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As recently as 2003, the Expos were a good club. They even landed themselves in a three-way tie for the wildcard after sweeping the Phillies in a four-game set in late August in Montreal. The Expos averaged 20,000 fans per game in the series. I know, because...
But then they collapsed because, at their core, the Expos were overachievers. Whenever they won, except for 1994, they always overachieved, because their ownership never had the means or incentive to compete—especially in 2003 when they were owned by Major League Baseball and forced to play 18...
Yet with Felipe Alou and later Frank Robinson at the helm they found ways to win, sometimes. Good sports fans root for either the home team or the underdog, and in the Expos, Montreal had both. I—we—loved them for it.
I still love Vlad. I still love Pedro. I now love the Red Sox, who play in the best baseball city on earth. But I will not love the Washington Expos, or Senators, or whatever they will be called.
We don’t choose who we love, and I loved the Expos. And I was not alone. Expos fans painted their chests, danced with Youppi, shouted in English and French, and cried in their seats when the Expos lost. I know, because I was there.