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A trip down memory lane

The Montreal Expos joined Major League Baseball as an expansion team in 1969. The club has never won a World Series or even a League Championship Series. Rather than winning titles, the franchise will probably be best remembered for having been enormously affected by two strikes in two very different ways. As a result of the shortened season in 1981, Montreal beat Philadelphia in a best-of-five playoff series to win the National League East. In 1994, however, the Expos had the best record in the majors before a work stoppage ended the season. With the team now on the verge of leaving Montreal -- and perhaps being eliminated from baseball altogether -- CNNSI.com put together a collection of Sports Illustrated photos and flashbacks (1977, 1983, 1984) for a trip down memory lane.

     
     
     

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Flashbacks
  • Aug. 8, 1977 : A Bargain, and Bye-Bye Basement
  • April 4, 1983: His Enthusiasm Is Catching
  • June 25, 1984: Don't Knock the Rock
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