2014 National Baseball Card Convention and Expo

[batmagadanleadoff]

[Edgy MD]

I say using the Expos angle is an honorable move.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

The fleur-de-lys accent acute above the 'e' on the jersey Zeile (among others) is wearing is probably unappreciated by Anglophones.

Edgy MD wrote: I say using the Expos angle is an honorable move.

Anticipating your tastes, I researched ExposLBSs.

[seawolf17]

I miss Shea.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The number font on those old Expo jerseys was just terrific.

[G-Fafif]

Thread title of the millennium.

[seawolf17]

I'll always love the fact that a huge chunk of card photos were taken at Shea. Look at the 72 Hunt and 83 Vail; gorgeous.

[Benjamin Grimm]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The number font on those old Expo jerseys was just terrific.

I think so too.

[G-Fafif]

Did Wayne Garrett ever show that much red in his Mets days? Looks like he fled to Canada to avoid the draft.

The '76 Olympic patch -- foreshadowing that which will help to kill Montreal baseball generations up the road -- still in use during '77 Spring Training, apparently. No jerseys for every occasion in those days.

[batmagadanleadoff]

seawolf17 wrote: I'll always love the fact that a huge chunk of card photos were taken at Shea. Look at the 72 Hunt and 83 Vail; gorgeous.

I'm counting 12 others in addition to Hunt, Vail and Livan.

[G-Fafif]

Warren Cromartie, ready to bring the Expos home.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Good luck to him, but he has a steep hill to climb. Expansion seems unlikely any time soon. A team may relocate (Oakland? Tampa?) but I doubt that they'd choose Montreal.

He might be better off setting his sites on a AAA club.

MONTREAL BASEBALL PROJECT Montreal Baseball Project�s goal is to bring Major League Baseball back to Montreal. Part of the city�s fabric for more than a century, baseball is a wholesome family entertainment option that grows in worldwide popularity every year. With a metropolitan area population of nearly 4 million people, Montreal is currently the largest North American city without a baseball franchise. Montreal Baseball Project seeks to build upon the recent groundswell of demand for baseball in Montreal and deliver a team back to the community. The history of baseball in Montreal is long and rich, dating back to the Montreal Royals� first season in 1897. In the 1940s and '50s, Delorimier Stadium was home to the likes of Don Drysdale, Roberto Clemente, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, and the unforgettable Jackie Robinson while the Royals served as the Brooklyn Dodgers' farm club. In 1969, the Montreal Expos became Major League Baseball�s first non-U.S. franchise and went on to thrill the city for 36 seasons. A passionate fanbase fondly recalls the exploits of Hall of Famers Gary Carter and Andre Dawson, as well as Cooperstown-bound stars like Tim Raines, Pedro Martinez, and Vladimir Guerrero. In recent months, a new attitude toward baseball has developed in Montreal. Optimism and forward-looking thinking have replaced frustrations over past disappointments. Montrealers want to once again experience the thrill and excitement of baseball with their families. Montreal Baseball Project aims to turn desire into action by taking the necessary steps to see the game return to the city. WARREN CROMARTIE FOUNDER & PRESIDENT OF MONTREAL BASEBALL PROJECT Cromartie_49_2012.jpgWarren Cromartie suited up for over a thousand games with the Montreal Expos between 1974 and 1983. �Cro,� a fan favourite to this day, famously waved the Canadian flag at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia after recording the final out in the Expos� victory over the Phillies to capture the 1981 NL East Division Championship. In 1984, Cromartie became perhaps the most prominent American ballplayer still in his prime to sign with a Japanese baseball team. Cro led the Yomiuri Tokyo Giants in RBIs three times, twice in homeruns and batting average, and was named Central League MVP in 1989 en route to a Japan League Championship for the Giants. In 1991, Cromartie returned to North America for a final Major League season, hitting .313 for the Kansas City Royals. A native of Miami, Florida, Cromartie has kept close ties with the Montreal community since the end of his playing days through charitable work, speaking engagements, and involvement with local businesses. In 2012, Cromartie founded Montreal Baseball Project, transferring the same passion and hustle he employed on the playing field to the ongoing campaign to bring baseball back to Montreal.

[Edgy MD]

I like that he gets so caught up in his five-tools analogy that he ends up calling himself a tool.

OE: The Mets would be a great match for a AAA team in Montreal. They'd be back in the East and it would make them that much more Dodgerly.

batmagadan would explode, of course. And that wouldn't be good.

[G-Fafif]

Too bad, in a way, that the Marlins got their stadium. It would be only right to rip them out of Loria's hands and give a franchise back from which he basically stole his.

Baltimore, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Seattle and, of course, Washington and New York (N) all lost franchises and received replacements. Only Montreal awaits proper reparation. (Well, them and Brooklyn, sort of.)

[batmagadanleadoff]

Nobody caught the error of the wrong Pepe in my original post.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Fixed.

[Edgy MD]

G-Fafif wrote: Baltimore, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Seattle and, of course, Washington and New York (N) all lost franchises and received replacements. Only Montreal awaits proper reparation. (Well, them and Brooklyn, sort of.)

Interesting point. Imagine there's still a dozen or so who demand a replacement for the Boston Braves. And maybe one or two who want the Athletics back in Philadelphia.

Inconsistent of me, but I strangely doubt anybody gives a crap about the St. Louis Browns.

What a half-hearted swing by Kevin Collins here.

[G-Fafif]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Nobody caught the error of the wrong Pepe in my original post.

I honestly searched for Mangual but completely accepted, in the course of scouring, that Frias had reason for being there. Sometimes we're not as Pepe as we'd like to be.

[G-Fafif]

Baltimore, Milwaukee, Kansas City, Seattle and, of course, Washington and New York (N) all lost franchises and received replacements. Only Montreal awaits proper reparation. (Well, them and Brooklyn, sort of.) Interesting point. Imagine there's still a dozen or so who demand a replacement for the Boston Braves. And maybe one or two who want the Athletics back in Philadelphia. Inconsistent of me, but I strangely doubt anybody gives a crap about the St. Louis Browns. What a half-hearted swing by Kevin Collins here.

Cardinals and Phillies have, to some extent, absorbed the Brown and Athletic legacies in terms of displaying some of their artifacts and such. The Jimmy Fund, so associated with the Red Sox, was originally the Braves' cause. Nats-Senators (both versions) and Brewers-Braves links are maintained historically. I'll resist reopening the worm can vis-a-vis Mets and their N.Y. N.L. forebears, but I view that sort of thing as right and proper.

Collins to Topps Photographer:

"Sure, I'll be included in The Miracle Has Landed someday, but now that I'm stuck on this 110-loss furshlugginernaut for the duration of 1969, it's like the Miracle's landed on me. So yeah, take my picture if you want. Whatever."

[Edgy MD]

Gary Carter had to show double the standard level of human enthusiasm just to redeem #8 for the Expos.

[TransMonk]

I swear that this card was in every pack I bought that year.

[batmagadanleadoff]

bump.

[Edgy MD]

And who doesn't remember Herm Winningham 3's exploits for the Clone Expos of 1985, the team composed entirely of clones of Herm Winningham.

[G-Fafif]

Now that we've finished playing the Braves every five minutes, we're playing the Nationals every five minutes.

[batmagadanleadoff]

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[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: And who doesn't remember Herm Winningham 3's exploits for the Clone Expos of 1985, the team composed entirely of clones of Herm Winningham.

Re-reading this thread, it took me a few beats to figure out what I meant when I wrote this post on August 29, then I remembered. Look at the creepy way everybody on the bench looks like the same player?

[batmagadanleadoff]

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[Edgy MD]

What a half-hearted swing by Kevin Collins here. ...Collins to Topps Photographer: "Sure, I'll be included in The Miracle Has Landed someday, but now that I'm stuck on this 110-loss furshlugginernaut for the duration of 1969, it's like the Miracle's landed on me. So yeah, take my picture if you want. Whatever."

Still cracks me up.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I snuck in a card of someone who never played for (or managed) the Mets.

[Edgy MD]

Youmans. Dealt off while he was still in Jackson.