Baseball fans- 1994 Montreal Expos

[GwinnettNole]

If there is no strike that year the expos still exist in Montreal. True or False?

That team was loaded: Marquis Grissom, Larry Walker, Ken Hill, Pedro Martinez, John Wetteland, Will Cordero (all in their young prime). That stadium sucked but if there was no strike- the braves don't catch them, and they could have won the NLCS and world series. Which would have assured a new stadium.

Good documentary if you have time:

 

[Bill From Tampa]

It just accelerated the inevitable.

 

[FSUdawg]

I was just talking to a friend about the '94 Expos last week. They were loaded and most likely would have played (and beaten) the Yankees in the World Series.

As good a story it would have been, I think they still would have left. I don't believe they would have received a new stadium, and when those young guys became FAs they all would have left for more money. Montreal just didn't support them and in the end they needed to leave.

 

[Nole Lou]

One of those "could have been" for sure, but I don't think that changes their ultimate fate.

 

[seminoledq]

I think they would have won the World Series that year but still wouldn't be around today.

 

[1batman]

If there is no strike that year the expos still exist in Montreal. True or False?

That team was loaded: Marquis Grissom, Larry Walker, Ken Hill, Pedro Martinez, John Wetteland, Will Cordero (all in their young prime). That stadium sucked but if there was no strike- the braves don't catch them, and they could have won the NLCS and world series. Which would have assured a new stadium.

Good documentary if you have time:

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My two favorite Expos de Montreal players of all time...Le Grande Orange and Coco Laboy !

 

[Manch.]

My two favorite Expos de Montreal players of all time...Le Grande Orange and Coco Laboy !

Rusty Staub! Laboy, I had to look up, before my time.

We would go up to Montreal and catch a game. With the exchange rate, we could literally buy a $7 outfield ticket and move behind 3rd base. Unreal!

 

[Fijimn]

Montreal - where the head first slide so you wouldn't bust the coke vials in your back pocket was invented.

 

[kc78]

As others have said, those players would all have left to bigger paying markets leaving Montreal back where they were. They simply didn't have the capital to compete.