On January 8, 1987, several high-profile free agents are not signed by a midnight deadline, and thus will not be eligible to re-sign with their clubs until May 1, unless another team offers them a contract. The players: Doyle Alexander, Bob Boone, Andre Dawson, Rich Gedman, Ron Guidry, Toby Harrah, Bob Horner, Lance Parrish, Tim…
After finding no other clubs interested in signing him, free agent pitcher and 20-game winner Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with the Tigers while at the same time accusing the major league owners of collusion against free agents. Morris had offered to sign a one-year contract, with salary to be determined by an arbitrator, with either the Yankees, Angels, Twins or Phillies, but was turned down by all four.
April 29, 1986 – Cincinnati Reds pitcher Mario Sotocruised through the first three innings of a game at Riverfront Stadium, Then in the fourth inning he ties the Major League record by surrendering four home runs to Andre Dawson‚ Hubie Brooks‚ Tim Wallach‚ and Mike Fitzgerald in the 7-4 loss to the Montreal Expos….
1984 – The San Francisco Giants send pitcher Fred Breining and outfielder Max Venable to the Montreal Expos in exchange for first baseman Al Oliver. Because Breining is found to be injured, the Giants will send pitcher Andy McGaffigan to Montreal on March 31st to complete the trade.
September 2, 1982. It is from the Pearson cup game between the Montreal Expos and Toronto Blue Jays was played at Exhibition Stadium, Andre Dawson slides into thirdbase during the 7-3 Montreal victory over Toronto. 23,000 fans came out to see the contest. Overall before officially interleague play started the teams played 8 times…
Blue Monday On October 19, 1981 — The first Canadian pennant hopes are dashed when Dodger Rick Monday’s ninth-inning two-out dramatic home run off Steve Rodgers beats the Expos, 2-1, in the deciding game of the NLCS. Ray Burris had pitched 8 innings giving up 1 run, Monday had scored on a ground out Fernando…
1981 – Steve Carlton fans 12 Expos in 10 innings to break Bob Gibson’s National League strikeout record (Carlton now has 3,128), but the Phillies lose to the Expos, 1 – 0 in 17 innings. Montreal’s Bryn Smith retires just one batter, but picks up his first major league victory.
Tim Raines & Andre Dawson run wild on Braves August 29, 1981 At Olympic Stadium Andre Dawson and Tim Raines combine to steal 5 bases and Rodney Scott adds one more as the Expos beat the Braves 4-3. The winning run was scored in the bottom on the 7th, Raines singles, stole second, Scott sacrificed…
On May 10, 1981, Montreal Expos right-hander Charlie Lea pitches the first no-hitter in the history of Olympic Stadium. Lea, the first French-born pitcher to hurl a no-hitter, strikes out eight batters and walks four in the second game of a doubleheader, as the Expos beat the San Francisco Giants, 4-0. In 2010 Lea…
On July 30, 1978, the Montreal Expos bombard the Atlanta Braves, 19-0, as Larry Parrish hits home runs in three consecutive innings. Andre Dawson adds a pair of home runs – both in the same inning, Dave Cash also slams a homerun all in the 4th. Parrish has a single and three consecutive home…
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