The 1994 Montreal Expos Will Rip Your Heart Out 

Like being a Browns fan in 2000...

Ughhh and us expos fans just gotta get reminded

The Nationals would be nothing had they not first been the Expos

Try being a Sonics fan.

David Maschino No, thank you. I was already a fan of the NBA Buffalo Braves until they moved in 1979 and became the San Diego Clippers before they moved to become the Los Angeles Clippers.

Same here

Tell Him don’t worry The Yankees were poised to beat them in the World Series anyway

As a Jays fan, sorry boys.

Dan- B-Gone Lol

Damn.....its been 26 years

The team left Montreal almost 7 years after Pedro left for Boston. The relocation had nothing to do with Pedro leaving. The '94 lockout was the root cause, though, because it was after the lockout that the best players fled. Pedro didn't want to be stuck on a crap team, so he moved on to Boston.

If you've ever watched that full interview, Pedro never brings the Expos up himself. He was directly asked about the Expos moving during the Red Sox World Series celebration, and that's when he made the comment about sharing his ring with the fans in Montreal. I know it's a touching bit of Expos Fan Lore, but let's be honest - there's almost a 0% chance that comment would have been made had he not been prompted to speak about the fans in Montreal. I highly doubt he was thinking about the Montreal Expos, or their fans, right after the Red Sox won their first World Series since 1918.

Pedro was obviously speaking genuinely about the Montreal fans, the guy is all heart. Really doesn't matter how the topic came about.

Cardinals Baseball Classics shut up you bitter Cards fan. You’re just mad he dominated your team that year like it was a piece of cake 🤫

@@cardinalsbaseballclassics Ya gotta understand some not obvious stuff. When Vladdy Guerrero was here, he could be spotted alone on a platform waiting for public transit to pick him up. Not something likely to happen in New York, is it? Montréal was a Frightening Unknown to many, & many players had no trade clauses to it because of that. But there was an opposite as well. Some of the players _loved_ the atmosphere of the city so much that they hated leaving it. Pédro was one of 'em. Yeah, it wouldn't have been appropriate for him to mention Montréal during that celebration uninvited. But another Martinez, Dave, the manager of the Nationals once took a salary cut *to stay in Montréal.* While he never lived there in the off-season, André Dawson said that the racism there was less than he'd experienced almost everywhere else in his life. Gary Carter was learning French, bought a house & had enrolled his daughter in French Immersion school when the owner Charles Bronfman decided to trade him. Dennis Martinez (I think we only had three Martinez) could go out for a bite to eat & *not get disturbed.* Bryn Smith regretted leaving, & possibly many others. No one wants to make their present team feel bad so they typically don't say it, but Bryn instantly regretted leaving. Even though his best years professionally were elsewhere, & to tell you the truth, the crappy Montréal batting coaches had very nearly effed him up, Andrés Galarraga came back & played for the team a second time towards the end of his career. It's very likely that none of these guys could have given you a specific reason or set of them as to why they liked the place. Every place is unique. But baseball is a great game for underdogs & who is a greater underdog than the team that has the largest group of players who wouldn't sign with them? A weird note: even before he became the great pitcher, a lot of people thought that the trade of Randy Johnson for Mark Langston was BS because Langston, a Big Star would never have stayed in Montréal. As it turns out, they were wrong. He *did* leave. But it was his _wife_ who took an instant dislike to it before even arriving. One of the other players' wives said that she got off the plane grumbling "I don't want to _be_ here, I can't wait to get _out_ of here" based on nothing but preconceived notions. There's _another_ thing going against the Expos, players' _wives_ may not want their husbands to come here. In a weird story, the Blue Jays lost a free-agent signing because a bad story in Montréal had made the American news & upon hearing that French was spoken in Montréal, a player's wife was terrified that the same thing might happen in Toronto & told him not to sign with them. I think it was Storm Davis, the pitcher. Weird.

Move the Rays to Montreal and make it happen MLB

The Nationals won last year, so very doubtful now.

@@RB01.10 there's teams who still face attendance problems though

@@mattc7005 True, true. I’ve heard teams such as the Mariners have low attendance. They’ve always been a failed team except 2001. Haven’t been shit since then though. Only team to not make a World Series appearance as well.

Steven Kunzer even in a Stadium very bad for baseball.

The yankees sucked from 1979-1995 except 1981

The majority of the seasons 1979-1995 were still winning seasons. They were not iconic Yankee teams but most franchises that do not typically win, would be very proud of that stretch. You saying the Yankees sucked is only true comparing them to their previous great eras where they racked up Championships. Also the good but not great Yankees played in Yankee stadium compared to Olympic Stadium so it is still surprising.

1979-1995 included 11 winning seasons for New York, they were not fielding a team full of scrubs either that no one would want to watch in Yankee Stadium. The 0 rings is glaring and only 1 appearance, not very NYY.

Montreal is NYC / paris lit

Kale Stew 4 don’t forget some great prospects Cliff Lee Brandon Phillips Grady Sizemore

Speedy grady really kinda was a one way hitter, wasnt really a lefty pitcher hitter so kinda had alot of potential but squandered it

Denis Martinez, perfect game pitcher. Tim Raines

@T Orrent It's "bad" when we forget a 3 gold gloves and 2 silver slugger award winner!

T Orrent that’s a good one can’t believe I forgot him

As much as it hurt to see "our" team leave to Washington. Gotta say all the little things the National does to commemorate the past is truly great. It's appreciated.

Even though the Expos aren't at Montreal, I still root for the franchise and that is really nice for D.C. to do that. Heck I even cheer for the Memphis Grizzlies and they aren't in Vancouver anymore.

That sounds great. Next time I'm in DC, I'll look it up.

@Charles George It's ok. We don't care about DC either.

I really don't think many Expos fans cheer for Washington.

@@zackyep Yeah its the selling of their soul and stealing away their fanbase, but the tampa rays may end up spending part of the season up in Montreal.

@@neilgoldberg547 I hope not. Just fully commit to Montreal already

@@zackyep well its a legit proposal the commish is considering at the moment.

Rays going to Vegas

My dad met Carter in an airport many many years ago. He said Carter was a super nice guy and visited with everyone that wanted to have a chat.

Same!

Adam Davis That and my 86 Brewers Hat are my favorite 80s throwbacks

Griffey, Thomas, Bagwell, there were a few guys that were going to make a serious run at 62 that year.

@@KM-je6bf Bagwell wasn't going to get there due to a broken hand suffered right before the strike.

And this is exactly why owners pushed players towards strike

Alexander Sandoval and the Dodgers ripped the heart of the Expos in the 1981 NLCS (thanks mainly to Rick Monday)

@@c200065524 I love Rick Monday. Great announcer.

hey at least you have a good team and are a constant playoff and world series contender

At least we got that one perfect game against you guys! El Presidente, El Perfecto!

Well, the Dodgers kind of got their heart ripped out by the Expos this year... With the help of a guy named Howie Kendrick.

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@@Sparkball No way

Tigers are the most tragedy team in modern baseball

Congratulations, fellow ExposFan! Consider buying a jersey to go with it.

An excellent team and I wish they had a chance at the post season in 1994. Who knows, if they won the World Series, maybe the team would have had the support to keep the team together, get a new stadium, and instead of 2019 celebrating the Nationals, fans would be celebrating another Expos World Series win. HOWEVER, I wouldn't call them the best team to never win the World Series. Just taking the teams listed at 4:06, the 1906 Cubs, 1954 Indians, and the 2001 Mariners did not win the World Series. Even had the Expos got hot and won 36 of the 48 canceled games, (a .750 clip), to reach 110-52, their percent would have been .679. The 1906 Cubs 116-36 .763, the 1954 Indians 111-43 .721, and the 2001 Mariners 116-46 .716 would all be better.

@@sdgakatbk 2019 Astros had a very slight edge in winning % over the 1994 Expos. Something like 0.002 or so.

The best record in regular season doesn’t mean World Series champion.

What's savage about that? he's just standing there. I didn't see him dehumanize indigenous people

Oh, bull shit! It would have been Indians vs. Expos😉

I still talk about that season at work with US baseball fans of my age.

Maybe...but if the '90s Braves couldn't build a dynasty then I'm not sure these Expos could have either.

​@@87Khein a dynasty would have been unlikely, the financial problems for the Expos were never going to go away. Didn't matter how good the team was, the Olympic Stadium was and remains a pain in the ass to get to we'll pack a full house on a special occasion (Alouettes playoff runs, Expos season opener, a playoff run, etc) but no one wants to haul ass to the east end often enough for it to matter to a ball club. Unlike Toronto, we're built on an island, as rather small one at that, there isn't much place to build that can accommodate an MLB team. Plus the Loony was trading at ~$0.65 USD for much of that period, so salaries cost 35% more on average. We'd have gotten a couple of awesome years, maybe even 3 out of it, but I think we'd have ultimately lost the Expos eventually regardless, but I doubt it would have hurt as much. And it would have been a murderous division with Montreal's '94 dream team _and_ the '90s Braves.

@Charles George Any news on the proposed downtown stadium? I personally like the big O for baseball.

*1976

@@JUSTforwhitlisting 1976 was when Olympic Stadium opened

Why couldn't Montreal have an open air stadium? Denver has one in Coors Field. As I write this the morning of April 16, 2020 I am 25 miles from CF. Out my window there's at least 8" of snow.

Yeah, they had some good teams back in the 1980's with Gary Carter, Andre Dawson, Tim Raines, Tim Wallach, etc.

Chad Bentz

Even the 1995 Mariners. That team was stacked. I'm not even a Mariners fan but they've had some incredible rosters and should have some WS victories to show for it

Yes but they ended up failing in the playoffs, the Expos never got a chance in the 1994.

You still got a team though.

I was ready for an White Sox - Expos World Series in 94.

I was at the game where he got that one stolen base lol

I have an uncle who pitched for the phillies

Cool

Hitman_btg yea he was slow

I have a cousin who was a starter for the cardinals

Crap... Probably would have lost game five of the NLDS.

I dunno, John Wetteland was an absolute savage in the 'pen

@@brentgerchicoff8084 Now, he's savage for reasons completely unrelated to the sport of baseball, oh, how the mighty have fallen.

Expos Braves NLCS would’ve gone either way

@@therealjaystone2344 They had already smoked the Braves that yr. They were unbeatable

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SRS Matt Thanks man, appreciate it⚾️

HamsterK1977 White Sox had a great young staff back then.