After the euphoria caused by last week’s clean sweep of the Phillies, the Expos were on the receiving end of a sweep by Florida that puts us three games out of the wildcard spot, and relegates baseball to the back of the sports section where it belongs.
I think Don MacPherson had a point when he said that last week was a blip:
If there’s a word beginning with the letter ”f” that describes the phenomenon at the Olympic Stadium this week, it’s not “fever”; it’s “festivalitis.”
Montreal is known for its summer festivals, when its citizens are encouraged to dabble briefly in activities they ignore the rest of the year. The Phillies series was the baseball festival, and it leaves Montreal as much a baseball town as it is a year-round jazz hot spot.
The chances of the team being back this year are looking slim.