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As a hardcore Expos fan, I wasn’t surprised by the sudden warming recently of the local climate for baseball. Since September 2004 and the Expos departure, I have always felt certain that local investors would bid again to have a MLB team here, given our population and pro-baseball tradition.

The key problem is the stadium. How do you finance one that meets Montreal’s climate issues? Last Saturday, it was quite nasty out and it snowed heavily. But inside the Big O, it was comfy, in the mid-20s C. People took off their coats and hats as if they were at home.

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Why could this not continue with a new MLB team? An entirely outdoor stadium could save the costs of any retractible-roof contraption – but only if the new Expos played their cooler April games inside the Big O.

Both the Impact and Alouettes have played early-spring and late-autumn games there to save spectators the rigours of off-season weather. When the Als decided for some reason to move outdoors last November for a playoff game, there were many empty seats. It figures: too cold!