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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Baseball in Montreal, Baseball people from Quebec, Baseball teams in Quebec, Montreal Expos, Eric Gagne, Russell Martin, Montreal Royals, 1982 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Quebec Capitales, Eric Cyr, Phillippe Aumont, Sherry Robertson, Frank Shaughnessy, Tim Harkness, Alex Anthopoulos, Claude Raymond, Luke Carlin, Ligue de Baseball Senior Elite du Quebec, Jacques Doucet, Steve Green, Derek Aucoin, Tom Tango, Pete Laforest, Emmanuel Garcia, Pete Ward, Ducs de Longueuil, Ligue de Baseball Elite du Quebec, Ron Piche, Chris Leroux, Denis Boucher, Philippe Valiquette, Max St. Pierre, Georges Maranda, Roland Gladu, Sam LaRocque, Pete LePine, Dick Lines, Alex Periard, Jim McKean, Mike Kusiewicz, Ben Mondor, Sebastien Boucher, Paul Hodgson, Jean-Pierre Roy, Gus Dugas, Paul Calvert, Daniel Brabant, Joe Krakauskas, Phil Devey, Rodger Brulotte, Gene Vadeboncoeur, Montreal Royales, Baseball Quebec, Trois-Rivieres Royals, Associes de Laval, Trois-Rivieres Saints, List of Major League Baseball players from Quebec, Pierre Arsenault, Les Cardinals de LaSalle. Excerpt: The Montreal Expos (French: ) were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec from 1969 through 2004, holding the first MLB franchise awarded outside the United States. After the 2004 season, MLB moved the Expos to Washington, D.C. and renamed them the Nationals. Named after the Expo 67 World's Fair, the Expos started play at Jarry Park Stadium under manager Gene Mauch. The team's initial majority owner was Charles Bronfman, a major shareholder in Seagram. Following the 1976 Summer Olympics, starting in 1977 the team's home venue was Montreal's Olympic Stadium. After a decade of losing seasons, the team won a franchise-high 95 games in 1979, finishing second in the National League East. The Expos began the 1980s with a core group of young players...