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Journeys into the offbeat, off the beaten path, overlooked and forgotten - by Eric Model

Monday, March 31, 2008

Remembering the Expos on Opening Day

It's all but a memory now. The Expos have gone off with another.

There's finally a new ball park, but it's to be found in Southeast Washington, not downtown Montreal.

So we are left to fantasizing. Here's a musical treat from former Expos organist Fernand Lapierre that will take you back to the eraly years at Parc Jarry. Close your eyes and recall Rusty Staub, Gene Mauch, Bill Stoneman and Mack Jones (links to others too). All that's missing is "The Happy Wanderer".

Play Ball !

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZjinbyfuuHA

Another version of the Expos song (in French):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=j2QuAO1xJu8&feature=related

A video about an Expo wives fashion show set at Jarry Park with Fernand Lapierre's organ music in the background.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ua5qT4ufTU0&feature=related

A video about the Expos first games ever in 1969:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fLhzZgh-RNY&feature=related

And one about their last game ever in 2004:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62FORoOUKDQ&feature=related

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