In Montreal, a Painful Farewell ; Expos Fans Say Goodbye

The Washington Times › September 30, 2004

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Montreal Expos president Tony Tavares yesterday compared the last day of major league baseball in the city to a terminally ill patient.

"It has been a very interesting and difficult day here in Montreal," said Tavares, the former Anaheim Angels president who was brought here three years ago by Major League Baseball to run the Expos. "It has been like having a patient on life support - you know they are going to die someday, but you don't realize the impact until it happens."

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In Montreal, a Painful Farewell ; Expos Fans Say Goodbye

The impact for the final Expos game in Montreal yesterday ranged from acceptance to anger, which was on display when the American national anthem was sung before the game against the Fl...

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