Montreal has wanted a team since they got cheated out of their old team (for those not in the know, basically the current Marlins owner, Jeffery Loria, sold the team in a really elaborate set up, that basically f***ed the Expos.
Here's a reminder from Wikipedia.
"In 2002, as part of an orchestrated move with Bud Selig and then-Marlins owner John W. Henry, Loria sold the Expos to "Expos Baseball, LP," a partnership of the other 29 major league clubs, for $120 million. In effect, the Expos were sold to the commissioner's office. Henry then sold the Marlins to Loria for $158.5 million, including a $38.5 million no-interest loan from MLB. The deal was approved by the other owners before Loria and Henry even signed a contract, and paved the way for Henry to buy the Boston Red Sox.Loria moved the Expos' entire front office staff, on-field staff, office equipment and computer equipment to Florida. MLB's plans to contract the Expos and Minnesota Twins failed, though, as the Twins were compelled through legal action to fulfill the terms of their lease at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome."
In essence, then commissioner Selig allowed then Expos (now Marlins owner) Loria to move the team to Washington, before selling out the team, to get the money to acquire the Marlins, another place Loria, the worst owner in sports, has f***ed. And that's just the good ending. They both wanted to get rid of the Expos (and Twins) entirely, and make MLB a 29 team league again.
It's as much Selig's fault as Loria's, but now, Selig is gone.
What I'd love to see, is the Marlins being forced to move (instead of the Rays). I know they have a new stadium, but I hate the idea of the Red Sox having to spend literally half their divisional schedule in Canada. It's bad enough we have to go to Canada to play the Jays. Plus, it'd be dramatic irony of the highest caliber, to have Loria be f***ed by the same people he himself f***ed.
That would be worth all the money in the world.
Montreal has wanted a team since they got cheated out of their old team (for those not in the know, basically the current Marlins owner, Jeffery Loria, sold the team in a really elaborate set up, that basically f***ed the Expos.
Here's a reminder from Wikipedia.
"In 2002, as part of an orchestrated move with Bud Selig and then-Marlins owner John W. Henry, Loria sold the Expos to "Expos Baseball, LP," a partnership of the other 29 major league clubs, for $120 million. In effect, the Expos were sold to the commissioner's office. Henry then sold the Marlins to Loria for $158.5 million, including a $38.5 million no-interest loan from MLB. The deal was approved by the other owners before Loria and Henry even signed a contract, and paved the way for Henry to buy the Boston Red Sox.Loria moved the Expos' entire front office staff, on-field staff, office equipment and computer equipment to Florida. MLB's plans to contract the Expos and Minnesota Twins failed, though, as the Twins were compelled through legal action to fulfill the terms of their lease at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome."
In essence, then commissioner Selig allowed then Expos (now Marlins owner) Loria to move the team to Washington, before selling out the team, to get the money to acquire the Marlins, another place Loria, the worst owner in sports, has f***ed. And that's just the good ending. They both wanted to get rid of the Expos (and Twins) entirely, and make MLB a 29 team league again.
It's as much Selig's fault as Loria's, but now, Selig is gone.
What I'd love to see, is the Marlins being forced to move (instead of the Rays). I know they have a new stadium, but I hate the idea of the Red Sox having to spend literally half their divisional schedule in Canada. It's bad enough we have to go to Canada to play the Jays. Plus, it'd be dramatic irony of the highest caliber, to have Loria be f***ed by the same people he himself f***ed.
That would be worth all the money in the world.