Expos Fans!

[Alomar93]

I really miss the expos... I'm sure I don't miss em as much as some people on this board being a jays fan and all, but without the expos there has been no natural rival. Sure the tigers are playing well and them and the Indians were our rivals from yesteryear, but MLB's unbalanced schedule has really ruined those rivalries. The Yankees and Jays had some excellent games together this year, but I couldn't help but think that it would have been more beneficial if the Expos were in the AL. Imagine playing games against Toronto, Boston, New York, Detroit etc. It would have been more fun in my opinion.

I think Montreal is a great city, and with the population it kind of annoys me that the city only has 1 major professional team. I think it has to be blatant prejudices about the market or just lack of support. I'm not a hockey fan (Baseball, and basketball are my thing), so generally the lack of pro teams in Markets that could support em tends to annoy me. I am talking basically about Montreal, and Vancouver in specific.

What if that Strike never happened? The Blue Jays vs Expos maybe? Who knows. For a long time after the strike baseball never really recovered in this city either. Sure it wasn't nearly as bad as the expos demise, but it was obviously a big hit. The buzz is really starting to come back here and baseball I believe is heading in the right direction overall, but it really feels different to me without the expos. No longer do I see "Montreal" in the box scores of the Toronto Star and it saddens me sometimes. I also really root for any team that faces the Nationals, and when that team's highlights come on one of the many sports channels I flip the channel.

Anyways, I am not like many of those people who say "Never." Right now it's way to early to predict Montreal ever getting a team again and it would be ludicrous. I think the Toronto teams doing well ultimately should spark interests throughout this country in the other sports and maybe some corporations/millionaires will have their light switches turned on. Considering our economy now and the strength of the dollar, pro sports works better now than it has in the past. I hope to see Montreal get a team in the future, but even I am not naive enough to think that there isn't going to be hurdles.

Anyways, if you guys ever need another team to root for I hope you choose to root for the Jays. There is always room for good fans. :gt

[Augustin_"Gus"]

Welcome to BBF Alomar 93. Always great to have new people coming on this site and sharing their passion for this great game with us.

Frankly, the way things are going right now, Calgary might just wind up with a major league club before us. They are litterally rolling in dough over there, bituminous dough that is. Oh, I could see those Yankees-Cannons world series, with Calgary having a bigger payroll than Uncle George... That would be kind of neat.

I could be wrong, but I don't believe many Expos fans went to the Jays camp. For a couple of reasons. The Toronto-Montréal rivalry, the fact most of us prefer the National league game to the AL way, and, quite frankly, were still a little pissed that you guys won two WS and we didn't even get to go once (What can I say, we can hold a grudge for quite a long time :p ) altough if mister Rogers refrain from buying the Bills and keep spending of his baseball club, who knows? The Jays might win the old Expos fan base over.

But if I were him, I wouldn't hold my breath...

Again, welcome.

[Alomar93]

Welcome to BBF Alomar 93. Always great to have new people coming on this site and sharing their passion for this great game with us.

Frankly, the way things are going right now, Calgary might just wind up with a major league club before us. They are litterally rolling in dough over there, bituminous dough that is. Oh, I could see those Yankees-Cannons world series, with Calgary having a bigger payroll than Uncle George... That would be kind of neat.

I could be wrong, but I don't believe many Expos fans went to the Jays camp. For a couple of reasons. The Toronto-Montréal rivalry, the fact most of us prefer the National league game to the AL way, and, quite frankly, were still a little pissed that you guys won two WS and we didn't even get to go once (What can I say, we can hold a grudge for quite a long time :p ) altough if mister Rogers refrain from buying the Bills and keep spending of his baseball club, who knows? The Jays might win the old Expos fan base over.

But if I were him, I wouldn't hold my breath...

Again, welcome.

Mr Rogers is so rich, he should put more money into the Jays payroll. I've seen his quarterly earnings lol. Anyways, I think MLB/NBA will never go to Calgary, I know it's growing but it's not like it will be up to Montreal's population or even the greater Vancouver area's. Also, I personally don't think people there are cultured enough, I can see football being big there, but not baseball. Vancouver could do it look at how many Good Ball Players come from BC. The weather is nice there too.

Anyways, Blue Jays will be in the playoffs next year!