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July 1978

The Expos had an indifferent start to the month, dropping a series against the Cubs but then sweeping the Dodgers. Rob Teal - the dependable substitute who had been filling in George...

Draft Choices
2B Adrian Scott (64/85) - Dunedin FL
SP Curt Young (49/90) - Saginaw MI
RP Rick Luecken (47/87) - McAllen TX
1B David Green (49/83) - Managua, Nicargua
RP Chris Green (49/79) - Los...

May 1978

San Diego would prove to be easy fodder for the Expos, being shut out in two games and beaten 7-4 in the other. A short series at the Astrodome resulted in two wins for Montreal, which...

April 1978

The year got off to a confident start with a sweep of Houston underneath the Astrodome. The very next day at Jack Murphy Stadium, the Padres went to town on the pitching of Maurice...

Pre Season Predicitions

My goodness! What did we do to deserve this?

1. New York (99-63)
2. Montreal (86-76)
3. Chicago (83-79)
4. Philadelphia (83-79)
5. St Louis (82-80)
6. ...

One final trade was worked out before the start of spring training, with Bob Sheldon finding a new home in Boston. Pitcher Maurice Warldron has packed his bags for the trip north over the border.
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Off-Season News

Scott McGregor won the National League Cy Young Award despite playing in a 70-win team. He posted an ERA of 2.57 over 311 innings and had a record of 23-12. To top it off, he also...

It turned out the Expos weren't the only show in town at the Stade Olympique. Many concerts would be held in the city, for example, Pink Floyd:

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1977 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Cash, Dave MON 160 .232 671 156 30 5 3 65 61 13 14 89 42 ...

September-October 1977

Montreal completed a 24-game improvement on their 1976 record by finishing the year with a 16-16 record, which included a sweep of the second-placed Phillies to round out...

August 1977

Unless you saw it, you wouldn't believe it. An 8-4 start to the month? Fantastic. A six game winning streak? Terrific. A six game winning streak on the road?. Call in the drug testers....

July 1977

Montreal began the month with excellent form, shooting down the Pirates and Giants in consecutive home series. However, for the first time in franchise history there would be no Expos at...

Draft Choices
SP Rich Clarke (66/93) - Lynchburg VA
SP Adam Grindlinger (58/89) - Hagerstown MD
SP Richard Dotson (49/90) - Cincinnati OH
RP Frank Eufemia (48/83) - Bronx NY
RP Mike Jones...

May 1977

Same old Expos.

7-20 for the month of May, without winning a single series. On the final day of the month, Glenn Abbott broke his ankle while pitching. Brilliant.

With the worst...

April 1977

Opening Day at Stade Olympique was a great occasion, with the San Francisco Giants coming to town on April 7. Even though the Expos went down by 5-0, the capacity crowd appreciated the...

Pre-Season Predicitions
1. New York (98-64)
2. Chicago (87-75)
3. Philadelphia (86-76)
4. St Louis (81-81)
5. Pittsburgh (74-88)
6. Montreal (49-113)

We just can't get any love from...

1977 Montreal Expos

Line-up
2B - Dave Cash
1B - Rusty Staub
RF - Andre Dawson
CF - Dwight Evans
SS - Don Money
C - Milt May
3B - George Brett

Stade Olympique - a new era begins for Expos

With the Parc Jarry years firmly behind us, we made the move into the modern Stade Olympique facility. It seats just over 43,000 for baseball. Oh yes,...

Montreal Expos - The Parc Jarry Years

1969 - 58-104 (6th)
1970 - 59-103 (6th)
1971 - 82-80 (4th) - Captain Mack Jones
1972 - 55-107 (6th)
1973 - 74-88 (4th) - Captain Rusty Staub
1974 -...

September-October 1976

After going 7-42 in the last two months, April seemed so long ago for long-suffering Expos fans. With Sheldon, Evans and Lynn missing from their line-up, it seemed like they...

August 1976

The circus eventually left town, and left the city council and provincal government with a massive debt...I doubt they'll have it paid by the end of the decade, although the Expos...

Go the Braves!

July 1976

The first half of the month was marked by home losses to San Diego and St Louis, who each swept us and put our hopes for improvement on temporary hold.

Dwight Evans recieved an...

Draft Choices
C Josh Strait (68/82), Tulare CA
CF Dave Henderson (58/88), Merced CA
LF Tom Romano (51/86), Syracuse NY
RP Rick Grapenthin (48/82), Linn Grove IA
RP Bob James (48/80), Glendale CA...

May 1976

Bob Sheldon's season is over.

For a few days the reasons were not immediately clear, but gradually the truth came out. Bob had something of a reputation as a ladies' man around town,...