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Blue-light special seems fitting for the Expos.(Baseball)
Any group that buys the Expos should demand that Major League Baseball knock down the sale price for devaluing the franchise. If baseball balks, the prospective owners should point to the Expos' failure to land even a draft pick for Vladimir Guerrero, then cite their questionable returns for Bartolo Colon, Javier Vazquez and Cliff Floyd, not to mention Carl Pavano and Guillermo Mota.
Of course, no such demand will be made, not if the new owner truly wants the club. But one more time it must be said: Major League Baseball's operation of the Expos has been shameful. The breakup of Montreal's division-leading 1994 club by a previous ownership led to the franchise's ...
- EX-POSE' - Major League Baseball's ax hangs over Montreal, but contraction...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Buckley, Steve April 28, 2002 700+ words
...Montreal's big league baseball team, the Expos, was taking...338, the Expos plod along...while Major League Baseball goes back to...began, Major League Baseball thus faced a...contract the Expos during the offseason...
- Montreal Expos, Canadian Dermatology Association, the American Academy of...
- News wire article from: Canadian Corporate News June 18, 2003 700+ words
...between the AAD, CDA, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association. In addition to the Montreal Expos and Toronto Blue Jays in Canada, Major League Baseball teams throughout the USA...
- Major League Baseball's Expos to go to Washington, D.C., report says.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News September 29, 2004 700+ words
...to land the Montreal Expos apparently has ended...Washington, D.C. Major League Baseball will announce the move...effort to attract the Expos to Hampton Roads was...relocation derby with Major League Baseball officials. "I know the story is that the Expos are going to ...
- Racketeering Suit Filed Against Major League Baseball's Bud Selig And Jeffrey...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 16, 2002 700+ words
...elimination of major league baseball in Montreal, 14 former owners of the Montreal Expos today sued the Commissioner...became involved in the Expos because of their dedication...desire to preserve Major League Baseball in Montreal," said...designed to eliminate the Expos ...
- Monterrey bids for major league baseball.(Montreal Expos)
- Magazine article from: Business Mexico September 1, 2003 700+ words
...submitted a bid to Major League Baseball to host the Montreal Expos home games in the...festival atmosphere at Expos' games earlier this...ticket to a Mexican League Baseball game is just 70 pesos...seasons, and the Expos were at the center...
- FEELING THE SQUEEZE; The Montreal Expos; Expos are contraction case No....
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Weiner, Jay June 10, 2001 700+ words
...quo in Montreal, where the Expos franchise is a shambles...than 75 percent chance the Expos will be no more." Average...international business and where Major League Baseball wouldn't face a U.S. Congress...gaining more control among the Expos' shareholders, many of whom...
- Norfolk, Va., Leaders Await Decision on Expos from Major League Baseball.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 27, 2004 700+ words
...must make the most of it." Major League Baseball officials have set a tentative...deadline for deciding the fate of the Expos for the 2005 season. The Expos...and Somerindyke say that Major League Baseball officials know the details and...
- Fair or foul? (Sports).(Major League Baseball to drop Minnesota Twins and the...
- Magazine article from: Junior Scholastic April 8, 2002 700+ words
...fan's ears. But if Major League Baseball has its way, those words won...Minnesota Twins and the Montreal Expos--aren't drawing enough...two teams. The Twins and the Expos could be on the chopping block...Barrett. Both the Twins and the Expos will play in 2002. But there...
