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July 29, 2003
D.C. Baseball Update
Representatives of the Major League Baseball Players Association will meet with the Montreal Expos to determine which city the players would like to be based in next season. The choices: Washington, D.C., San Juan, Montreal, or a modified schedule with both San Juan and Montreal as home parks. Meanwhile in the Washington Times, Dick Heller is agitating once more for a decision on the Expos from Major League Baseball -- something which will likely have little effect on the disposition of the team.
Eric
11:51 AM
Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsIt's about time the player's association spoke up. Vidro's sense that the Expos are being treated like orphans is bang-on. From July 17 through to the end of the season the Expos have 6 off-days with the first being Aug. 4 then Aug. 14 and then Sep 4. In that span the Expos will complete a homestand Monday Aug. 18 and then head to LA for a game the next night and return home after a Sunday evening game against the Padres and play the next night in Montreal. If that isn't bad enough, in September when the Spos could be in a wild card chase they must complete a series in Puerto Rico on the 11th of September travel back to the Stadium for agame the next night and not get another off day for 10 days. How MLB expects this team to compete with such a brutal schedule is beyond me (or was that the point?). MLB has been giving Montreal the shaft for too long a time simply in the name of filling their pockets with cash. I hope this dog and pony show comes back to bite MLB in the ass. Posted by: at July 29, 2003 01:20 PM Post a commentThanks for signing in, . (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) |