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Thursday will mark the 25th anniversary of Dennis Martinez pitching the only perfect game in Expos history, a 2-0 victory over Los Angeles on a gorgeous afternoon at Dodger Stadium when the right-hander from Nicaragua retired all 27 batters he faced.

“El Presidente … El Perfecto!” Expos play-by-play man Dave Van Horne said after Martinez completed what was the 13th perfect game in major-league history at the time. There have been 10 more since.

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To mark the 25th anniversary, TSN will be airing a special feature on Martinez titled El Presidente during Sportscentre Wednesday night. Former Montreal Gazette sports columnist Michael Farber and a TSN crew spent five days visiting El Presidente in Nicaragua and did some outstanding work that Expos fans will certainly enjoy.

But Farber and his crew — including producer Matthew Dorman and cameraman Jason Wessel — ran into a bit of a problem after their plane landed at the airport in Managua. It was a Saturday night and there was trouble getting Wessel’s high-end camera equipment through customs. They were told to come back on Monday, which would have thrown a big wrench into the interview schedule they had set up.