30th September 2010, 8:56 PM
I watched about an hour of it, the portion I caught talked about the '94 strike and the slow demise of the Expos after that. I didn't watch much more than that (it was very interesting though, and I plan on watching the doc in full), but I wonder if he went into other aspects of the Expos franchise - Jeffrey Loria bailing out on the team... Major League Baseball moving a bunch of their home games to Peurto Rico... not allowing the Expos to call up minor league players in September when they were involved in a tight wildcard race... and all the other ways they were systematically dismantled and destroyed as a franchise by Major League Baseball. Come to think of it, why the fuck do I continue to support the MLB? It's clear they had a mission to get rid of the Expos.
Even the Expos AAA affiliate, the Edmonton Trappers, didn't survive, and are now in New Mexico. In fact, there are ZERO Triple-A teams in Canada - not too long ago, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, and Ottawa all had Triple-A teams, and Montreal and Toronto fielded big-league franchises. Now, only the Blue Jays remain. It's really frustrating because it appears that Major League Baseball has absolutely no interest in Canadian markets and isn't willing to give cities north of the border much of a chance.
Even the Expos AAA affiliate, the Edmonton Trappers, didn't survive, and are now in New Mexico. In fact, there are ZERO Triple-A teams in Canada - not too long ago, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, and Ottawa all had Triple-A teams, and Montreal and Toronto fielded big-league franchises. Now, only the Blue Jays remain. It's really frustrating because it appears that Major League Baseball has absolutely no interest in Canadian markets and isn't willing to give cities north of the border much of a chance.