Re: Why?????

[Norm Rosen <inorm99@earthlink.net>]

Mike_ed wrote:

> I'm sort of surprised that they'd even be bothered signing a contract
> considering that I thought that the Expos were on the fast track to the
> Metro D . C .-Northern Virginia area once held by the Senators.  Has Peter
> Angelos held up the works considering that the Orioles have by and large had
> a free ride in the Baltimore-Washington area the last 30 years and would
> hurt their attendance at Camden Yards or is Expos ownership trying to make a
> concerted effort to survive against the popularity of the Canadians?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Vahey" <crimson@channel1.com>
> To: <Sptseditor@aol.com>
> Cc: <sven@gordsven.com>; <bri@bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 7:44 PM
> Subject: Re: Expos back on TV
>
> > A lot of times when RDS picks up a Blue Jays game the French announcers do
> > the play by play from a Montreal studio.. with english graphics. The
> > reverse however never happens. ( french graphics on TSN)
> >
> > Still they work a lot better together than CBC and Radio-Canada
> > do...neither has any use for the other.
> >
> > On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 Sptseditor@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > In a message dated 1/10/2001 2:43:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > > crimson@channel1.com writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > > RDS is owned by TSN
> > > >
> > > RDN is pretty much the same as TSN, right down to the graphics, except
> for
> > > the obvious language differential.
> > >
> > > Kevin, does TSN just piggy-back onto RDS' crew (save announcers) when
> they're
> > > both broadcasting games?
> > >
> > > -Sean
> > >
> >

Having grown up part of my life in the DC area, I was there when the Senators
left town

in 1971. The Orioles  were, at that time a dynasty.

Both were part of the American League, and 32 miles apart. The Senators were a
laughing

stock. This hurt attendance at Griffith stadium, or was RFK stadium?

I was very young.

I don't know what's going on specifically in Montreal, but it would more sense
for a National

League franchise to move in to the DC area.