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Monday, October 26, 2009
Montreal Expos
I’ll call bullsh!t on this, which is a response from Bill to one of his readers:
You said “after long sustained efforts to make baseball work in Montreal had failed.” Shouldn’t that actually say “after long sustained efforts to make baseball fail in Montreal had worked.” Cancelling your local TV coverage and not signing a new deal is hardly a sign of trying to succeed in your market.
Asked by: Rusty Priske
Answered: May 20, 2009Well, you probably know more about it than I do. But I think you’re referring to things that happened at the end of the process, after years of struggle. I think baseball tried to make it in Montreal for 30 years, and was going backward the last 20 of those. The things you’re referring, I think, happened as the Expos were leaving town.
I don’t know what “baseball” (presumably MLB) tried to do to make it work in Montreal. Trading Carter, Raines, letting Dawson go, not trying to resign Walker, etc, etc.
Here is the attendance level, relative to the league, each year:
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