Topic spans: 1838 - 1977
Major League Baseball Comes to Canada
Play ball! From the impromptu games of "town ball" in the 1800s, through Jackie Robinson's Montreal Royals to the Expos and Blue Jays, Canadians have always been infatuated with baseball. But getting big league teams to come to Canada proved harder than hitting a grand slam. It took decades of persuading, promoting, wheeling and dealing, but eventually America's favourite pastime found a home in the great white north.
8 television clips
13 radio clips
Bronfman's 22-year Expos legacy
Broadcast Date: June 14, 1991
Charles Bronfman hands over the keys to the clubhouse.Bronfman's 22-year Expos legacy
Medium: Television
Program: Newswatch
Broadcast Date: June 14, 1991
Guest(s): Charles Bronfman, Buck Rogers, Bill Stoneman
Reporter: Scott Russell
Duration: 2:37
Last updated:
Jan. 23, 2004
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Television
2:03
April 14, 1969
After beating the Mets on opening day in New York, the Montreal Expos stun the Cardinals at Montreal's Jarry Park.
Television
3:46
April 18, 1946
In 1946 a rookie second baseman for the Montreal Royals changes the face of baseball forever.
Baseball's 'real home' celebrates game's 150th anniversary- Baseball strike halts best-ever Expos team
- Fergie Jenkins, 1st Cdn. in Baseball Hall of Fame
Montreal snags baseball franchise- Baseball the Beeston way
- Jackie Robinson talks race relations
Still Standing: The People's Champion George Chuvalo
Bronfman's 22-year Expos legacy.
The CBC Digital Archives Website.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Last updated: Jan. 23, 2004.
[Page consulted on Feb. 9, 2010.]