I was a member of the class of 2006 at that HS...

Sorry about that digression. But that's really my personnal news oddity of the year. And I tought I'd share that with everyone.

Wow AG, you're really on the ball. Yes I talked about that on the air when it happened. Alot of people here knew her. The Intelligencer had a nice write up on her when she won. The reason she was here was because there's a highly exclusive Dance school just outside town. The students of this school go to one of the local HS in town. I actually met a girl from this dance school on a VIA train one day.

Sadly I never met her...It's too bad shes gone, this town lacks culture, it's about 97% white, or atleast it seems that way.

[Augustin_"Gus"]

On the air? What air? Give yourself a plug, my friend. Is it available on the Internet?

[Ontarioguy]

www.91x.fm buddy, Its the all requestshow haha. I'm only on for 15 more minutes though. It's the college station.

[Rube Waddell]

For all of you who still experience sadness about our loss, know that you are not alone. My son and I still feel empty when we think about our beloved Montreal Expos.

I remember being at the Big O with my son, seated in row A, section 211, seats 1 and 2. We were there 25 times a year. We remember full well the last few years, and they were good to us. I remember that game when our beloved Expos were behind 8-0 against the Braves, and still won the game. I remember that magic serie in 2003 vs the Phillies, when 25 000 fans found their way back to the stadium. We swept the Phillies and found ourselves leading in the wild card race.

I remember those hot-dogs, those days after games when Omar Minaya stood in the alley leading to the rotonda and talked with the fans. I remember Orlando Cabrera autographing my son's glove. I remember Vlad smiling to fans in the bleachers and sending some baseballs over there too.

I remember my 2 daughters all smiles when Youppie came to our section. I remember Youppie taking my daughter in his big arms and hugging them.

I only have good memories about our beloved Expos.

Thank you Rusty

Thank you Claude

Thank you Ken

Thank you Larry

Thank you Gary

Thank you Steve

Thank you Tim

Thank you Jeff

Thank you Dennis

Thank you Dustin

Thank you Moises

Thank you Pedro

Thank you Brad

Thank you Brian

For all of you, our most sincere thanks.

[Ontarioguy]

Great Post Rube! :cap:

[Augustin_"Gus"]

Very nice indeed Rube. And a happy birthday to our friend Ontarioguy! Have fun!

[1Expos]

Yah--miss listening to Dave Van Horne :) calling the play by play for the EXPOS:cap:.

[exposhistory]

Yah--miss listening to Dave Van Horne :) calling the play by play for the EXPOS:cap:.

I may not watch mlb anymore (and after 4 years don't miss it) ... but I miss the voice of DVH!

[1Expos]

I may not watch mlb anymore (and after 4 years don't miss it) ... but I miss the voice of DVH!
I know what you mean--I became a fan of MLB because of the EXPOS :cap: Here are a few of my cards.

[Augustin_"Gus"]

Eli with the 'stach... maybe he should have kept that look. Looked really good :)

[1Expos]

Eli with the 'stach... maybe he should have kept that look. Looked really good :)
Not bad--but the EXPOS uniform's :cap:were just so cool.

[1Expos]

Another cool pic:cap:.