RIP Gary Carter.

[dzuunmod]

I don't get many opportunities to remember the Expos anymore. This is one of them. He was never my favourite Expo, but even as a very young child just starting to enjoy the sport, I understood that he was special. What a great picture:

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[perf]

I have a retro blue Willie McGee (Cards) jersey that I wear the heck out of!

[dzuunmod]

Nice! I got an Expos jersey from my folks one year for Christmas (you can see it on me in the icon), but I never had the heart to tell them I wished it was the powder blue one.

[raccoonbonapart]

Huh. He does look like he could be related to you.

[dzuunmod]

In that picture particularly, he really looks not unlike my Uncle Tim.

[hxgx]

That picture! I think I love this man.

[dzuunmod]

Not nearly as good as that one above, but I like this one of him with his family, too.

[sabatoa]

That's a great pic.

[sabatoa]

Sad, sad story.

The MLB clip, great crowd in Montreal. Was that the playoffs?

[dzuunmod]

No. It was 1992, and that was before 8,000/night was commonplace. The Expos averaged over 20,000 that year - better than the Tigers.

Also, it would have been the last home game of the year, and Carter had already announced his retirement, so I'm sure there was a bump at the gate that date for those two things.

[sabatoa]

Detroit was awful then.

They've been in the 30k's/game for a while now if I remember right.

[dzuunmod]

I know - every team has its reasons for bad attendance. Just saying that there were many years where the Expos drew respectable numbers. But I know you know that.

[jazzy0410]

It's so sad. :(

I miss the expos too. When we moved in mtl in 1991, my dad used to go to the games all the time. I miss youppi too.