Montreal is formally honoring former Expos great Gary Carter with a ballpark dedication and a street renaming near Jarry Park. Carter is arguably the greatest former Expo — apologies to Andre Dawson and Vladimir Guerrero — especially when you considered how hard Carter worked on the fine art of community service. He was an Expo […]
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Marlins to close off upper deck for select weeknight games
The meltdown of the Miami Marlins continues, as the team announces it will close the upper bowl for select weekday games. This act is pretty extreme when you consider Marlins Park is only a year old. The team should still be attracting fans with that new-ballpark shine, but instead fans are staying away, thanks to […]
More Montreal baseball: Can-Am League schedules exhibition
Pro baseball will indeed return to Montreal in the form of the independent Can-Am League for a day, as the Quebec Capitales and Trois-Rivieres Aigles will play an exhibition at Gary Carter Stadium. The exhibition game is set for Saturday, May 11 at Montreal’s Ahuntsic Park at 7:30 p.m. Last October the baseball field at […]
MLB (temporarily) returning to Montreal?
The Toronto Blue Jays are negotiating to play exhibition games in Montreal in the future, bringing Major League Baseball back to Olympic Stadium, the former home of the Montreal Expos. Many MLB teams schedule a pair of exhibition games after spring training and before the regular season, and a two-game series of this nature is […]
Cromartie: We’re launching feasibility study on return of MLB to Montreal
Former Expo Warren Cromartie has assembled a professional team to determine the feasibility of a return of Major League Baseball to Montreal. The feasibility and survey study will be undertaken by Cromartie’s group, Montreal Baseball Project, as well as Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal (BTMM), Ernst & Young and BCF LLP. “I am pleased to […]
Montreal honors Carter with street, ballpark namings
With the Washington Nationals in the playoffs, the Montreal Expos have been in the news as well — and the city added to that by announcing honors for one of the team’s biggest stars, Gary Carter. A street next to Jarry Park, where Carter began his Expos career, will be named in honor of the […]
Cromartie laying the groundwork for MLB’s return to Montreal
It’s an effort that won’t pay off any time soon, but former Expo Warren Cromartie says he’s meeting with local business owners to bring Major League Baseball back to Montreal. MLB teams don’t move very often — in the last 30 years, the only team to move was the Montreal Expos, ironically — so obviously an […]
Conference Board: Montreal can support MLB
Montreal has the right demographics, corporate presence and economic outlook to support Major League Baseball, according to a report issued today by a leading Canadian think tank. The study from the Conference Board of Canada, penned by Glen Hodgson and Mario Lefebvre, also indicates economic support for three new NHL teams and another NBA team in Vancouver: […]
Jupiter Hammerheads record 1,000th win
A little bit of history to note: With a 7-5 victory on Wednesday night at St. Lucie, the Jupiter Hammerheads (High Class A; Florida State League) notched the 1,000th win in franchise history. The Hammerheads were scheduled to play a pair of 7-inning games on Wednesday to make up for a rain out the previous night. […]
Still generating cash: the Montreal Expos
Never let it be said we passed on a good opportunity to display a Montreal Expos logo: despite the demise of the team many years ago, the ‘Spos logo is still a big seller. It’s not necessarily baseball fans who keep the Expos logo and colors on the tops of some best-seller lists, but rather […]
Pacifics sign “Spaceman” Lee to contract
Bill “Spaceman” Lee is coming out of retirement after signing a contract with the San Rafael Pacifics (independent; North American League) in an attempt to set a record for the oldest pitcher to win a pro baseball game. The 65-year-old lefty will take the mound Thursday, Aug. 23, for the Pacifics. The former Red Sox and […]
Looking back at 10 years of baseball
Ballpark Digest turned 10 years old this week. To see how much things have changed — or not — we went back to the first set of stories published on the site. The headlines may surprise you. This question pops up a lot, so here’s the short version as to the origins of Ballpark Digest. […]
Redbirds to honor late broadcaster Lea with award
In honor of former team broadcaster and major leaguer Charlie Lea, the Memphis Redbirds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) are creating an award to honor the city’s top high-school pitchers. A selection committee, made up of six men prominent in Memphis baseball, has been chosen to nominate one pitcher each for the award. The committee consists of […]