Had Major League Baseball and the Baseball Players Union made some different choices 15 years ago, September 2009 might have been a great time to be a fan of the Montreal Expos. If I close my eyes, I can almost picture it.
The City of Montreal is abuzz for baseball with record crowds filling the new state-of-the-art downtown stadium to watch the Expos battle for another National League Eastern Division crown.
Fans are also excited to relive the memories from 15 years ago when the 1994 Montreal Expos forever solidified a place for baseball in Montreal with a thrilling run to a World Series title.
Indeed what a run it was.
After a slow start to the season that saw the team with a 4-9 record and already eight and a half games out of first place on April 18, manager Felipe Alou steadied the ship. They won five straight games to get back to .500 and after a loss to the Dodgers rattled off six straight wins and were soon heading toward the top of the division.
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