The Expos Luddite

Apparently the Conference Board of Canada has released a report that says Montreal can support a Major League Baseball team. I never was a huge Expos fan when they were playing, but after reading the article I was immediately hit with a feeling of regret. I wish that I would have paid more attention to the Expos. They were only a 2 hour drive away from Ottawa and like many, I never took advantage of the relatively short commute to see a Major League Baseball game. Could you imagine what could have been if the folks in Montreal would have built an open air stadium for the Expos? I've been sort of following the Nationals recently, and although it's not the same, it'll have to do. And it's truly a longshot for baseball to return to Montreal. First of all you'd need an owner/corporation with pockets as deep as Rogers, then you'd need either Tampa Bay a team to move or MLB to expand, and finally you'd need a new stadium. There's absolutely no way a baseball team could exist in Montreal without a new stadium and we all know how that worked out the first time around...