By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada “Never Forgotten” is a fitting title for Danny Gallagher’s new Montreal Expos book. In this, his seventh offering to shine the spotlight on the Expos, the veteran author has put together another fascinating collection of stories about less-talked-about Expos players, coaches, executives and scouts. And for a longtime ExposContinue reading “Book Review: Never Forgotten – Tales about Ron LeFlore, Ron Hunt and other Expos yarns from 1969-2004 – By Danny Gallagher”
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Former Expos pitcher Bob Sebra passes away at 58
By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada Former Montreal Expos pitcher Bob Sebra passed away on Wednesday in a Miami hospital at the age of 58. Canadian Baseball Network writer Danny Gallagher, the author of several books about the Montreal Expos, was the first to report Sebra’s passing. So sad to report that 1986-87 #exposContinue reading “Former Expos pitcher Bob Sebra passes away at 58”
Book Review: Always Remembered – New revelations and old tales about those fabulous Expos, by Danny Gallagher
Book Review: Always Remembered: New revelations and old tales about those fabulous Expos By Danny Gallagher Scoop Press Reviewed By Kevin Glew Cooperstowners in Canada It’s only fitting that in Danny Gallagher’s sixth book about the Montreal Expos that some of his most fascinating interview subjects were players that wore the No. 6 forContinue reading “Book Review: Always Remembered – New revelations and old tales about those fabulous Expos, by Danny Gallagher”
Book Review: Blue Monday: The Expos, the Dodgers and the Home Run that Changed Everything, by Danny Gallagher
“It still hurts.” That’s the response you’ll get from Montreal Expos fans like myself when you mention “Blue Monday” because those sinister words force us to relive the events of Monday, October 19, 1981. It was on that chilly fall day that the Expos and Los Angeles Dodgers played the fifth and deciding game ofContinue reading “Book Review: Blue Monday: The Expos, the Dodgers and the Home Run that Changed Everything, by Danny Gallagher”
Book Review: Ecstasy to Agony: The 1994 Montreal Expos
The 1994 Montreal Expos seemed unbeatable. With an offence propelled by Larry Walker, Moises Alou and Marquis Grissom and a pitching staff anchored by Ken Hill, Pedro Martinez and John Wetteland, the Expos owned the best record in baseball and led the National League East by six games on August 12 when a players’ strikeContinue reading “Book Review: Ecstasy to Agony: The 1994 Montreal Expos”
But What Do I Know? . . . Cito Gaston, Roy Halladay, Jesse Crain
My weekly observations about stories around the baseball world from a Canadian perspective (Please follow me on Twitter: @kevinglewsports): – The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ont., is offering fans a chance to own a piece of Toronto Blue Jays history. The ball shrine is selling seats from Exhibition Stadium, the firstContinue reading “But What Do I Know? . . . Cito Gaston, Roy Halladay, Jesse Crain”
