The 1994 Player's strike killed the Expos. They had the best team in baseball.

@robinchase2141

Ай бұрын

The fact that ownership didn't want to bring that team back in 1995 hurt them as well. They could have been great.

@deplorablepepe7576

Ай бұрын

​@@robinchase2141the strike cost them the playoff revenue to bring the team back, and left the city unwilling to build a new stadium.

@robertmusgrave9236

Ай бұрын

@@robinchase2141why couldn’t they have traded the Montreal roster to Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh to Montreal.

@user-kr5jk7sz3y

Ай бұрын

Yeah they did that year

@RB01.10

Ай бұрын

@@ronmurray7349Really? I always heard the Expos never had good attendance, even before 1994. Many have said the overall French feel of Montreal and their lack of appreciation for baseball was a factor. Especially with the language barriers etc. Not to mention the team was never a serious contender, before 1994 they only made the playoffs once in 1981 and that was funny enough a strike shortened season.

Montreal is the only metropolitan area MLB has ever abandoned and never returned. Even if the A's move, the Giants are in the same metro area.

@matthewkester3677

Ай бұрын

i think Montreal would embrace MLB again, but a new stadium and a TV contract (french and english) is a must

@sawyertuide7636

Ай бұрын

Yeah but as a person from the East Bay also just went to Quebec, Oakland to SF is just like how QC is to Montreal.

@Parlimant_Strifey

Ай бұрын

the hand of Blackrock will choose which of the two potential Blackrock cities gets an expansion team next round, Manfred doesn't control much. Montreal has a much higher chance then people give them credit. Blackrock likes to keep it's tribemates happy in their key cities.

@RB01.10

Ай бұрын

@@matthewkester3677I thought the Expos were never that popular there?

3:24 It’s over Tampa Bay’s St. Petersburg, Montreal has the high ground with the Rays

DC lost a team twice. The Twins were the original Washington Senators. They are an original AL franchise. They were in Washington, DC from 1901 to 1961 before moving to Minnesota. They played at Griffith Stadium as well. Washington immediately got an expansion team when the Senators moved to Minnesota in 1961. That team played at Griffith for a single year then RFK. They moved when no one was willing to meet the price to buy them. KC is worthy of this list as well since the Athletics were there from 1955-67 after moving from Philly. Took a year before the Royals came in as an expansion team. Of the original AL teams, only 4 have stayed the whole time in their cities: Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago White Sox. The Yankees were originally the Baltimore Orioles (though MLB has played with history to try to hide this). The Baltimore Orioles of today were originally the St. Louis Browns until 1953. The Twins were the original Washington Senators. The Athletics were originally in Philly before moving to KC then to Oakland then to Sacramento. The AL Central has four of the original eight AL teams in it: Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, and Minnesota.

@timphares3061

Ай бұрын

And it's doing well in its current incarnation.

@boogitybear2283

Ай бұрын

I never understood why the Athletics left Philly. They were the better team than the still loser Phillies. Yea, they’ve won 2 Championships but only since their existence which is like 1886!😂

@johnwireman2660

Ай бұрын

@@boogitybear2283the Phillies were coming off their one hit wonder wiz kids 1950 season. I guess everyone had a very short memory and that was enough to convince them the Phils overtook the A’s as the better franchise going forward.

@RB01.10

Ай бұрын

At least the Twins, Nationals, and Rangers all got their World Series wins eventually.

@johncassani6780

28 күн бұрын

@@boogitybear2283Philly, like Boston, was not a two team town. At least Boston got to keep its far more beloved team.

Expos vs nationals would be a rivalry if Montreal gets another expansion NL team

It’s crazy how such a winning franchise(9 World Championships) can’t maintain a city permanently. The A’s would be successful in Montreal and still Maintain the name!

@RB01.10

Ай бұрын

Expos were never successful though, making the playoffs once in their 35 years is the farthest thing from a successful franchise. I’ve also heard their attendance was never that good, and many have said the overall French feel of Montreal contributed to it.

@timphares3061

25 күн бұрын

@@RB01.10 Look at their attendance numbers. They broke 2 million a couple of times and broke 1 million several times. Much like Oakland, thy weren't doing badly until the owners destroyed the franchise.

Add Buffalo to the list. Should have gotten the expansion franchise

My Uncle took me to Senators game in 1970. It was bat day n still have the bat.

The original Washington Senators played in Washington 1901-1960 when it moved to Minnesota to become the Twins. In 1961 the American League put a new expansion team in Washington. They were also named the Senators. They moved to Texas in 1971 and became the Rangers. Then in 2004 the Montreal Expos moved to Washington and became the Nationals. Washington was without baseball from 1972-2003, about 30 years.

@timphares3061

25 күн бұрын

There are something like 4 players who have played for all 3 franchises.

7:33 it’s all over FedEx Field, Neo RFK Stadium has the high ground with The NFL’s Commanders, UFL’s Defenders and MLR’s Old Glory DC

I’m going to the last ever A’s game in Oakland

@EastOaklandZay

Ай бұрын

I’ll be there too smh 🤦🏾‍♂️

@matthewkester3677

Ай бұрын

hope u dont get stabbed

@EastOaklandZay

Ай бұрын

@@matthewkester3677 i go every game and was a Oakland Raider season ticket I doubt that happens lol

@timphares3061

25 күн бұрын

I hope it isn't.

The idea that a new stadium increases attendance is laughable. The Mets drew more in each of their last four years at Shea Stadium than they have ever drawn at Citi Field.

@staringatthesun861

Ай бұрын

Sometimes it does though. When the Orioles moved to Camden Yards, it rejuvenated the fanbase. It briefly happened when the Pirates moved to PNC Park. It happened when the Rangers moved to The Ballpark In Arlington, and when the Indians moved to Jacobs Field. And that's just off the top of my head. I think the Mets' attendance fell off because the new park had a much lower capacity than the old one, and their attendance is generally higher as it is.

@RB01.10

Ай бұрын

@@staringatthesun861Out if those teams you mentioned, Only the Rangers won a World Series soon after opening their new stadium though.

@staringatthesun861

Ай бұрын

@@RB01.10 This isn't about winning the World Series though -- it's about raising attendance. And the Rangers won their World Series after opening Globe Life Field. Not at The Ballpark In Arlington.

@RB01.10

Ай бұрын

@@staringatthesun861 Ah, yes. I misread your post. You are correct, Globe Life Field replaced the one in Arlington. Speaking of which, I’ve heard many say the old one would’ve lasted longer had it had a roof. Why didn’t it? Especially knowing how brutal Texas heat can get.

@staringatthesun861

Ай бұрын

@@RB01.10 That's a good question, I don't know. It's a shame too. It was one of the prettiest ballparks in the majors, though I only saw the exterior in person. The new one seems utilitarian....big and comfortable yes, but not aesthetic in any way. Oh well. At least they won the World Series.

Oakland and Montreal will never see another MLB team! The attendance was pathetic. No team wants to play in a city where they hardly have any support.

@RB01.10

Ай бұрын

Oakland at least won championships and contended for the most part. Unlike Montreal.

The expos played outside in Park Jarry for their first 8 years. Olympic Stadium’s dome wasn’t finished for another decade after the Expos moved there. Also, Seattle was abandoned until the Mariners of 1977. The Pilots only existed for one year there in ‘69.

It's always been a little unstable. Even back in the 70's.

Keep in mind that the Padres almost left San Diego in the early 1970s

@timphares3061

25 күн бұрын

For DC. Until Walter O'Malley intervened.

If Montreal Baseball Group, led by Stephen Bronfman and Mitch Garber, awards an MLB expansion franchise to Montreal for the 2028 season, they will build a new $1.2 billion 48,000-seat retractable-roof ballpark at the former Blue Bonnets Raceway site.

@stephanechamberland8486

Ай бұрын

No it was a replica of Jarry Park with only 29,000 seats. It was shown in an article in La Presse+ 10 days ago.

@RB01.10

Ай бұрын

Montreal will never get a team again

@TimFrith24

Ай бұрын

@@RB01.10 Oh yes they will.

@RB01.10

Ай бұрын

@@TimFrith24 Hasn’t MLB and Montreal gone on record saying it’s not happening again? Or did I misread something? The Expos never got fan support anyway from what I heard.

@danielfrancella5219

25 күн бұрын

@@RB01.10 They had pretty good attendance through 94. They had top 10 attendance for 15-20 years.

Stadiums only draw fans for 1-2 seasons.. after that, you need to put a quality team on the field to draw fans... The expos biggest issue is the owner didn't want to be there, much like that fisher guy in Oakland.. The only team I can see that would get helped by relocation is the Rays.. they can't draw even when they win. Also, The senators left DC not once.. but twice.. the original is now called the twins.. the second iteration only stayed for a few years and became Texas. The problem with relocation is the same as always.. 1. you're going to alienate your current fanbase... Fisher has done a good job there.. 2 You need to build a new fan base in the new city.. not always easy.. even moreso today because you don't have to have a local team to have a favorite thanks to broadcasting.. even worse because how you treated your old fan base, the new ones will tread lightly as to not get burned. So many teams claim that a new stadium will fix all of the teams issues.. then you get the Miami situation.. oh they packed the house for 1+ years... then Miami did another firesale and went right back to doing what they always did... and people wonder why the expos failed (I seem to remember the expos ownership ended up owning Miami when the dust settled.. with Miami ownership moving to Boston and the Nats became ownerless... ) Stadiums DON'T DRAW FANS... GOOD TEAMS DRAW FANS... and high ticket prices will scare them away too... which is MLB's other issue.

You need to look up weather in Montreal in April, it doesn’t get all that cold in April. It hasn’t been for quite sometime. Just cause it’s Canada doesn’t mean it’s cold as fuck all the time.

@michaelmarkowski204

Ай бұрын

Also, the Twins built a new open air stadium in Minneapolis (Target Field), which gets just as cold throughout April and May. I doubt Montreal gets another MLB team, but if they do, I hope their stadium is open air.

@RB01.10

Ай бұрын

@@michaelmarkowski204Why didn’t they get a roof like the Metrodome had ? Albeit not the bubble esque aesthetic LOL

Minnesota has outdoor stadium the stadium would have been fine but just Montreal isn’t a baseball city like Toronto is.

@RB01.10

Ай бұрын

I’ve heard the same thing, I haven’t been to Canada but I’ve heard Toronto is more American unlike Montreal which is more French . The latter which many have said is why baseball didn’t succeed there.

Oakland NEVER drew. They did not draw well when they were perennial World Series champions in a multi-purpose stadium during the era of multi-purpose stadiums. And it's not a market that's been abandoned any more than Brooklyn was a market that MLB abandoned. The San Francisco Bay Area still has a team. Those old half A's/half Giants hats were proof positive these were not two distinct teams in two distinct markets. You never would have seen half Cubs/half Sox caps in Chicago, or half Yankees/half Mets in NYC.

If MLB wants to have a team in Northern California with American League representation, it should definitely be Sacramento. Forget Oakland.

D.C. got baseball back in '05 because the Expos relocated there, Yes they lost the Senators twice in 1960 and 1971.

Florida shouldn't have 2 teams they barely support 1

Right now Nashville SLC and Raleigh have better shots at expansion than Montreal. Unless a revive the Expos movement accelerates.

I can't believe they thought that huge seating area called Mt. Davis would even be good for football.

Dude, have you ever been to Montreal? Yes, it is a little cool in early April, but it is no worse than Toronto playing at Exhibition Stadium for the first 12 years of their existence, not to mention Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis.

The Senator became the Dallas Rangers

@peteroni21

Ай бұрын

texas rangers

@manuelgrothe608

Ай бұрын

@@peteroni21 Arlington City is the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan area

@Sean-C

Ай бұрын

@@manuelgrothe608 texas rangers

@GloriaGrothe

29 күн бұрын

It’s over Cotton Bowl, The Rangers has the high ground

of course montreal will get a new team someday, they have a very rich baseball history at both the major league and minor league level. jackie robinson made his debut with the montreal royals.

@RB01.10

Ай бұрын

From what I heard their attendance was never good, not to mention they never even made the playoffs except in 1981.

Montreal needed to have an open stadium for the 76 Olympics. They latter tried to retrofit it with a retractable roof. That is why they had that roof in Montreal.

The first MLB team in Washington became the Minnesota Twins. The second team in DC became the Texas Rangers. They are now on the third MLB team in Washington DC.

I don't think Montreal will ever back its beloved Expos, especially regarding the time factor. Waiting ten to twenty years before MLB says yes to a team interest will begin to falter. And the younger generation is showing little interest in baseball than the older ones like myself who still remember going to Jarry Park on a a Sunday and watching the Expos play. Available downtown properties have already been purchased for other projects which means a need for a Plan B to where to build a new stadium.

Let’s hope they keep the A’s in Sac permanently 🙌🙌

Open air stadium in Montreal...? You mean like Target Field in Minneapolis...?

These teams went out for cigarettes and never came back 😢

The Oakland stadium problem is pavement, nothing but pavement. I get that you have to have parking, but that pavement is just ugly and hot. They COULD have saved the stadium, but it wouldn’t be cost effective: tear down Mt Davis, completely clearing out centerfield, then work in the bars, etc, and add an awning over the the remaining semi-circular seats, revamp the well-known crappy clubhouse, and pressure wash the hell outta the place.

@1983jblack

Ай бұрын

It's not worth that much effort. You can't polish a turd

The athletics should have moved to Washington DC in the late 1990s or early 2000s, and the expos could have stayed in Montreal.

Mlb should bring back the Montreal Expos.

Montreal should get a team back

@bufnyfan1

Ай бұрын

Unless they find an owner with very "deep pockets" it won't happen. MLB has already said that Montreal's Olympic Stadium will NOT be acceptable for an MLB franchise. The government of Quebec will not be providing any new funds for a new stadium. A new stadium would cost >$1 billion and then there will be the franchise fee for a new team.

@widk2

Ай бұрын

@bufnyfan1 why is olympic stadium not acceptable it has the right deminsioms and enough capacity?

@user-kr5jk7sz3y

Ай бұрын

I agree Montreal should have a MLB team again have the Montreal expos again keep the same logo and colors

@robinchase2141

Ай бұрын

@@bufnyfan1 I think Bell, Videotron or Cogeco could buy a franchise for Montreal. They have deep pockets.

@mikes7446

Ай бұрын

No

If the Twins can make an open air stadium work in the early season , that would no different than for Montreal

@Ejb905

Ай бұрын

Absolutely. Montreal is warmer than Minneapolis in April and October. It's also warmer than Toronto in April and May (lake Ontario keeps the city much cooler than the areas inland and away, 20-30 f cooler at times). Montreal would work now, BELL MEDIA needs content and they want to challenge ROGERS MEDIA Sportsnet for the top media and sports giant. The Expos would be a much better draw than the Rays. With each team within a 5-7 hour drive, fans could watch their heroes play in Montreal. Out of all the other cities mentioned maybe Nashville is a touristy place but Montreal is or was a world class city with so much to do or see. It has the infrastructure, it has world class transit. 3 cities are able to get over a million people on its subways daily, just subways, NYC, Toronto and Montreal. I laugh when I see the people in the Tampa Bay area complain about traffic. Their traffic is nothing compared to real cities like Boston, NYC, Toronto, and yes Montreal. They'd draw on average better than the Rays. The fucking Rays have been very good to excellent for the better part of 17 years. Yes it's a shitty park but no rainouts! I'm Montreal born and raised and while I no longer live there I have a soft spot for my Expos. Sadly I see Nashville and probably Charlotte or Austin getting an expansion team. The Expos were fucked out of their shot in 1994. The strike hurt but the cheapskate owners could have kept the club going in 1995. Larry Walker was gone but the core could have kept together for a few years. I say this alot, maybe too much but Charles Bronfman abandoned abandoned his city. He bitched about how much he was playing Gary Carter so he traded him away. He helped the Mets win in 1986. Bronfman complained about the politics in Quebec, but honestly he had enough $ to lose $ on a set of books only to make $ on the real books,lol. He sold the team to people who had no business owning a team Finally the Blue Jays, they were way down below the Expos in terms of popularity up until the early to mid 80's. They got MLB and the TV networks to force the Expos not to be broadcasted nation wide like the Jays. The Expos went from being Canada's team to a local market & less relevant anywhere west of Ottawa. Not a young man anymore, I cried louder and felt worse when my Expos played their last game in the Big Owe. When my dad died I wasn't as emotional. And even by then I gave up on the Expos, I gave up in 1998 when they traded away Pedro. I hope one day that kids in Montreal get a chance to embrace, feel, suffer and celebrate baseball, the best and only sport in my ❤️

@rivetandbrodie

29 күн бұрын

@@Ejb905 I remember that when I was travelling in rural south shore Quebec that every little shop had Expos posters and merchandise (1980s), maybe not exactly hockey level but there sure were a lot of Andre Dawson fans there

How does he have 115k subs and 826 views in the last 2 hours

If these owners want a new stadium, they and the league can pay for it instead of relying on the taxpayers. If the fans want to maintain their team, how about starting up the crowdfunding account?

Montreal not much different from Minneapolis

#RootedInOakland

As should make Sacramento their permanent home.

@timphares3061

25 күн бұрын

Sacramento won't support them on a permanent basis.

As an Expos fan, I really don't care where they play, as long as they have a good team. When they destroyed the best team in baseball in 3 days in 1995, that turned me off as a fan, as it did for a lot of people. They do need a new stadium, but an outdoor one, with real grass, would be so much nicer than a domed stadium. It works in Minneapolis, which is about the same latitude as Montreal, so it could work there too. Even if it's a little cold at the beginning of the season, people can wear jackets there. Then, they would have a great stadium for the summer and the fall. Attendance was never an issue when they had good teams, which should have been all the time with the way the Expos system developed their players. It would have been amazing to have Larry Walker and Vlad Guerrero on the same team, along with Jose Vidro and the stars of the 1994 team, like Marquis Grissom, Moises Alou, John Wettland and Pedro Martinez. If MLB wants to expand their fan base to Europe, Montreal, as a French city, would be the perfect place to start. I'm guessing that people in French speaking countries would cheer for them.

Montreal and Oakland red to get MLB back

@SomeGuy-ds7pl

Ай бұрын

Oakland will never have another sports teal again

The weirdest channel in terms of different subjects....go twins..

Brooklyn dodgers?

@zvbx

Ай бұрын

Brooklyn is not a city.

@johnschellhouse1360

29 күн бұрын

@@zvbx neither is Tampa bay

@zvbx

29 күн бұрын

@@johnschellhouse1360 So what does that have to do with the Dodgers and losing a baseball team?

@johnschellhouse1360

29 күн бұрын

You argued that Brooklyn isn't a city. I just mentioned Tampa Bay(which was in the article) isn't a city either. It's about areas losing a team. As a Cleveland fan, I understand their pain. Brooklyn has a basketball team, but never got another baseball team.

@zvbx

29 күн бұрын

@@johnschellhouse1360 Right I mentioned the Borough of Brooklyn which is a part of New York City and the Dodgers played there. Another baseball team named the Metropolitans eventually came along. So what major league baseball team did the city of Tampa lose? That was the topic if you watched the video.

A baseball franchise is the least of Montréal's concerns.

Well, there is Brooklyn.

@zvbx

Ай бұрын

Brooklyn is not a city.

@timphares3061

28 күн бұрын

@@zvbx It thinks it is.

@zvbx

28 күн бұрын

@@timphares3061 Well I’ll tell it that it’s not, “HEY BROOKLYN, YOU’RE NOT A CITY, YOU’RE A BOROUGH”!

Sell the A's to Joe Lacob.

Build Howard Terminal!

@michaelmarkowski204

Ай бұрын

You'll have to settle for the Giants as your "hometown" MLB team from now on.

@timphares3061

25 күн бұрын

@@michaelmarkowski204 Fisher can't get the money for Vegas. And the people will vote it down.

Bring baseball back to Montreal.

@RB01.10

Ай бұрын

I think they’ve said it’s never happening again

@timphares3061

28 күн бұрын

@@RB01.10 They hven't. Montreal has two active groups bidding.

@RB01.10

28 күн бұрын

@@timphares3061 On the contrary, here’s what I found from the Montreal Gazette : It’s an issue that is tender and sensitive for Montreal baseball fans, and an economics professor at Concordia University isn’t holding back. Moshe Lander firmly believes there will be no return of baseball to Montreal to replace the Expos. “They’re not going to get a team. It’s not going to happen,” Lander said in a phone interview. “I don’t think baseball is an attraction like it was in the 1960s when they got a franchise.” “Now Toronto, to some extent, runs Canada, and Toronto would not want Montreal to infringe on their rights.” Lander apologized for being the “purveyor of bad news” for anyone looking to get a team back, but said he was just being honest. A new stadium downtown would run into the “billion-dollar-plus range, and the idea of public taxpayer money to finance such a stadium” would not be accepted, he said. And further added : “That idea doesn’t go down with taxpayers. There would be instantaneous pushback. Income inequality is so pronounced.”

Depressed ginger should make a more interesting video of 3 reason why his father abandoned him. Stop masking the problem with these stadiums