Former Expos outfielder Warren Cromartie has also been working the nostalgia angle, organizing reunions and celebrations of past seminal Expos teams via his Montreal Baseball Project.
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In 2015, former Expos scout John Hughes spoke to MLB.
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Phillips began his professional career as a Montreal Expos prospect.
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Read more on why wedding expos are still a thing.
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They think of the Texas Rangers or the Montreal Expos.
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Koop plans to have nine expos in several states by 2018.
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"The profit margins off the expos are quite nice," she said.
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He went on to manage the Giants, Orioles, Expos and Nationals.
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Of particular interest to Montrealers would be bringing the Expos back.
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The Expos had a player named Ellis Valentine in the '80s.
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Staub returned to the Expos in a trade in July 211.
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Wedding expos can be found in many cities around the country.
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An Expos pupil, shortstop Orlando Cabrera, won a Gold Glove in 2001.
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In a scant 2:22, the ballgame was over, 1-0 Expos.
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"I was mad with (the Expos)," he told an interviewer in 214.
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Vladimir Sr. started his celebrated career with the Montreal Expos in 1996.
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And conspiracy theorizing has played a pretty central role in past expos.
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Getting to see everyone at the different expos and conventions is also amazing.
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In his younger years, he was an MLB pitcher for the Montreal Expos.
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Unfortunately, I will leave town with my beloved Expos still here in Washington.
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Trea Turner tied a Nationals/Montreal Expos franchise record with four stolen bases.
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Those events, both at Shea Stadium, were the bookends of the Montreal Expos.
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The saving grace of the monthslong gantlet was the promise of wedding expos.
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Thanks to January, the Expos batted out of order in the sixth inning.
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I mean, let&aposs not forget who the Nationals used to be, the Expos.
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At DisruptIndy, career expos are sponsored by and attended by local companies like PERQ.
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The Montreal Expos played 43 "home games" at the stadium in 2003 and 2004.
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Robinson went on to manage the San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos.
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As we meet him, he is being shown the door by the Montreal Expos.
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They used to be the Montreal Expos, who were titleless from 1969 to 2004.
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Montreal once had a team: the Expos, who played there from 1969 to 2004.
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Staub, a redhead, earned his nickname "Le Grand Orange" while playing for the Expos.
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Their jobs intersected in the early part of the last decade, when Minaya was the general manager of the Montreal Expos and Alderson a top official in the commissioner's office, which was then overseeing the Expos in the absence of a team owner.
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In mid-June of 21993, the Braves faced the Expos in a three-game series.
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In '94, when the Expos were the best team in baseball, you had the strike.
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The Expos' best shot at a banner was aborted by a players' strike in 1994.
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Any such quest is likely to be complicated by the lackluster history of the Expos.
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The Montreal Expos defeated the New York Mets 29-26, a victory that meant nothing.
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The drought ended in 2005, when Major League Baseball moved the orphaned Montreal Expos to town.
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On September 220, 973, the Expos slunk out of town for Washington, DC, never to return.
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And that, he says, began with the death of beloved Expos catcher Gary Carter in 2012.
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EXPOS CHICAGO 2018 will take place at the same location from September 27 to 30, 2018.
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Some of the few remaining prepping expos now even feature 'Make America Safe Again' t-shirts.
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Widespread disregard for BBW models is also apparent at industry expos such as AVN and Exxxotica.
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His only major league experience was a four-game stint with the Montreal Expos in 1993.
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In his first at-bat back at Olympic Stadium, Expos fans gave him a standing ovation.
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During his time with the Montreal Expos, Mr. Staub endeared himself to Quebecers on the field.
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The Montreal Expos debuted in 1969, later moving to Washington to become the Nationals in 2005.
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It also accounted for the 10th time in the franchise history of the Nationals/Montreal Expos.
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His MLB career ended in 1982, after the Expos cut Rodney Scott, a friend and teammate.
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Insecurities demands from its visitors the kind of mental gear-shifting often required by biennials or expos.
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The Washington franchise has not won a playoff series since it was the Montreal Expos in 1981.
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On June 3, 503, the 22-15 Montreal Expos took on the 14-21 San Diego Padres.
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In the top half of the first, it appeared the Expos were going to have their way.
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Guerrero, 19, was just 4 years old when Vladimir Sr. played his last game for the Expos.
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No team in club history has opened 8-1 since the Expos entered the league in 4.623.
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It is the first time in Nationals/Expos history the club has had consecutive 23-win seasons.
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He went on to manage the Giants, Orioles, Expos and Nationals -- piling up over 1,000 career wins.
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And on Tuesday night, the MLB network aired its (William Shatner-narrated!) documentary The Colorful Montreal Expos.
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He then leaves the game when he receives word that he has been traded to the Expos.
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That month, they hired the former Expos, Marlins and Tigers executive Dave Dombrowski as their new president.
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Baseball did not return to Washington until 2005, when the Montreal Expos relocated and became the Nationals.
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Mr. Smorodinov said he was steered to them by contacts he made at weapons expos in Moscow.
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That same day, 50 years ago, the New York Mets split a doubleheader with the Montreal Expos.
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The power-hitting outfielder played 17 seasons with the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies and St. Louis Cardinals.
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On Baseball Mike Marshall led the majors in appearances in 1973, with 26.24 for the Montreal Expos.
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The Expos' chance slipped away in an excruciating playoff loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1981.
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Werth tied Tim Raines for the second-longest on-base streak in the Nationals/Expos franchise history.
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At fan expos and conventions, you'll see lots of Perler artists, plus there are vibrant communities online.
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By the start of the sixth inning, the Expos had cruised to a commanding 8-3 lead.
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But it led to some embarrassing headlines, and forced the Expos to do some hurried damage control.
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There hasn't been a major league baseball team in Montreal since 2004 when the Expos left for Washington.
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The Expos broke through in the tenth, getting two hits and a run off of reliever Brian Williams.
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We will become a participant of Canada and get socialized medicine, and we'd get the Montreal Expos back.
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Only the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals (11 times) have played the Mets more in New York's home opener.
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Zimmerman's 235th career homer moved him ahead of Vladimir Guerrero for the most in Expos and Nationals history.
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When Minaya became the general manager of the Montreal Expos in 2002, his first call was to Ricco.
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Tim Raines, the longtime Montreal Expos outfielder, thoroughly enjoyed his moment after waiting 10 years on the ballot.
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He attended the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell before he was drafted by the Montreal Expos in 1978.
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Most of his sales came at trade shows and gadget expos, where buyers could see the bowl in action.
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New York has not swept the Nationals/Montreal Expos in a four-game series since July 22-22, 23.
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Washington improved to 7-1, tying the 1974 Montreal Expos for the best eight-game start in franchise history.
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Twenty-two years earlier, Expos scout Fred Ferreira signed his father for $2,173, according to this Sports Illustrated profile.
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He also pitched for the Montreal Expos and the New York Yankees before moving on to Texas in 1997.
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He made his debut in 1999 for the Expos, who soon traded him to the Yankees for Hideki Irabu.
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Ms. Marx's expos tends to skew to a more serious and higher-end consumer, with a $50 entrance fee.
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Now 21, Walker began his career with the Montreal Expos (2311-366) and was an All-Star in 233.
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Year after year, for the Montreal Expos and beyond, Raines would reach base around 40 percent of the time.
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Above: 'Old Man's Journey' screenshot courtesy of Broken Rules The bigger game expos—like Gamescom and E20173—can be overwhelming.
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Tampa Bay Rays Remember when the financially strapped Montreal Expos essentially served as a farm system for baseball's big spenders?
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The Nationals have played in Washington since 2005 when the franchise, formerly known as the Montreal Expos, moved from Canada.
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No mistake, though, was as ridiculous as the one made tonight during the Expos' 9-6 victory over the Mets.
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That was in 1976 when Bombo Rivera of the Expos hit the grand slam that scored Mackanin, Rivera and two teammates.
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Besides the Expos, Astros and Mets, Staub also spent four seasons with the Detroit Tigers and one with the Texas Rangers.
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Koop, who creates bouquets and "budtonniéres" using cannabis plants, was rejected from traditional expos, so she decided to start her own.
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For the franchise's last two seasons in Canada, the Expos played some of their home games in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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In more than 30 years in Montreal, the Expos won just one division title and never appeared in a World Series.
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"I was fortunate to be selected by the Expos in the 1995 MLB Draft," he wrote on Facebook three years ago.
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Europe also offers Tunisian startups a larger, more profitable market and the opportunity to attend startup expos to promote their ideas.
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Fletcher Building, the country's largest building company, said it had already held two expos to attract employees from Britain this year.
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Over the years, Science Faction worked on a wide array of projects, including multiple world expos and the 1998 Winter Olympics.
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Vladimir Guerrero, an electrifying outfielder for the Montreal Expos and the Los Angeles Angels, will make it on his second try.
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Bridal expos can be a great place to start while you're on the hunt for inspiration, new trends and local vendors.
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He was called up from the minors in 25, the year the Montreal Expos moved to Washington and became the Nationals.
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Martinez tossed nine perfect innings against the Padres, and the Expos finally scored for him in the top of the 10th.
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As the Expos, they lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the franchise's only previous appearance in the N.L.C.S., in 1981.
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But he did spend five seasons with the Montreal Expos, who left for Washington in 2100 after 230 years in Canada.
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But by 2003, when he played for the Expos, the team was splitting its home games with San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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" Clevinger even joked he wants the Astros to get booted to Canada, writing, "I hope they make y'all the Montreal Expos.
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The Nationals/Expos franchise had never won a game after trailing by at least six runs in the ninth or later.
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His major-league career lasted from 1989 through 2005 and included stints with the Montreal Expos and the St. Louis Cardinals.
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As for Brady, he embraced variety early: He was drafted as a catcher out of high school by the Montreal Expos.
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CreditCreditAssociated Press The season began with a loss to the brand-new Montreal Expos, the Mets' eighth straight opening-day defeat.
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Boston also tied the major league record set by the 26 Montreal Expos by hitting its sixth grand slam before May 23.
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Raines came up with the Montreal Expos and played 22004 years, including stints with the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees.
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The Nationals filled the void when they left Montreal, changed their name from the Expos, and moved into R.F.K. Stadium in 2005.
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On April 1, 1991, Nixon was traded from the Montreal Expos to the Atlanta Braves in an otherwise unnoteworthy four-player deal.
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But none of my friends were really the, 'Okay let's go light stuff on fire and steal a dozen Expos jersey' types.
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Here's a couple of passages from Jonah Keri's terrific Expos history Up, Up & Away that should seal the deal, but probably won't.
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But as Montreal-born, Denver-based baseball writer Jonah Keri, author of a kickass book about the Expos, says, that doesn't matter.
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The Expos produced stars like old Saturday Night Live casts; the Rays produce stars like The State, and everybody loves The State.
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Many expos also try to create experiences through live D.J.'s and band performances, fashion shows, even spray tanners and makeup artists.
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Many wedding expos, websites, registries, professional organizations and social media groups have nondiscrimination policies requiring all vendors to serve same-sex couples.
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Both teams wore throwback 24 uniforms, with the Nationals paying homage to the Expos, who moved from Montreal prior to the 63 season.
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He's also looking more deeply at who is going to be the next generation of firefighters, hosting career expos and events for children.
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The son benefited from the father's genes and experience, and the daily coaching of his uncle Wilton, who also played for the Expos.
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The Nationals also are making history at 19-8, matching the 1979 Montreal Expos for the best 27-game start in franchise history.
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The Nationals, who began playing in Washington in 2005 when the Montreal Expos relocated there, are playing in the franchise's first World Series.
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In fact, several of the expos demonstrations Monday appeared to emulate scenes of violence witnessed in the streets of France during recent protests.
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I'd never watched a gameplay demo, and I'd avoided the onstage demonstrations that Sean Murray had given for the game at various expos.
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The franchise last was shut out in three straight games April 93-15, 2004, when the Montreal Expos were blanked against the Marlins.
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" What this will include: A "series of free workouts, walks and runs, nutrition seminars and health expos leading up to the May announcement.
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Both teams wore throwback 1969 uniforms, with the Nationals paying homage to the Expos, who moved from Montreal prior to the 2005 season.
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Before that, Duquette enjoyed successful tenures with the Boston Red Sox from 1994 to 2001 and the Montreal Expos from 1987 to 93.
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With Izturis gone, that leaves the one and only Bartolo Colon as the last remaining former Montreal Expos player in the major leagues.
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The two games against the Expos gave them a 503-39 record, which meant they were a big, fat 14 games over .500.
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In that series, the fifth and final game was tied in the ninth inning until the Expos surrendered a home run and lost.
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" He hoped to start attending more alternative health and wellness expos he said; "We want to wake people up to the bigger picture.
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He previously held the same title with the Montreal Expos and the Detroit Tigers, who made two World Series appearances during his tenure.
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When baseball experimented with the Expos playing in Puerto Rico, their home was Hiram Bithorn Stadium, named after a former major league pitcher.
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In addition to his time with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Wetteland pitched for the Montreal Expos, New York Yankees and Texas Rangers in 1997.
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There hasn't been a team that split its home game since the Expos played some "home" contests in Puerto Rico in 2003 and 2004.
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You were stunned when, after a 34-year hiatus, Major League Baseball finally returned to Washington in 2005, when the Montreal Expos came south.
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After spending a full decade with the Montreal Expos, he was at last a free agent, able to sign with any team he chose.
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Though he's gone on to Super Bowl greatness, the New England Patriots quarterback was actually drafted by the Montreal Expos on June 2, 1995.
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Then 17, Brady was drafted in the 18th round by the Expos, but ultimately went on to play quarterback at the University of Michigan.
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But getting smaller games noticed by the public, in person, at and around the great many gaming expos held globally, is another matter entirely.
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He was also a 3-time All Star during his 12-year MLB career ... during which he played for the Dodgers, Rangers and Expos.
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"Andre Dawson and I would stand on the trainer's table together every day," Francona said, referring to his star teammate with the Montreal Expos.
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"Word got out that players needed to look good at a low cost," said Warren Cromartie, an outfielder for nine seasons for the Expos.
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Some expos are intimate, highlighting three dozen or so vendors for 150 attendees; others showcase 100 or more businesses to crowds of 600-plus.
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After working for the Dodgers, Astros, Royals, Padres and Expos/Nationals organizations, he spent the 2006 and 2007 seasons at home in Tucson, Ariz.
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"The Expos were like the best farm team to the major leagues," said Kevin Malone, who was their general manager in 2000 and 21976.
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Four more teams let Jeter go by: the Cleveland Indians, the Montreal Expos (now the Washington Nationals), the Baltimore Orioles and the Cincinnati Reds.
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Mr. Loria bought the Marlins in 2002 with the proceeds from his sale of the Montreal Expos and a subsidy from Major League Baseball.
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The Expos made the playoffs just once in their 36 seasons, losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1981 National League Championship Series.
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California Sushi Donuts also dishes out a mean sushi donut, and can be found at food markets, pop-ups and expos all around Southern California.
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Since joining the National League in 1969, the former Montreal Expos have won plenty o' nuthin' and their few postseason appearances have been painfully anticlimactic.
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The communications, computing, and media technologies which Expos first showcased to the world, from the Babbage Analytical Engine to the projector, would gradually overshadow them.
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VICE: The game's been shown at expos and the like, and it's already won its share of awards, which you proudly display on your website.
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Walker spent six years with the Expos, parts of 10 seasons with the Colorado Rockies and one and a half with the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Fairly also played for the Montreal Expos (21997-74), St. Louis Cardinals (1975-76), Oakland Athletics (1976), Toronto Blue Jays (1977) and California Angels (1978).
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Because of Raines, many Expos fans were in town, and they still hold a grudge about Selig's role in that team's departure from the city.
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He was 48-45 with a 2.93 earned run average in a 12-season career that also included stints with the Dodgers and the Expos.
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The Expos had offered significantly more money, but this was New York City, and Jackson was now the first black superstar to wear Yankee pinstripes.
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In 2006 and 2007, he was paid $1.5 million per speech (he participated in 17) at The Learning Annex's "real estate wealth expos," according to Forbes.
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MirraViz says it's also exploring selling its product to businesses, including for big product and marketing expos like CES and for advertising purposes in public spaces.
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Among NHL, NBA and MLB teams, only baseball's Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals and the Pittsburgh Pirates have gone longer without holding a 224-0 series lead.
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After a standout playing career, Robinson went on to manage the Indians, San Francisco Giants, Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals over 16 MLB seasons.
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He developed and patented his foam pillow, pitching it from a mall kiosk to fairs, home shows and expos, and, ultimately, on unscripted, nationally televised infomercials.
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In our pre-E3 extravaganza, Austin, Rob, Ptarick and Danielle discuss hopes and fears for E3, one of the biggest, loudest expos for games each year.
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The Expos, who traded Colon to the White Sox after the season, went on to play only two more years in Montreal before relocating to Washington.
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Nikolai A. Gorbunov, whose company OOO Zenit sells accessories for AK-style assault rifles, recalled Mr. Smorodinov and said Russian intelligence agents frequently attend the expos.
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Those vendors come together under one roof to lobby for business at wedding expos, which are like an office supply fair crossed with the Golden Globes.
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Rusty STAUB was a baseball player in the 1960s-80s, whose career included successful periods with the Montreal Expos and New York Mets, among other teams.
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READ: Coronavirus just took an entire U.S. aircraft carrier out of commission The convention center is ordinarily used for expos, graduation ceremonies, and other large events.
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The last pitcher before Hill to throw nine no-hit innings and lose was Mark Gardner of the Expos on June 26, 1991, at Dodger Stadium.
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Rojas, born in the Dominican Republic, played in the minors with the Orioles, Marlins and Expos/Nationals from 2000-05 but never got above rookie ball.
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The programs provide education and projects include building rain barrels, planting trees, hosting resiliency expos, collecting environmental data and interviewing community members about extreme weather events.
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In 19 major league seasons, he bounced to 13 teams in 7003 organizations, starting with the Montreal Expos and ending with their successors, the Washington Nationals.
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That season, they went 21-1 against the overmatched Devil Rays and Royals, and 8-1 against the Expos, Marlins and Phillies, their worst interleague rivals.
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In an otherwise unremarkable game between the Expos and Mets, he showed us what was possible—the awesome, unpredictable, and infinitely creative power of human error.
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The Expos had finished third-to-last in attendance during the previous season, and their stadium featured an artificial-turf playing surface that aggravated his balky knees.
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The Marlins concluded their home schedule for what has been the worst attendance by a major league team since the Expos' final season in Montreal in 2004.
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Between March 2014 and May 2015, Mills tallied 46 prepping expos across the US, where preppers would link up to buy gear and glean new survival skills.
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Two were Pedro Martinez, with the Expos in 1997 and with the Red Sox in 2000, both falling in his run of five consecutive Cy Young wins.
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Washington's event began Saturday morning with teach-ins, expos and a rally that featured speakers and musical performances before participants planned to march to the US Capitol.
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I remember one guy in a Youppi [Montreal Expos mascot] costume playing the banjo and joining the jam for like four songs and then just walking out.
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The Nationals descended from a Montreal Expos franchise that never won a pennant, and the last Washington championship came in that first World Series appearance, in 21989.
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She also published numerous sewing books and made appearances at expos and other events, like one called Sewing Extravaganza in 1992 in Florida that drew 360 people.
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The restaurant will participate in South Asian wedding expos, local festivals surrounding Indian holidays like Holi and Diwali, and events for groups of South Asian college students.
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He joined the Mets in June 1969 in a trade with the Montreal Expos and represented the only significant pickup the Mets would make during the season.
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Before Hill, the last pitcher to take a no-hitter into extra innings was Pedro Martinez for the Montreal Expos on June 3, 1995, in San Diego.
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The Expos ranked last in the N.L. in attendance in each of their final seven seasons, and Zeile said Olympic Stadium sounded hollow, like an echo chamber.
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That was part of a six-season farewell, with five teams, that probably obscured how dynamic Raines had been with the Expos and the Chicago White Sox.
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Tim Raines's career was winding down by the middle of mine, so my observations of his best days were from the fan perspective — Shea Stadium, Expos-Mets.
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After leaving the Expos, Didier worked briefly for the Dodgers, whose owner, Walter O'Malley, was friends with the actor Danny Kaye, an original owner of the Mariners.
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The Marlins are currently owned by Jeffrey Loria, who paid $158 million for the team in 2002 after selling the Montreal Expos back to Major League Baseball.
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Like Howard Stark, a man whose identity the late animator's company now owns, he wanted to create massive, fantastical expos that showed off the possibilities of human innovation.
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We all get one stapler and one pencil sharpener, and I think they hand you four Expos, some sticky notes — but not nearly enough of what you need.
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Lee isn't a household name or a Hall of Famer, but he did have an excellent career as a left-handed pitcher for the Red Sox and Expos.
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IN THE SHADOW of Taipei 101, the Taiwanese capital's tallest skyscraper, 42,000 people attended Computex, one of the world's biggest electronics trade expos, which concluded on June 1st.
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Zimmerman became the franchise's all-time home run leader Monday after belting his 235th, moving him past Vladimir Guerrero (33 with the Montreal Expos from 1996-2003). 2.
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This franchise started out as the Montreal Expos in 1969 when the major leagues expanded beyond the border, putting a team with tricolor caps at jaunty Jarry Park.
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Guerrero fans chanted "Vladi!" and wore the jerseys of his first team, the Montreal Expos, and the team he won a Most Valuable Player Award for, the Angels.
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He moved to the Angels in 2004 (the Expos left for Washington a year later), and won the American League's M.V.P. award in his first season in Anaheim.
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TED LILLY We've had a good run of former Montreal Expos in Cooperstown lately, with Gary Carter, Andre Dawson, Tim Raines and Vladimir Guerrero going in since 2003.
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The most famous was Dennis Martinez, nicknamed El Presidente, who pitched for 23 seasons in the majors and recorded a perfect game for the Montreal Expos in 1991.
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This is their fifth visit to this round in eight seasons, and they are seeking their first appearance in N.L.C.S. since 1981, when they were the Montreal Expos.
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Vladimir Guerrero Sr. was 14 when he played his first full season for the Expos affiliate in Albany, Georgia, a city of 227,225, roughly 22016 times that of Bluefield.
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They often eat peppers like the Carolina Reaper for fun, participate in deathly hot wing challenges, and show off their spice tolerance at hot sauce expos around the country.
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Fans everywhere flock to California each year for days of expos, cosplaying, workshops, panels, and other events focused on just about every nook and cranny of popular comic culture.
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When they first met, Henderson was making his major league debut, at 29, nine years after he was drafted in the 26th round by the Montreal Expos in 23.
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A replacement franchise, also named the Senators, moved to Texas in 1972, and baseball did not return to Washington until the league moved the Montreal Expos there in 2005.
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Larry Walker, who won a National League MVP award, and played for the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies and St. Louis Cardinals, was also voted into the Hall of Fame.
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When the Expos existed, National League teams liked to time their hazing events with their exit from Montreal, forcing the rookies to wear their costumes in public through customs.
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Human zoos, as they're often called today, were not uncommon displays of indigenous people at world and colonial expos (the website Human Zoos lists numerous incidents between 1876 and 1958).
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Cutler, who lives in Chicago with her husband, had an entrepreneurial career with a niche in the 2000-plus market, producing expos, a senior health hotline and an online magazine.
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Santangelo, who played for the Montreal Expos, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics during his career, hit a total of 2202 home runs in the big leagues.
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Martinez is one of eight Hall of Famers who played for the Expos, along with Gary Carter, Andre Dawson, Vladimir Guerrero, Randy Johnson, Tony Perez, Tim Raines and Lee Smith.
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Larry Walker, who won a National League MVP award and played for the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies and St. Louis Cardinals, was also voted into the Hall of Fame. (CNBC)
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There's been concern over blood and gore in video games, rules against crude language in news reporting and even fines for exposing flesh and underwear at car and entertainment expos.
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Colon pitched in three postseasons for the Indians, who dealt him to the Montreal Expos in 2002 for a bounty of future stars: Grady Sizemore, Cliff Lee and Brandon Phillips.
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He was drafted by the Montreal Expos out of high school but enrolled in the University of Houston instead, pitching for the Cougars and also playing on the football team.
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Vladimir Guerrero Sr., the former Expos star, and several other family members sat in the rough-hewn box seats above the first-base dugout and bore proud witness to both milestones.
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When Faction's non-kinky friends are present, the only hint of sadomasochism is the Montreal Expos memorabilia, a constant reminder of the torture Major League Baseball put the team's fans through.
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Melnick says one of the problems with the Expos was an ownership group—and not just the hated Jeffrey Loria/David Samson duo—that botched the business end of the franchise.
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I suggested as much to Ross, adding that the low turnout at the end of the Expos' history was the result of fans simply saying "fuck it," and never looking back.
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E3 also faces increased competition from fan-focused expos and conventions like Comic-Con, the Penny Arcade Expo and MineCon, the annual Minecraft convention held in a different city every year.
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Including their time as the Montreal Expos, the Nationals can become the first team in franchise annals to start 13-53 if they can beat the visiting Minnesota Twins on Saturday.
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The San Diego Legion (7-0) and Houston Roughnecks (5-0) will join the Montreal Expos (74-40 in the 1994 baseball strike season) as the uncrowned kings of their leagues.
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Singleton, who was dealt from the Montreal Expos to the Orioles a day after May, remembered May's first at-bat for the Orioles, in an opening day victory in April 1975.
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Expos fans, in full regalia, flocked to Cooperstown and relived old dreams during the Baseball Hall of Fame's induction weekend, turning Main Street into a flashback from the Boulevard St.-Laurent.
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At 1997, a summer fling with a youth baseball team led to an unlikely spot on the Canadian national team and a free-agent contract with the Montreal Expos worth $1,500.
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Turner is two hits from tying the Nationals/Expos franchise record for a month, a mark shared by Daniel Murphy (May 2016), Marquis Grissom (June 1994) and Al Oliver (August 1982).
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As a result, the industry is undergoing significant hype fatigue following the early days of tech expos and prototypes, and interest in the VR market from both consumers and developers has waned.
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Montreal would be great, obviously, and I think a smashing success (in a centrally located ballpark) despite the way the Expos franchise went out, but I'd understand if there was trepidation, too.
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On June 2, 1995, Brady was selected by the Montreal Expos in the 19813th round of the MLB Draft, thanks to his talents as a catcher on his high school baseball team.
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"It is my dream job," she says about her role as an assistant at an independent publishing company, and offers up the right amount of excitement as attending book expos call for.
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"We could have tried competing against the big firms, but if we started showing up at pet events and pet expos, we knew we were just going to get lost," he said.
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Jayson Werth added two doubles and three R.B.I. for Washington, which improved to 8-1 for the best nine-game beginning since the franchise was born in 1969 as the Montreal Expos.
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The Houston Astros, the Cleveland Indians, the Montreal Expos and the Baltimore Orioles also picked before the Yankees took Jeter, who collected 3,465 hits and five World Series rings over 20 seasons.
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After posting his first 20/19113 season and capturing his second Gold Glove a season later, 1994 would be something of a new high water mark for both Walker and the Expos.
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There are seven franchises that have never won one, and two of those—the Seattle Mariners and the Montreal Expos-turned-Washington Nationals—have never been to the World Series at all.
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Not since they were the Montreal Expos and were shut out in three straight games by the Florida Marlins at Olympic Stadium in 2004 had the franchise been held down like this.
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In an Instagram world, where entire weddings are booked and created completely from sources found online — yes Zola and Etsy, we know — many people may wonder how and why expos still exist.
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Washington LF Jayson Werth went 0-for-5 Friday, ending his career-best on-base streak at 46 games, which is tied with Rusty Staub (Expos) for the longest in franchise history.
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"I saw a lot of Expo caps and uniforms out there, even though I'm probably seeing some people who don't remember who the Expos are," Raines said before his induction on Sunday.
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"When he was young, his stuff was just electric, fastball and changeup of course, but people don't take into account he had a hard big-breaking curveball," says former Expos teammate Darrin Fletcher.
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Maybe that was the point, I thought, as I stared at a melting ice sculpture that was laser-etched with cannabis leaves: Almost everything—weddings and wedding expos included—is better with weed.
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Unlike expos like E3, where publishers arrive to make announcements and showcase their new products, GDC has a more educational aim, with panels from top developers teaching the finer points of their craft.
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He spent his first eight seasons with the Chicago Cubs and also pitched for the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, Cincinnati and the Montreal Expos.
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With the Star Wars Celebration expos, Disney has brought cast and filmmakers out to fans, shown them footage, and generally done whatever it's liked, because it controls the event from top to bottom.
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Once long ago, I stood in the 48 degree temperature of an early September playoff for the Vermont Expos and pleaded with my son Nick, then 7 years old, to let us leave.
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He particularly endeared himself in Canada, where he played for the expansion team the Expos; he was an All-Star in all three of his full seasons in Montreal, from 1969 to 1971.
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Bagwell, a slugging first baseman for the Houston Astros, was elected on his seventh try, while Raines, a star leadoff hitter for the Montreal Expos in the 1980s, was elected on his 10th.
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He is the first Nationals player to steal four bases in a game since the franchise relocated from Montreal in 7.003 and the fourth player in Expos/Nationals history to achieve the feat.
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As for the proposed two-city split, Scott says he understands WHY Montreal is pushing for the move -- they've wanted an MLB team in town ever since losing the Expos back in 2004.
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The full spectrum of AR was present on the floor of the show's many gadget expos and booth halls, making it easy to see the parallels today with the VR of five years ago.
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For Montreal baseball boosters, the prospect of MLB returning here has never been brighter, mostly because many of the factors that contributed to the Expos' demise have been addressed and, in many cases, fixed.
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" The two are passionate about 2D animation and currently teach animation at universities in California and Tennessee, go to animation expos and conventions, and cohost an animation podcast together, "The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast.
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The Mets, who endangered manager Mickey Callaway's job by getting swept by the Miami Marlins last weekend, swept a four-game series from the Nationals/Montreal Expos franchise for the first time since 1991.
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The Nationals recognize Carter, Dawson and Raines in the ring of honor at Nationals Park — with the Expos logo beside their names — and the team wore Montreal uniforms in a victory on July 6.
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He had previously owned the Montreal Expos, but in a complicated and controversial move, he sold the team to the 29 other M.L.B. owners and bought the Marlins for $158.5 million from John Henry.
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Or as if a new, privately financed stadium had magically been built in Montreal, allowing the Expos to remain in Canada instead of relocating to Washington after the 103 season and becoming the Nationals.
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"He played a role in their demise," said Dave Kaufman, a radio host in Montreal and a member of Expos Nation, the group that is trying to bring a team back to the city.
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Once the essentials were in place, I dragged her to dollhouse shows held in windowless suburban convention centers, the kinds of cultish expos where miniaturists from around the world sell shrunken works of art.
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He bought the Marlins for $158 million after Major League Baseball had purchased his previous team, the Montreal Expos, for $120 million and lent him the rest to complete the deal for the Marlins.
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Unfortunately for both Jackson and the Expos, the visit was marred by an incident in which Canadian Customs found a stash of marijuana in the ballplayer's luggage, and notified the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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I'm still skeptical on VR working in the home, to a widespread degree; but experienced at events, in gaming bars and expos and the like, with friends around you, these trips can be incredibly affecting.
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After Fairly's production at the plate tailed off, the Dodgers traded him in June 2000 to the Montreal Expos (now the Washington Nationals), who were in their first season as a National League expansion team.
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Nixon was not happy with the trade, mostly because the Braves had gone 65-97 and finished last in the National League East in 1990, while the Expos had gone 22010-217 and finished third.
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Years later, he became an official scorer, first in the minor leagues and then with the Washington Nationals, for whom he had worked since 2005, when they moved from Montreal, where they were the Expos.
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After finding modest success managing the Giants and the Orioles, Robinson twice had winning records with an Expos franchise that had been taken over by Major League Baseball and allowed only a relatively meager payroll.
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At 6 foot 19633 inches (188 cm) and 200 pounds (91 kilograms) during his playing days, Staub had some of his best years as a member of the Montreal Expos, who later became the Washington Nationals.
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Espinosa, who has 15 homers this season, became the first player in Montreal/Washington franchise history to hit a homer from each side of the plate since Geoff Blum did it for the Expos in 2001.
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Several hours later, at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Youngblood enters right field in the sixth inning for defensive purposes and has one single in one at-bat in the Expos' 20103-4 loss to the Phillies.
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Frustrated with how many shows were being run like giant merchandise expos, Austin said he started Prepper Camp in Saluda six years ago because he felt that "people want to learn stuff," and not only buy things.
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But fate put the affable Lower Mainlander on the radar of Montreal Expos executive Jim Fanning, who, in 1984, offered Walker $1,500 to sign, and shipped him to Utica, New York, and then to Florida for instruction.
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Seriously, imagine Brady pitching perfect games and scoring rouges for Les Expos when the franchise began to tank in the late 1990s, precipitating its move to kind of Puerto Rico and then, finally, the District of Columbia.
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He was raised by caring, intellectual parents and, after starring at Kalamazoo Central High School in Michigan, was drafted by the Yankees, rather than by the Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians, Montreal Expos, Baltimore Orioles or Cincinnati Reds.
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World Expos, which are held every five years, can last up to six months and cost millions of dollars to host, but can help put a city on the global map by bringing in international visitors and attention.
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It's now acknowledged that 1994 was the Expos' best shot at finally getting to the World Series, and that season's cancellation would beget the franchise's downfall and defection, including the later trade sending Pedro to the Red Sox.
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After more than three decades without baseball, the Montreal Expos moved to Washington in 2005 rebranded as the Nationals, becoming perhaps the only bipartisan agreement in a capital rived by tribalism as Republicans and Democrats flocked to games.
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The preternaturally great bad-ball hitter spoke for a few minutes in Spanish, thanking Mike Scioscia, the Angels' manager, and Felipe Alou, his manager with the Expos, while noting that Sunday was Father's Day in the Dominican Republic.
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Big Bart had a brief stint with the Expos, making 17 starts during the 2002 season following a blockbuster trade with Cleveland that saw (gulp!) Cliff Lee, Grady Sizemore and Brandon Phillips flipped to the Indians for Colon.
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There to see it, from the Dodgers' radio booth, is Rick Monday, whose homer as a Dodger in another N.L.C.S. Game 23 – in 243 – cost the Nationals' ancestors, the Montreal Expos, their best shot at a pennant. Oct.
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The Nationals, who began playing in the U.S. capital in 2005 when the Montreal Expos moved there and changed their name, beat the Houston Astros on Wednesday in the decisive seventh game of Major League Baseball's championship series.
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At one time or another, Gary Carter and Andre Dawson, who are also enshrined as Expos, have expressed a desire to have the cap of another club on their plaques — the Mets for Carter, the Cubs for Dawson.
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He managed for all or parts of 16 seasons, with the Indians (1975-77), the San Francisco Giants (1981-84), the Orioles (19783-91), the Montreal Expos (2002-04) and their successor franchise, the Washington Nationals (2005-06).
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But since 53, the Dominican Republic has hosted just four games: two games between the Montreal Expos and the Mets in 25, and two between the Houston Astros and Red Sox the following year, all of them exhibitions.
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