Yet again, the BlueJays exhibition series further demonstrates that Montreal remains a viable baseball city. (via ShiDavidi)
may or may not be back in Montreal next spring now that their contract with promoter Evenko has expired after six years of exhibition games at Olympic Stadium.
As former commissioner Bud Selig said that summer, “I was impressed and I’ve talked to a lot of people there and they have much work to be done, but that was very impressive, no question about it.” Major League Baseball can’t ignore that forever, not with the Rays in limbo, not with expansion on the horizon, which is why people here are starting to believe it’s a matter of when, not if at this point.
Unlike predecessor Denis Coderre, who stumped loudly and publicly for the cause, she sees her role differently, preferring to act more as a facilitator than investor. As she so bluntly put it, “other mayors have tried that and we’ve seen what happened – I’m not going to play that movie again.” The games offered a reminder of how much fun baseball is in this city when the fans are engaged by a team that isn’t trudging along a heartbreaking death march, the enduring passion that lingered, the opportunity that exists.
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