Word: montreal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...squad returned from a week in the warmer climes of Georgia and Florida with some sunburn, eight victories, three losses, several key injuries, a powerful batting order, a few pitching surprises and a few disappointments, a designated hitter, 89 runs scored, 43 scored-against, an unofficial win against a Montreal Expos farm club, some promising rookies and optimism about the upcoming season which opens today against GBL rival Boston College...
Other clubs weren't so lucky as the Pirates or the Mets over the winter. That old horse-trader Gene Mauch will probably wish he never picked up the phone during the off-season. The Montreal skipper dealt away his whole franchise (with the exception of super-star Ken Singleton) when he sent Mike Marshall to the Dodgers for Willie Davis. While Walt Alston is busy smacking his lips, Mauch will have to depend on a staff that makes even Atlanta's hurlers look good, and that's bad news for die-hard Expo fans...
...Goldston's playing career came with the Montreal Alouettes, and he stayed on with that team as an assistant coach for four years...
...opposing views clashed head-on late last month at a nationally televised conference of Trudeau and provincial premiers in Ottawa. Both sides voiced strong arguments. For its part, eastern Canada is suffering from shortages and high prices. A gallon of regular gasoline costs 69? in Montreal, compared with only 47? in much of the West. A temporary compromise on oil export taxes was hammered out at the Ottawa meeting. Half of the tax revenues will go to the oil-exporting provinces and half to the federal government, which will use its share to subsidize lower gas prices in the East...
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