Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'montrealexpos'
July 10, 2007
Pope Benedict XVI asserts that Catholicism is the only true church. The document he approved states that other Christian churches are "defective" and not true churches. Pope Benedict also plans to bring back the Spanish Inquisition and witch burnings later this year. Canadian Olympic Committee wants Toronto to try yet again to get the Olympics. Because if lackluster support for bringing the Olympics here twice wasn't enough the first two times, surely the third time......
Continue Reading "Pope Says Catholicism Rules, COC Wants Another Olympic Bid, and Politicians Promise To Spend Money"June 29, 2006
This Torontoist is slowly becoming a sports fan (as if.) After watching 1.5 Stanley Cup games, (my first hockey games ever,) and with plans to go to a baseball game, I'm a changed man. The plans are to see at least one game of each sport... Yes, even the CFL. But now to the NBA. They had their draft on Wednesday and our cuddly Raptors had the number one pick! Who did they choose.........
Continue Reading "NBA Picks... MLB Picks 'Em Off"May 24, 2005
Save for the few lingering Expo's fans, the interest in this past weekend's Jays-Nationals Victoria Day games dragged (even though Jays mostly brushed the displaced 'Spos aside). The MLB, media and players have quickly forgotten the supposed Montreal-Toronto rivalry, leaving only faint "Let's Go Expos" chants from the Toronto crowd. Once natural interleague opponents, Blue Jays and the team formerly known as the Montreal Expos are rivals no longer. This season is the last of......
Continue Reading "Remember the Expos"January 25, 2005
To the six people who thought there was a chance Carlos Delgado would offer the Jays a discount and become Toronto's first 500 homer man: the dream is dead. Slick New York art dealer and Florida Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria, the same man whose tight fists held the last nail that baseball drove into the Montreal Expos' coffin, has sold seven Mondrians and a DeKooning and brought Carlos to Miami. Five years, $64 million. The......
Continue Reading "Who's Your 1B?"