Todd Zeile hit two home runs and the Montreal Expos opened their final homestand in Puerto Rico by beating the Florida Marlins, 6-2, last night in a game delayed more than an hour by a power failure.
"Since we are not going to sell, we might as well experiment," said Gilles Desplanques, a founding member of Marseille Expos who, in 2005, co-opened the bookshop-viewing room Histoire de l'oeil/Galerie Ho near the La Plaine district.
Opening ceremonies are marketing expos as well as son-et-lumière spectaculars, however, and while some Scots might have bristled at the kilts-and-shortbread portrayal of their country, there was no denying the overwhelming exuberance and good humour of the event.
DODGERS 10, EXPOS 4 With one big swing, Eric Karros silenced Montreal's largest opening crowd since 1993.
GIANTS 3, EXPOS 2: Jeff Kent hit a run-scoring double in San Francisco's two-run eighth inning as the Giants beat Montreal before the largest Olympic Stadium crowd since opening day.
With this category open to some challenge, the members of the National League Least this season have been the expansion Arizona Diamondbacks, the dismantled Florida Marlins, the low-paid Montreal Expos and two teams that have their moments but never had a chance once the season began, the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
They took their idea to Tim O'Reilly, a key supporter of the open source movement (and host of Web 2.0 and Gov 2.0 summits and expos), and he became their first angel investor.
Montreal Expos, West Palm Beach.
The Expos hit him immediately.
