The site's tagline says, "Baseball news and analysis from a Canadian perspective," so we would be remiss if we didn't keep one eye firmly fixed on the Mary Celeste of major-league baseball, the Montreal Expos. The 'Spos are in the news today because RDS, Quebec's all-sports station and sister to TSN, will televise 20 games this season -- a pittance for most teams, but a gasp of breath for the Expos, who had only 14 games on RDS last season and were otherwise televisually unavailable here unless they happened to be playing the Braves, Cubs or Blue Jays.
It's a foregone conclusion in most baseball circles that the Expos are finished in Montreal after this season (though weren't we saying this last year?) -- so our question today is: does anyone see a way in which the Expos can be saved and revitalized in Montreal? And if not, if the Expos will be in Washington or Portland or Richmond or San Juan this time next year, could baseball return to la belle province someday down the line, with a new name, a shiny new ballpark and fresh ownership?
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