Up, Up, and Away

by Jonah Keri
Category: "Sports"
Pages:383
Year of Publication:2014
Date Added:06/21/2019
Date Read:03/05/2025
Notes:Subtitle: The Kid, the Hawk, Rock, Vladi, Pedro, le Grand Orange, Youppi!, the Crazy Business of Baseball, and the Ill-fated but Unforgettable Montreal Expos

A history of the 33-year existence of the Montreal Expos, which covers ownership, players, ballparks, and the memories of the author, who was a fan.
My Rating: 6

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Review - Up, Up, and Away

Not bad. Better when it stuck to baseball, boring when it covered the business behind the game. In the end, the Expos failed because they had a lousy ballpark, small revenue streams, and no local businessmen who were willing to back the team. They had some great players, missed the World Series by a whisker one year and were well on their way when a strike ended the 1994 season.
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