It's just business

Remember the Montreal Expo's. Because that's all they will be -- a memory. They are moving to Washington, DC. How are local fans taking the news? Here are the comments of one of them:

What will [I] do when they're gone?

I won't root for them, that much I know. Washington is a great city, and I think the Expos will find a warm home there. A waterfront site revolving around a long-planned redevelopment in the promising, but still hardscrabble, Navy Yard area has major potential. Given the rabid interest in landing a team that I saw during my two years living in The District, I strongly believe the 'Spos/Sens/Nats/Feds will be a success.

As Jerry Seinfeld liked to say, rooting for a sports team is like rooting for laundry. Sure, you grow attached to certain players. But trades, free agency--all of that means your favorites may not be around long.

And then, remembrance of some of the biggest events in the Expo's stay in Montreal, starting clear back in 1982, nearly a quarter-century ago:

Aug. 1, 1982: A game charged with pennant fever featured Steve Rogers and the Cardinals' Joaquin Andujar going head-to-head. Both pitchers were in the midst of Cy Young-caliber seasons, and 51,353 crazed fans turned up for this showdown; this was in the days when the far-off outfield seats stayed open, all the way to the upper deck flanking the scoreboard. A dramatic three-run seventh inning gave the Expos a thrilling 5-4 victory. Not yet eight years old at the time, in one of my first games ever at the Big O, I remember wondering if all games were this much fun.

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