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Aiding Montreal's bid was the fact that Walter O'Malley, who owned the Dodgers and formerly oversaw the Montreal Royals, was the chairman of the NL's expansion committee. [13] On May 27, 1968, National League president Warren Giles announced the league would add expansion teams in San Diego and Montreal at a cost of US$10 million each.
This is a list of Montreal Expos and Washington Nationals owners and executives. (This Major League Baseball franchise played as the Montreal Expos from 1969 through 2004 and has played as the Washington Nationals since 2005.)
Loria attended New York City's Stuyvesant High School [7] and Yale University, where he initially took pre-med courses. With a requirement to take a history class, Loria chose art history . After college, he worked in a newly established art-buying program for Sears , launched with the help of actor Vincent Price .
Brochu was born on October 29, 1944, in Quebec City, Quebec. [1]He was employed by Adams Distilleries from 1976 to 1978, then by the Seagram distillery from 1978 to 1986, where he served as the executive vice-president of marketing for the corporation's Canadian operations from 1982 to 1986.
The Montreal Expos became the Washington Nationals in 2005, the first move in three decades. In 2025, the Oakland Athletics plan to temporarily move to West Sacramento, California , and brand themselves as simply the "A's" and "Athletics" with no city name attached, until they permanently move to Las Vegas in 2028 or later when their new ...
The Canadian actor — who died Thursday at age 88 — was a big supporter of the Montreal Expos during their time in the National League. ... Sutherland was there as Montreal edged the New York ...
The Expos played their final game on October 3 at Shea Stadium, losing by a score of 8–1 against the New York Mets, the same opponent that the Expos first faced at its start, 35 years earlier. On November 15, a lawsuit by the former team owners against MLB and former majority owner Jeffrey Loria was struck down by arbitrators, bringing to an ...
The #10 worn by Staub during his first stint in Montreal was the first number retired by the Montreal Expos organization. He is also the franchise's career leader in on-base percentage (.402), among players with 2,000 or more plate appearances with the franchise. [14] He is also the first player to have won the Expos Player of the Year award. [15]