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[Augustin_"Gus"]

He dosent post very often anymore, but he stills come by, early in the morning to check out what's going on. So let's wish a happy birthday to our friend Monarch.

BTW Monarch, I know Conerbrook is in the western part of the province. But I still find it a little odd that a paper from Newfoundland would be named "The Western Star".

Have a good one.

[Ex-Expo fan]

Happy B-Day Monarch

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

He dosent post very often anymore, but he stills come by, early in the morning to check out what's going on. So let's wish a happy birthday to our friend Monarch.

BTW Monarch, I know Conerbrook is in the western part of the province. But I still find it a little odd that a paper from Newfoundland would be named "The Western Star".

Have a good one.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!

[Ontarioguy]

Happy Birthday Monarchs.

They say that Western NFLD, is a beautiful place. Stephen Brunt (Globe and Mail Sportswriter bought himself a cottage as soon as he got there, saying he just fell in love with the place) One day when I have the money, I'll take a trip to the rock. I haven't seen enough of my great country.

[Augustin_"Gus"]

There's been another attempted coup in the Phillipines last week. Hopefully it didn't cause any trouble for our collegue Runningshoes53 who's a resident of that country.

[Ontarioguy]

Poor Vlad lost 3 first cousins in a car accident in the Dominican Republic. How sad.

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[Augustin_"Gus"]

Little pop quiz for you hot shots:

When the Expos left, it had been 25 years since the last time the club had completed a trade with this formation, the longest "no-trade" streak nos Amours had going by more than a decade. Wich team was it?

Give you a hint, all things considered, it's a pretty short trip from Montréal.

The answer later.

[Ontarioguy]

I can't wait for the answer to this question.

Where do you find all of these juicy questions? Is it from a media guide? Do you know if there are any still for sale somewhere around town? I'd love to get my hands on one.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Little pop quiz for you hot shots:

When the Expos left, it had been 25 years since the last time the club had completed a trade with this formation, the longest "no-trade" streak nos Amours had going by more than a decade. Wich team was it?

Give you a hint, all things considered, it's a pretty short trip from Montréal.

The answer later.

Cardinals?? Yankees??

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

I can't wait for the answer to this question.

Where do you find all of these juicy questions? Is it from a media guide? Do you know if there are any still for sale somewhere around town? I'd love to get my hands on one.

Ditto!

[raineman30]

E-Bay has more media guides than you can shake a stick at. Go to e-bay.com, type in expos guide.

[Ontarioguy]

Cardinals?? Yankees??

Definately not the Yankees. Ever trade with them seemed to turn into a disaster. Hideki Irabu, where are you now?

[Augustin_"Gus"]

The media guide is my friend indeed.

It's not St-Lou or the Yankees. Altough not trading with them for 25 years might have been a positive for our club...

The answer when I come back to work tonight.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

Astros?
White Sox?
Marlins?
Giants?
Twins?
TELL ME ALREADY!!!

[Ex-Expo fan]

I don't know, I'm taking a wild guess, the Jays?

[Augustin_"Gus"]

After they rocked the baseball world on it's very foundation, when the Expos aquired Tony Solaita in return for Dyer Miller on july 30th, 1979, the Expos and the Toronto Blue Jays, kind of went:"you know what, let's never make another deal again. I don't think MLB is ready for another shakeup of that magnitude".

So Ex-Expo Fan got it right.

[Ontarioguy]

Wow. The Jays seemed like too easy an answer. Great stuff.

[wilkerson_rulz-06]

After they rocked the baseball world on it's very foundation, when the Expos aquired Tony Solaita in return for Dyer Miller on july 30th, 1979, the Expos and the Toronto Blue Jays, kind of went:"you know what, let's never make another deal again. I don't think MLB is ready for another shakeup of that magnitude".

So Ex-Expo Fan got it right.

Guys, I have an idea. I'll create a thread and every day Gus or someone else will ask one question. We'll all try to answer that question and if we do we get a point, if we don't no points. It'll be a sort of game.
Only one question asked per day though.

[Augustin_"Gus"]

Looks like Luis Ayala is out for the season. Reconstructive elbow surgery.

Unfortunate. The guy pretty much came out of nowhere to be one of the very good relievers of the last couple editions of the team. Now, the future only will tell us if he can bounce back from this.

Not to mention that it puts our friend Franky in a jam. Who's he gonna send out there to pinch hit for his pitcher if Ayala's out for the year? Does anyone has Claudio Vargas' number? If you do, please send it to the offices of the Nationals ASAP

[Ontarioguy]

Looks like Luis Ayala is out for the season. Reconstructive elbow surgery.

Unfortunate. The guy pretty much came out of nowhere to be one of the very good relievers of the last couple editions of the team. Now, the future only will tell us if he can bounce back from this.

Not to mention that it puts our friend Franky in a jam. Who's he gonna send out there to pinch hit for his pitcher if Ayala's out for the year? Does anyone has Claudio Vargas' number? If you do, please send it to the offices of the Nationals ASAP

One of my favourite Expos from the last day's of the franchise. He was so good for us in 2004 and so reliable.

I see you have a new line underneath your name. I'm guessing you saw that same Halloween Special as I just did, this week on CBC?

[Augustin_"Gus"]

One of my favourite Expos from the last day's of the franchise. He was so good for us in 2004 and so reliable.

I see you have a new line underneath your name. I'm guessing you saw that same Halloween Special as I just did, this week on CBC?

I didn't this week, but have many times in the past.

What seemed for about three weeks to be a wonderful month of march just turned into Smarch, with it's awful awful weather...

[Ontarioguy]

Former Expo Marquis Grissom announcedhis retirement.

During his time with the Expos he lead the league in Stolen Bases twice (91, 92) and picked up 2 gold gloves (93,94). Perhaps his most famous moment in Expos History was catching the final out in CF during Dennis Martinez's El Perfecto.

A true professionnal and a total class act, Marquis loved his time in Montreal

Great Career.

Have a good life Marquis!

[Augustin_"Gus"]

When I heard the news of Grissom's retirement, my first reaction was: Marquis Grissom was still playing? Tought he retired five years ago...

He was never one of my favorites, and he stretched his career a little too long. But he was a valuable asset to the Expos and was very popular with the fans. That has to count for something.

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[Augustin_"Gus"]

I just started a third season with the Expos on All-star Baseball 2005 on my Play Station 2 (they still exist, you bet they do. They're 2 time defending World Series champions) and I just wanted to let you in on a little observation I did. Juan Rivera (who's still with the club as our regular first baseman) is a marked man. When the CPU gets frustrated and pitches inside when I beat him by 12 of more runs, he always throw at the head of Rivera. Of all the beaned players, of all the pitches inside I've seen in two years +, Rivera must have gotten 90% of them. And he's got kind of a short fuse (he charged the mound on a couple of occasions, then again, if you were the guy always targeted, you'd probably do that as well...)

[Ontarioguy]

I just started a third season with the Expos on All-star Baseball 2005 on my Play Station 2 (they still exist, you bet they do. They're 2 time defending World Series champions) and I just wanted to let you in on a little observation I did. Juan Rivera (who's still with the club as our regular first baseman) is a marked man. When the CPU gets frustrated and pitches inside when I beat him by 12 of more runs, he always throw at the head of Rivera. Of all the beaned players, of all the pitches inside I've seen in two years +, Rivera must have gotten 90% of them. And he's got kind of a short fuse (he charged the mound on a couple of occasions, then again, if you were the guy always targeted, you'd probably do that as well...)

Your post gave me a good laugh AG.

In the real world, today, former Expo Pedro caused a bit of trouble because he beaned 3 batters. Benches cleared. All good fun if you ask me.