So, who's gonna join me in San Juan, Puerto Rico??

playr050

We had no chance anyway, but 103 road games is quite ridiculous if you ask me.

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"Expos to play 22 games in Puerto Rico

Canadian Press
11/20/2002

IRVING, Texas (AP) - The Montreal Expos will play 22 of their 81 home games in Puerto Rico next year, and the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners will start the season in Japan.

Expos president Tony Tavares said that with the guaranteed income from the games in San Juan, his team will not have to conduct a ``fire sale'' of players such as Vladimir Guerrero and Bartolo Colon. Still, he did not reveal the Expos' planned payroll.

As baseball owners ended their meeting, commissioner Bud Selig also formed a committee to determine the longterm fate of the Expos, who were purchased from Jeffrey Loria earlier this year, and formed a marketing task force to examine how baseball attracts fans.

Baseball announced that the Expos would play three homestands at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan without identifying specific opponents, but the possible schedule was revealed by several baseball officials spoke who on the condition of anonymity.

Subject to negotiations with the players' association, the Expos would play a 10-game homestand in San Juan in April, with games against the New York Mets (April 11-14), Atlanta (April 15-17) and Cincinnati (April 18-20).

The second homestand would include the World Series champion Anaheim Angels (June 3-5) and Texas (June 6-8), and the last would have Florida (Sept. 5-7) and the Chicago Cubs (Sept. 9-11).

``It doesn't affect me where we play,'' Expos manager Frank Robinson said Tuesday after agreeing to come back for a second season in Montreal. ``It will be great to play in front of the people down there. They're great fans. I spent nine years down there managing in winter ball.''

San Juan was the host for its first regular-season game in 2001, the season opener between Texas and Toronto.

The Expos have been at or near the bottom in attendance in recent years at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, and the commissioner's office wants to cut losses.

Montreal drew just 812,000 fans to its home games this year, and baseball isn't ready to decide on a permanent move. The games in San Juan are seen as a method to increase revenue.

``Puerto Rico will help a lot because you are collecting U.S. dollars and certain dollars, if you will, because there are guarantees involved,'' Tavares said.

Baseball has asked Puerto Rican organizers to guarantee revenue from the games on the Caribbean island.

Montreal Expos' home games that would be moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico, next year, as obtained by The Associated Press:

April 11-14 - New York Mets

April 15-17 - Atlanta

April 18-20 - Cincinnati

June 3-5 - Anaheim

June 6-8 - Texas

Sept. 5-7 - Florida

Sept. 9-11 - Chicago Cubs "

SlipKnot515

sorry, I'm going to hawaii for summer break, screw puerto rico

Bobstar

Bud Selig will do anything NOT to put a team in DC & this move proves it. Those poor players will be dying in the heat down there at that time of year.Always said Selig was an idiot;this sure proves that point! Just another reason we don't buy baseball cards anymore
except trades for Cal Ripken cards we need.

biggjc

Bob do you guys have a trade site or trade list ??? LMK

Remster

At least they can cool off in the casino's