bryant

We have a new contender for goofiest team relocation move ever. ESPN reports that the Montreal Expos may move to Boston for a year. This would be great for the owners of the Red Sox, since they'd get rent from the Expos. The Expos are currently owned by Major League Baseball itself, which would love to see attendance drop so that there'd be more of an excuse to contract the Expos out of existence. The fans are not deeply important in this equation.

This would be the second time in recent history that Major League Baseball has arranged for the Expos to benefit Boston. The first was the Cliff Floyd trade, which was ludicrous from Montreal's point of view but a big win for Boston.

I can't imagine that Boston would suddenly take to the Expos. Not that it wouldn't be flattering to have two baseball teams, but it would also clearly be only temporary. So who'd care? I guess I might get a lot of cheap tickets to meaningless games...