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Help Keep Baseball in Montreal!

Problems have returned to baseball's most troubled franchise. While it looked as if Jeffrey Loria would be the saviour of this team, it now appears that Loria is not the saviour but the villain in this never-ending saga. Loria failled to renew the land option for the site where Labatt Park will be built and rumours have swirled that Loria intends to move the team and is merely nothing more than a carpetbagger.



In the re-launch of this site, I will try to include different takes on what's going on since often newspaper stories don't tell the entire picture. If you have any views on the proposed stadium, whether they be negative or positive, fell free to e-mail me and I'll discuss them with you and maybe post your comments here if you want.

Due to the ownership transfer between Brochu and Loria, most of the promotions such as "buy a brick" and any seat license sales are currently not being offered. As soon as any information on this or anything else is made available, it will be made public here and in the newsletter.





Lattest News...

Stay tunned for major news in the next few days regarding the new "Save our Expos" site at http://www.saveourexpos.com!

City, Province fed up with Expos



Expos drop ball-park land

Expos on the move?

Going to bat for the Expos

Stephen Bronfman to make crucial decision in bid to save Expos

Local Owners Have Cold Feet

Quebec Loria Can Play Hardball

Quebec Government Will not Help

Loria Set to Deal

Partnership to Save Expos Showing Stress Fractures





Lattest Views...

This section will feature the opinions of Expos fans across Canada and around the world who have views on the current situation. If you want others to see your view on the situation, e-mail me.

Montreal lives! (a must read!)

Montreal is a good baseball town

Why Bud Selig will save the Expos

Montreal is a great baseball town

Fans Insulted

End of the Expos in Montreal

Baseball using strong-arm tactics

Local Au Revoir, Nos Amours?

Local owners must save Expos

Calling Loria's Bluff

Expos will Move- When Hell Freezes Over

Quebec Owners to Blame

Loria Also to Blame

My Take on Current Crisis

Don't Blame the Fans









Making your Voice Heard



Right now the Expos fate is in the hands of Bud Selig so it is important to write to Selig, urging him to keep the team in Montreal. Try to stress that Montrealers will support the team with stable ownershup in a new park. Bud Selig often responds to faxes and he can be faxed at:

414-225-8910

And written or phones at:

Office of the Commissioner of Baseball

245 Park Ave., 31st floor

New York, NY 10167

(212) 931-7800

Paul Beeston, Selig's right hand man, has always been very supportive of the Expos cause and it is definitely worth e-mailing him at:

beeston@majorleaguebaseball.com

And of course, you can always contact the Expos at:

Montreal Expos, L.P.

P.O. Box 500, Station M

Montreal, Qc H1V 3P2

Tel: (514) 253-3434

Fax: (514) 253-8282



In the end it may come down to politics which means it doesn't hurt to put in a bad word for the Expos towards the government:

E-mail

Lucien Bouchard

Jean Chretien



Write



Jean Chretien: Prime Minister's Office Langevin Block 80 Wellington St. Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A2 Phone: (613) 992-4211 FAX: (613) 995-0101

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Also on this Site...

Looking Beyond 5,000: In this article I wrote, I look at the Expos historical attendance compared to other teams to show that Montrealers have supported the team in the past and that the current attendance slump is nothing compared to what Cleveland and Atlanta among others endured in the 80's.





History of the Saga

I find it's very interesting to look back at the developement of this crisis in the Expos history and how it's unfolded. I've collected over 50 articles on the Expos ownership struggle over the past year and a bit and I've arranged them here chronologically. I've also subdivided the developements into 6 categories.

1.Begining of the Crisis:

The September 30th deadline looked so firm and things were definitely bleak as few people came forward in support of Labatt Park.



BallPark a Tough Sell: By Jack Todd

Numbers Don't Lie: By Jack Todd

Employees Rally to Save team

Fan's Rally to Save Team



2.Winter of Nothigness:

Menard and the rest of the consortium had until March 6th to buy out Claude Brochu. Yet during the '98-'99 winter very little happened.



Claude Brochu Steps Down

The Implications of the Mills Report

New Investors

MLB refuses to extend deadline

Could Texan Investors Save Team?

Mysterious Texans Reveiled

Brochu Speaks Out

Rumours of Hope

3.Darkest Hours:

Once the Expos missed the March 6th deadline, all appeared lost. No government help was on the horizon and Claude Brochu refused to sell his shares, prefering to go behind Montrealers backs and speak out about how baseball was doomed to fail in Montreal to the American media.



Crucial Weeks Aproaching

How to Fund a Stadium

Government Help?

Brochu the Grinch?

Government Proposal

Survey Says People Would Come to Labatt Park

The Nightmare of Incompetence

Buy a Ticket for Expos' Opener

4.Reason for Optimism:

Although thins looked bleak, towards the end of March, the Quebec government agreed to give the Expos 150 million dollars from the tourism budget, the event which is perhaps the most important during this whole struggle. Around the same time, 43,918 screaming fans packed the BigO for the season opener showing that Montreal does in fact love baseball.



Government Help Could Save Team!!!

It's a brand-new ball game

Ottawa Says it Helped Expos First

Brochu is millstone to Expos

Working on Fine Print

Menard Keeps Ball Rolling

43,918 Pack Big O!

Expos get ready to bid on land

5.Deadlines, Rumours, and Frustration:

For most of the 99 season, it was frustrating to be an Expos fan. Deadlines kept getting pushed back while the team struggled on the field. The media blasted low crowds and despite the fact that the team's future looked bright, Expos fans kept waiting for the word to be made official.



This is Getting Painful

Is Peladeau the Expos White Knight?

Expos upset over leaked letter

Expos New Stadium to Cost Over 175 Million$.

More Compagnies Look to Invest

Deadline unlikely this week

David Lorea visits Montreal

Expos fate in MLB's hands

Brochu must go!

Lattest Rumblings

First Watergate, now Expogate

Bronfman to help Expos

Montreal Gets More Time to Save Team

Expos Owners Meet

Loria Shows his Face

Tick-Tock

Baseball Okays Expos' Plan: Menard

Menard Says Support Positive, not Official

Long Trip for Expos Near End

Brochu Sets deadline

HOK Gives Expos a Hand

Expos Will Wait Longer

Expos Sale Vote on Hold

Does Loria Have Cold Feet?

All's Now Quiet on the Expos Front

Loria is Still the Man

6.A Happy Ending?

All looked rosy in Expos land. Read through to see if you can notice the warning signs.



On Sign Expos Will be Back

Nos Amours Will be Back

Local Ownership Okays Loria Group's Proposal

Stadium Plan has Some Changes

Despite Rumours, Expos are on Course

Expos Fans Can Relax

Expos Get Baseball's Blessing

Expos Safe at Home

Expos Are Here to Stay: Bachand

Loria Fulfills his Dream with Expos

Bronfman Name Back with Expos

'Better Late than Never'

Expos Reveil Plans for Labatt Park















Labatt Park Fund

If We Build It, They Will Stay

The Labatt Park Fund is very simple. Expos fans just send $5 to the Expos to be used towards the building of Labatt Park. It's a good symbolic gesture and if enough people participate, it will show the politicians and MLB that people do want the Expos to stay in Montreal. For the address to write to and the complete information on the Fund click here

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This site is in no way affiliated with the Montreal Expos baseball club. I'm simply one fan trying to save the team.