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World tour to World Series? 22-game trip could shape Expos' season.

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service

| May 31, 2003 | Baxter, Kevin | COPYRIGHT 1999 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Kevin Baxter

MIAMI _ The heading atop the itinerary posted in the visitors clubhouse at Pro Player Stadium last week read ``Montreal Expos 2003 World Tour.'' That isn't so far off the mark.

South Florida was just the first stop on the most ambitious road trip in more than 50 years, a 25-day, 22-game, 11,310-mile odyssey that will take the Expos to seven cities from Canada to the Caribbean, over three oceans and through four time zones. And it might go a long way toward determining the team's future as well _ both for this season and beyond.

It hasn't exactly gotten off to a great start, with the Expos losing three of four to the Marlins.

When the Expos left Montreal last weekend, they were 14 games over .500 and off to the …

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