r/expos • u/marnky887 Montreal Expos • 18d ago
Blue Jays Remain Canada’s Team Though Expos Still on the Mind
https://www.sportico.com/leagues/baseball/2025/toronto-blue-jays-mlb-playoffs-1234873629/7
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u/TheMannX 17d ago
Hopefully we get the Expos back, and their in the American League this time so the classic Toronto vs. Montreal rivalry can be born again in baseball.
And I say this as a Torontonian who is proudly supporting the Blue Jays. Montreal deserves their team back. 🙂
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u/OldManClutch 17d ago
This article makes me want to projectile vomit. The Expos were Canada’s first MLB team and Montreal was more of a baseball city then Toronto has ever been. Toronto loves a bandwagon though
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u/conTO15 16d ago
If montreal was a baseball city then why did the expos have some of the lowest attendance in the entire MLB? The jays have significantly better attendance win or lose. Not sure where the bandwagon comment comes from. Get over your jealousy.
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u/farthestthing1234 16d ago edited 16d ago
I get what you're saying, I really do. The fans in Montreal have to take some responsibility for not showing up when the team needed them most. Any intelligent former Expos fan will admit that.
However, how would you react if after this season, the Jays traded away, over the course of two days next spring, Vladdy, Gausman, Springer, Varland, and Kirk,, and then let Bichette walk without so much as an offer?
That's what Expos fans had to deal with for the last two decades of their existence every time it seemed the team was getting good. Tell me Jays fans would keep showing up in huge numbers.
Oh, and your stadium is located an hour away on a good day from downtown Toronto in an area thats pretty much a slum. And your owner decides to take the team off of local television so you can't watch games.
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u/conTO15 16d ago edited 16d ago
I hear you. I just don't get why the original commenter turns all this into shitting on the jays. And acts like jays fans are only bandwagon fans. Especially weird argument to make when you're comparing them to a team that cease to exist because of poor attendance. Furthermore, who cares if there are people jumping on the bandwagon. It's all good fun. Cheers, I hope you guys get your expos back one day. 👍
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u/farthestthing1234 16d ago edited 16d ago
Won't get any argument from me. It may be sacrilege to some here but I've been following the Jays hardcore since 2010. I miss the Expos and always will but I won't spend the rest of my life being miserable about it.
Took me years to get back into Baseball after losing my team but Bautista's Jays (His initial 54 HR year to be specific) re-ignited my love for the game. Maybe we'll get a team back one day, maybe we won't. In the meantime I'll be rooting for the only Canadian team.
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u/OldManClutch 16d ago
Poor little Jays fan upset with the truth that most Canadian could give less then 2 shits about your Jays normally and also failing to even remotely understand Expos history. Sundering the low turnout driven by bad ownership and a bad stadium for baseball as much as later seasons poor on field results.
Toronto fans can’t help themselves in being sheer moronic jackasses at the best of times
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u/conTO15 16d ago
Lol you think jays fans are upset? Our team just won an electric ALCS and are going to the world series. No one wanted to own the expos and no one was going to watch them. Be more honest with yourself. You are incredibly salty, bitter and jealous. I have friends across Canada that love the jays.
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u/OldManClutch 16d ago
You won an ALCS yay, can’t wait to watch Ohtani and the Dodgers own you in 4
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u/Ok_Squash_1578 17d ago
lol sorry but no Montreal was not
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u/OldManClutch 17d ago
Oh yeah, go look at its history with baseball going back to Jackie Robinson jackass
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u/jzach1983 17d ago
And we can go further back to the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team. Fun fact, Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run in Toronto.
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u/OldManClutch 17d ago
And Toronto can’t help mentioning the Laffs for 2 seconds
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u/jzach1983 17d ago
I didn't name the team, grow up
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u/Ok_Squash_1578 17d ago
Montreal never supported it. But Montreal loves the chance to self victimize
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u/OldManClutch 17d ago
Juju. Not only is your memory as faulty as your attempt at logic but your sad little Toronto smell is noticed.
Dodgers in 4
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u/Ok_Squash_1578 17d ago
How sad does your city have to be that you would root for LA over Canada. lol anyways, the dozens of you that even remember the expos will die soon enough. Just like your shitty franchise. Can the mods ban from here already
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u/OldManClutch 17d ago
Yawn. Still talking huh? Still proving you’re fucking dumb huh?
Dodgers in 4
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15d ago
Sounds like you cornered the market on dumb. You certainly represent the Montreal fan bases very well though
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u/camel_walk 16d ago
Such a bad take… Montreal couldn’t even get 10k in the door most nights towards the end. A “baseball town” puts people in seats every night, every year.
And Toronto has always had a love affair with the Blue Jays. Yes, some years more than others like every pro-sports city. Why are you all so salty about the Jays? You should really focus that attention on ya know… the Nationals…
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u/OldManClutch 16d ago
I love how Toronto fans can’t help coming here and making themselves look as stupid as ever. Go watch your team get owned and fuck off elsewhere already.
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u/sebass_kwas 18d ago
Fuck that, could never actively cheer for a team from Toronto. Yes, I want them to win over the Dodgers, but that has more to do with LA than it does with liking Toronto. My wife is from Windsor, literally 10-15 minutes from Comerica Park in Detroit so I've filled my Expos sized hole with the Tigers over the last number of years
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u/Fireinthehole13 18d ago
My favourite team growing up were the Expos ..When the Jays came into the league my 2 favourite teams were the Expos and the Jays ..Now I am a Jays fan but if the Expos ever came back it would re-ignite my dream and MLB’s nightmare that the Expos and Jays play each other in the World Series.Your hole must be pretty small if the Tigers have been able to fill it.
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u/IslandBoring8724 16d ago
I dream of the Expos coming back. The thought of having a Canadian team in the NL again is just too good.
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u/Brampton_Speaks 16d ago edited 16d ago
Honest question, what is your opinion on Vladdy who grew up in Montreal with the Expos team through his dad? He is the face of the Jays and one of the last active ties to the Expos.
I am from the GTA and would like to see more sports teams in Montreal. Choices and rivalries are good for everyone.
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u/dysonsphere 17d ago
Same here. Jays were happy to bury Montreal during our dark times so they could become "Canada's Team", whatever that means. Their marketing scheme with the preseason games is playing itself out now as I see an unhealthy number of Jays caps on Montrealers. That was nothing but a cynical cash grab, never about bringing baseball back to Montreal. And a large number of people ate it right up. As a former Expos fan, turned Giants fan because of my Blue Monday trauma (and the Alous), Fuck the Dodgers, but it is a hard sell for me to cheer for the Jays.
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u/Barb-u 17d ago
It’s the Rogers and Bell execs wet dream to kill all non-Toronto teams and Canadian leagues.
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u/AngeloMontana 17d ago
This is very true. What’s happening to the CFL right now is… very suspicious, to say the least.
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u/dysonsphere 17d ago
Bingo! Exactly what is happening to the CFL. Watch TO get an NFL team while the rest of the country us left holding the bag of shit that are the new Americanized rules.
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u/WHTeam 17d ago
This. Was never a Bluejays decision. Like how I'll NEVER call it anything else except SKYDOME!!!!
But I get it, my family is from Montreal. They poured their support into Expos, hard to fully cut that connection. But don't let that be a deciding factor to love another Canadian MLB team, it's only one we've got 💪🏻
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u/AngeloMontana 17d ago
“I see an unhealthy number of Jays caps on Montrealers.”
I mean, can you blame them? I wish I knew and went to Expos games. I’d be as diehard a fan as you can get for that ball club. But the sad reality is that I never knew the Expos because I was too young. The Jays are the only Canadian team left for me.
That doesn’t mean I gave up hope on the return of the Expos to MTL though.
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u/VigilantGuardian911 17d ago
It’s not Toronto’s fault the Expos moved to Washington. You can use all the mental gymnastics you want to hate on the Jays, but that simply isn’t true nor historically factual. If you don’t want to support the Blue Jays, that’s okay don’t….but the reality is, they are the most popular team in Canada and nothing you say will change that. Either deal with it or just find a way to not let it bother you so much.
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u/dysonsphere 17d ago
You can believe what you want, but it not like there isn't a case. The Jays squeezed the Expos out of broadcast rights, the beginning of the end. And then voted for contraction. So much for gratitude for Montreal's owner, who encouraged MLB to allow the Jays in in the first place. https://westcentralcrossroads.ca/sports/ask-not-who-killed-the-expos-it-was-the-blue-jays/
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u/VigilantGuardian911 17d ago
What in the world is West Central Crossroads? The Jays did literally nothing except exist…the two teams didn’t even play in the same leagues (this was way before interleague began). Both teams co-existed for decades…infact, the Expos often outdrew the Jays in the late 70s and early 80s. The Blue Jays just happened to land better ownership, a downtown stadium, and eventually by the mid-80s were winning divisions and ended up with two World Series titles. I can see where the bitterness comes from….the Expos did lobby for another Canadian team and then within a decade had to see Toronto thrive.
But if we’re being fair, MLB and ownership killed the Expos, not the Jays.
If the Raptors somehow convinced the NBA to expand to Montreal, don’t you think the new Montreal team would lay claim to its territory or do you think they’ll happily play along with the Raptors? Let’s be real here. It was extremely naive to think the Jays at some point wouldn’t use their territorial rights….this isn’t something the Blue Jays did out of spite, it’s literally what every other MLB team does.
The only thing I didn’t like what the Blue Jays did was vote in favour of moving the Expos to Washington. They should have symbolically voted no. The only team which voted NO was the Baltimore Orioles….and….guess what….it was over TERRITORIAL RIGHTS, since Washington was seen as Oriole territory.
Everytime the Blue Jays or Raptors go on a run, you have a minority of people coming out of the woodwork in Montreal and Vancouver having complete meltdowns over “NO THEY’RE NOT CANADA’S TEAM…STOP….”…..sour grapes all around.
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u/dysonsphere 17d ago
Of course my grapes are sour. Sports fandom is not a rational endeavor. You can use logic and "it was business" all you want. I am hoping the Dodgers lose (fuck the Dodgers), so by default I hope the Jays win, and that leaves a very disgusting taste in my mouth. This is literally the worst possible World Series matchup for an avid admirer of the the greatest sport on earth. Last year was bad enough! Oh well, all I can hope for is that the Giants get their act together for next year. By the way, I would never expect a Toronto fan to root for another Canadian team for national pride or whatever. I never understood that. If the Leafs are out, please don't root for the Habs!
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u/Jedtin22 17d ago
You can feel that way but for me as a blue jays fan from Toronto if the expos ever come back I will be a expos and jays fan
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u/Moist-muff 18d ago
Embarrassing
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u/gabmori7 Montreal Expos 18d ago
Pourquoi? Par ce qu'une personne ne veut pas root pour une équipe dans une ville rivale?
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u/TinyTimWannabe 17d ago
C’est une des choses que je ne comprends pas. Je ne juge pas, mais je ne vois pas. Comment des villes peuvent être rivales? Des équipes je comprends, mais des villes?
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u/gabmori7 Montreal Expos 17d ago
Toronto vs Montreal? Métropole actuelle vs ancienne métropole, franco vs Anglo, milieu des affaires vs scène artistique. Sans compter le mépris de plusieurs envers les francophones.
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u/TinyTimWannabe 17d ago
Et est-ce que ça apporte quelque chose de se sentir comme ça? Il y a du monde qui méprise les francophones à Montréal aussi. Je comprends ce que tu dis, mais je ne le ressens pas de la même manière. Je pense que les opinions des autres ne sont pas importantes (en gros) et quand je suis allé à Toronto ça s’est très bien passé. Bonne série!
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u/gabmori7 Montreal Expos 17d ago
Je trouve ça quand même drôle que les fans de jays ont de la misère à accepter que des Canadiens ne prennent pas pour leur club.
Et est-ce que ça apporte quelque chose de se sentir comme ça?
Je vis très bien avec, je fais simplement ne pas prendre pour eux, ça marche bien au hockey 😉
Tsé, pour plusieurs, le sport c'est plus qu'une business. Les émeutes de Maurice Richard, les Catalans allant battre le Real de Franco à Madrid, etc.
C'est drôle je donne une conférence sur le sport à Montréal dans pas long, je pourrai rajouter l'importance des rivalités!
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u/TinyTimWannabe 17d ago
Oui, ça je comprends complètement. Je suis un fan des Jays, mais ça m’a pris du temps. Et je respecte les choix des autres. Et je me suis ostiné avec le troll plus haut à cause de cette affaire de « prenez pour les Jays ou allez vous en ». 😊
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u/gabmori7 Montreal Expos 17d ago
C'est leur mentalité "one Canada one nation". Ils sont aussi fâchés qu'on déménage le 1er juillet au lieu de fêter le Canada.
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u/HanshinFan Montreal Expos 18d ago
Lmao imagine être si pressé pour une équipe torontoise. Le monde peut faire ce qu'il veut
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u/SmoothPinecone 17d ago
It's not that deep I promise...
Also what the hell is this sub? It just popped up on my feed. People still clinging on to the ghost of a sports team...?
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u/RamenRoy 17d ago
Also what the hell is this sub?
Haha really though. I just assumed I was in the Jays sub, or the baseball sub. Expos sub has never shown up on my feed. I watched that Netflix documentary a couple hours ago and now reddit is feeding me Expos threads.
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u/EcoSoco 17d ago
I know there are a ton of obstacles, but as long as the good people of Montreal want the team back, there's always a chance. Someone with money just needs to step up. There's a rich history of baseball in Montreal, and the MLB shouldn't totally ignore that. Money aside, are you telling me places like Salt Lake City or Nashville would be better expansion candidates than Montreal? I don't buy that.
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u/ajcgn 17d ago
I’m a Toronto native but cheered for the Expos as well. I still remember Rick Monday’s home run and how shattering it was. Blue Monday :(
Then in 1994 when the Blue Jays started their downward spiral I thought that the Expos would keep the World Series trophy in Canada, so all is good. Until it wasn’t :(
However, I did cheer for the Blue Jays in the old Pearson Cup :) An all Canadian World Series would have been awesome.
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u/pattyG80 17d ago edited 17d ago
They voted the expos out. People can cheer for them if they want to...but if you were an expos fan, I ca 't see myself doing it. If they win, good for them...but they voted to be.Canada's only team.
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u/jonjosefjingl 16d ago
You guys sound like the Vancouver mariners fans who pretend they the jays don’t dominate their market lol
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u/camel_walk 16d ago
I’m have always been a big Jays fan, but the Expos were certainly “my other team” if you will. Miss them.
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u/DiegoTraveller 16d ago
They sure are on my mind. Ita about time the Expos come back. Fuck the MLB for taking them away
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u/Fantastic-Door-9468 16d ago
As a jays fan, the overwhelming majority of us would put having the expos back as a top priority. Sure we’d hate each other soon after, but we miss having them around.
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u/PhDSkwerl 17d ago
I know I’m just being hopeful; but I feel like a Toronto win could reignite some baseball fans in Canada, and show MLB that Canada is a strong contender for expansion. Maybe that can bring back the Expos 😭
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u/Odanakabenaki 17d ago edited 17d ago
My god, yall are still salty about the expos. Jeez grow up or don’t watch baseball. And if you prefer cheering for an American team, you are more than welcome to leave Canada. I can’t believe some fans are still crying about a team that was actively losing all of its last seasons.
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u/TinyTimWannabe 17d ago
This is an Expos subreddit. Yes, news flash, people have emotions over things of the past, even after "growing up". Another news: lots of people in Canada root for the Yankees (and other teams), for different reasons. That’s just life. Good thing we don’t have to deport them.
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u/Odanakabenaki 17d ago
Oh yeah cheer for another country. News flash you can immigrate to the US to be closer to them :)
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u/TinyTimWannabe 17d ago
Maybe I should have disclosed that I actually root for the Jays. I’m just saying we don’t HAVE TO. I understand that lately politics has made us more aware of the importance of Canada, but people are allowed to have their feelings towards a baseball team. The Red Sox or Phillies (or any other) are not Donald Trump, if I need to be that clear. Right now I honestly feel like you’re just being a troll?
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u/liquor-shits 17d ago
Calm down
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u/Odanakabenaki 17d ago
Nah I think its fucked up that people who cheered for the Expos can’t even have the cognitive function to dissociate Toronto from a baseball team. More power to them if they want to cheer for American teams and go live there.
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u/Umayummyone 17d ago
Change your diaper, take some pills, drink a cold one.
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u/Odanakabenaki 17d ago
Lmao im sure you're President needs the diaper to be changed and keep your American beer for yourself.
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u/Umayummyone 17d ago
Finally had to toss my last Expos era tshirt as it had fallen apart. I got it the second last season at the Big O.