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In Blue Monday: The Expos, the Dodgers, and the Home Run That Changed Everything, author Danny Gallagher argues that Rick Monday's home run in the 9th inning of game five, which eliminated the Expos from advancing to the World Series, was the moment that preceded the Expos exit in Montreal. [9]
Rogers retired Steve Garvey and Ron Cey in order, but outfielder Rick Monday homered to put Los Angeles ahead, 2–1, and crush the Expos' hopes of advancing to the World Series. Two-out walks from Gary Carter and Larry Parrish were all that the Expos could muster in the 9th, as Bob Welch preserved the one-run Dodger victory.
Robert James "Rick" Monday Jr. (born November 20, 1945) is an American former professional baseball player who now serves as a broadcaster. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a center fielder from 1966 to 1984, most notably as a member of the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers with whom he won a World Series championship in 1981.
A Gary Carter double scored the first Expo run in postseason history in the first. But the Phillies wasted no time in responding. Keith Moreland homered to lead off the second. The game was tied at one. A Chris Speier double gave the Expos the lead for good. Warren Cromartie would double in the third and final Expo run of the game. The score ...
Rogers retired the first two batters before facing Rick Monday. [56] What followed was the defining moment in Expos history: on a 3–1 count, Rogers hung a sinking fastball that Monday hit over the centrefield fence for the game-winning and series-clinching home run. [57] The moment, and game, became known to Expos fans as "Blue Monday". [58]
As a Little League player when Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, Rick Monday was 'mesmerized' by radio man Vin Scully. Six decades later, he says goodbye.
In Game 5, the Expos took an early 1–0 lead in the bottom of the first, however the Dodgers tied the game in the top of the fifth. In the top of the ninth, the Dodgers took the lead for good thanks to a solo home run by Rick Monday, which has since been referred to as "Blue Monday" by Expos fans. They then closed out the series in the bottom ...
The Dodgers faced the Montreal Expos in the 1981 NLCS and beat them three games to two, thanks to a ninth-inning home run by Rick Monday in Game 5. Game 1 [ edit ]