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1980 NLCS SERIES
Game 2 - Fulton County Stadium

Montreal would lead the game 2-0 after two innings with George Brett hitting a two-run home run. Darrell Evans would return the favour with a...

1980 NLCS SERIES
GAME 1 - Fulton County Stadium
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The game started with the Expos getting on the board early, Ben Oglivie reaching home on...

September 27

Bert Blyleven was the starting pitcher for the Pirates, who would be looking forward to the end of yet another long season. He was yanked after two innings and seven earned runs,...

September 1-September 26 1980

The key word for this month was 'Opportunity'. And Montreal would not have a better opportunity than now to seal a first-ever spot in the NLCS, with no games at all...

August 1980

The trade deadline came and went with no activity in Montreal. The Expos would live or die depending on the efforts of players currently there.

San Diego started the month in...

July 1980

The Expos would lose two of four games to eventually slip four games behind the Cubs with the All-Star Break looming. Dwight Evans was invited back to the Home Run Derby but again failed...

Draft Picks

Before we made our first draft pick, we made a bold move to acquire the rookie pitcher Roger Clemens, newly drafted by Kansas City. Tucker Ashford and catchers Ed Hearn and Josh Strait...

May 1980

The month would provide the Expos with an excellent opportunity to stamp their mark as contenders in the NL East (as opposed to pretenders), with the team not going on the road until May...

April 1980

The season began with a trip to the home of the new World Series champions. Atlanta would win the deciding game of the series with a walkoff home run double in the bottom of the ninth. ...

1980 Montreal Expos

Line-up
2B Tony Bernazard
SS Jim Mason
LF Ben Oglivie
CF Dwight Evans
RF Andre Dawson
1B Rusty Staub
3B George Brett

Pre-Season Predicitions
1. New York (92-70)
2. Montreal (89-73)
3. Philadelphia (85-77)
4. St Louis (84-78)
5. Chicago (83-79)
6. Pittsburgh (78-84)

AMERICAN LEAGUE - Detroit to beat...

Off-Season News

Milt May signed a five year contract which should just about see him finish his playing days as an Expo. Although he's not spectacular in the batting line-up, he has been a solid...

Recap of the 1970s
With 1969 thrown in for good measure

National League East
1969 - Chicago
1970 - Chicago
1971 - New York
1972 - Chicago
1973 - New York
1974 - Philadelphia

September-October 1979

Fourteen straight home games at the start of the month didn't seem to give us any kind of advantage, with seven wins and seven losses to show for their efforts.

The...

August 1979

The Cardinals came to town and practically stuck a stake through our hearts with a series win. The next fortnight was spent playing the Giants and Dodgers both home and away, and we...

July 1979

A good month to be playing at home, with the All-Star Game breaking up the middle of the month. Dwight Evans was chosen yet again to represent the Expos, and didn't let anybody down in...

Draft Choices
1B Andres Galarraga (63/90) - Caracas, Venezuela
RP Chuck Crim (49/89) - Van Nuys CA
SP Ray Hayward (49/87) - Enid OK
RP Mike Capel (48/84) - Marshall TX
SP Joseph Wynne (51/78) -...

May 1979

May would be a month of dodgy beds, early flights and bad room service, with just five games played at home. The trip got off to a decent start with the Expos splitting two series with...

April 1979

The year started with a tough double-road trip to Atlanta, where the Braves won four of five games. The Expos opened their home record with series wins against Houston and Cincinnati (a...

Pre Season Predicitions
1. New York (99-63)
2. Chicago (90-72)
3. St Louis (87-75)
4. Philadelphia (86-76)
5. Pittsburgh (79-83)
6. Montreal (70-92)
All topsy-turvy and over the shop...

Just before spring training, Scott McGregor signed a new three-year contract, with a slight decrease in his yearly salary. It does include a no-trade clause, however, thereby giving McGregor some...

Off Season News

Golden Gloves went out to Scott Anderson (pitcher), Dave Cash (second base), Jim Mason (shortstop) and Dwight Evans (right field)

- Catcher Milt May was resigned through...

1978 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Cash, Dave MON 162 .256 664 170 34 6 0 57 49 11 15 86 45 ...

September-October 1978

Glenn Abbott's season is over, succumbing to the same injury that claimed Rusty Staub. He has doubled his win total from last season, while shaving his ERA by one full run....

August 1978

Being thrashed in four games inside Busch Stadium is not an ideal way to start the month. In fact, the Expos would win just one of their first ten games this month, all against St...