MLB Network Continues To Impress.

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hatvol96

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They've got a documentary on the 1994 Montreal Expos. Great idea. If anyone wants to understand the implications of the last big strike, this is the story to see. A team superior to Atlanta's got broken up and baseball unded up leaving one of North America's best and most interesting cities. I'm looking forward to watching.
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That was my team when I was a kid... It's so sad. Some of my family was down visiting from Montreal last week, and we actually talked about how sad it is that a city like Montreal doesn't have a baseball team any more. There are so many rabid sports fans there, but now they only have an NHL team (although obviously they love them to DEATH).

Did you know Youppi, the Expos' old mascot, was adopted by the Canadiens? He is the last Expo remnant in the city.

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Well, I guess they have the Alouettes. Even many Canadians can't get fired up about Canadian football, though.
 
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Absolutely brilliant documentary. As good as the 30 for 30s. I firmly believe if the '94 season had played out Montreal would have won the World Series, gotten a new ballpark, kept their roster intact, and the subsequent "dynasties" in Atlanta and New York would have never existed. A great example of what happens when shortsighted politicians ignore the inherent value of sports to a community's fabric. Knoxville residents should relate to Montreal's plight. Victor Ashe ran baseball out of town in the late '90s with the same halfwitted logic the leaders in Quebec used.
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hatvol96 said:
Absolutely brilliant documentary. As good as the 30 for 30s. I firmly believe if the '94 season had played out Montreal would have won the World Series, gotten a new ballpark, kept their roster intact, and the subsequent "dynasties" in Atlanta and New York would have never existed. A great example of what happens when shortsighted politicians ignore the inherent value of sports to a community's fabric. Knoxville residents should relate to Montreal's plight. Victor Ashe ran baseball out of town in the late '90s with the same halfwitted logic the leaders in Quebec used.
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Ted Turner didn't wait for Montreal's collapse before deciding to field a winning baseball team.

Didn't see the documentary and was only 9 at the time but how come Montreal went from leading the NL East going into the summer of '95 to finishing dead last that year??? I can remember them getting Henry Rodriguez(fans throwing O'Henry bars) and them being in first around May but never really heard from again.
 
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VolSwaff said:
Didn't see the documentary and was only 9 at the time but how come Montreal went from leading the NL East going into the summer of '95 to finishing dead last that year???
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Trading Ken Hill, John Wetteland, Marquis Grissom, and Larry Walker will have that effect on a team.
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You would have thought that Pedro, Fassero, and Urbina would have supplied them with enough to keep them out of the gutter though...
 
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I was not impressed that they were airing the Rays/Rangers game last night instead of the Yanks.
 
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kev20 said:
I was not impressed that they were airing the Rays/Rangers game last night instead of the Yanks.
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Yeah, I can't imagine why they were showing a game between two playoff teams instead of the Yankees playing a team whose season ended in mid July.
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kev20 said:
I was not impressed that they were airing the Rays/Rangers game last night instead of the Yanks.
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The Rangers have been on TV a lot lately since they've played the Sox, Yankees and now the Rays. I was glad I got to see the Rays though.

No offense Mullet but that market must be struggling not to fill seats with the Rangers in town as well as both teams have played this season.
 
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hatvol96 said:
Absolutely brilliant documentary. As good as the 30 for 30s. I firmly believe if the '94 season had played out Montreal would have won the World Series, gotten a new ballpark, kept their roster intact, and the subsequent "dynasties" in Atlanta and New York would have never existed. A great example of what happens when shortsighted politicians ignore the inherent value of sports to a community's fabric. Knoxville residents should relate to Montreal's plight. Victor Ashe ran baseball out of town in the late '90s with the same halfwitted logic the leaders in Quebec used.
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Finally got around to watching this today. Didn't know/understand/care enough about the business side of baseball in the 90s to realize what the strike did to them.

Few random thoughts -

1. As much as I have talked about it, I had still never realized how good that team was. They would have won 105 games easily.

2. If that team makes the Series in 81 they survive.

3. I agreed with the writer that didn't understand why they didn't at least take a stab in 95 with that roster. I can't believe fans in that city wouldn't have come out to support them and it would have worked out financially in the long run.

4. I had actually not thought about how much I loathe Bud Selig lately until his smug face appeared.

5. I can't tell you how many times I have driven past/walked into the convention center in Knoxville and commented to whomever was with me how much more sense a baseball stadium and 8-10K seat arena would make there instead.
 
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