{"id":13996,"date":"2011-05-12T16:04:38","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T23:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/?p=13996"},"modified":"2011-05-12T16:04:38","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T23:04:38","slug":"if-montreal-gets-stadium-indy-team-will-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/12\/if-montreal-gets-stadium-indy-team-will-follow\/","title":{"rendered":"If Montreal Gets Stadium, Indy Team Will Follow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The <strong>French <\/strong>counterpart to the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153if\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, I am told, is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153si\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, si got considerable attention north of the <strong>United States <\/strong>border this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <strong>Miles Wolff, <\/strong>the commissioner of \u00c2\u00a0the <strong>Canadian-American League<\/strong>, which this corner tends to shorten to Can-Am, sat down to talk baseball in bustling <strong>Montreal <\/strong>this week, along with some of the city\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s businessmen, one of whom is former <strong>Montreal Expos <\/strong>shareholder <strong>Mark Routtenberg.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong>Oh, yes, the former <strong>Cy Young Award <\/strong>winner and <strong>Quebec Province <\/strong>hero <strong>Eric Gagne<\/strong> also was part of the meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong>This little session was well reported, especially by the French-speaking media, and at least one <strong>United States-<\/strong>based outlet came away talking about the possible formation of a new professional baseball league in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 A good many \u00e2\u20ac\u0153ifs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d are necessary, Wolff explained Thursday afternoon from <strong>Winnipeg<\/strong> where the other league he heads up, the 14-team <strong>American Association, <\/strong>would play one of its season-opening games in a few hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are (still) working to get a ballpark built in Montreal\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, the commissioner said, and if that could be accomplished one day other developments could follow.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There seems to be a lot of baseball interest in Montreal now\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, Wolff said, a growing trend after the pain of losing its major league franchise at the end of \u00e2\u20ac\u212204.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 If a stadium some day becomes a reality, Montreal most likely would join <strong>Quebec <\/strong>in the Can-Am League and perhaps down the road all of Canada\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s baseball-playing cities (except <strong>Toronto<\/strong>, which is in the <strong>American League<\/strong>) could be part of a 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href=\"http:\/\/www.indybaseballchatter.com\/\">www.IndyBaseballChatter.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">* * * *<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Southpaw Cochran Now 5-0, 1.66 in Triple-A<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Tom Cochran\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <\/strong>minor league credentials are getting better, virtually by the appearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The crafty left-hander, a onetime Pitcher of the Year in the <strong>Can-Am League (Worcester, MA)<\/strong> who also has spent three seasons in the <strong>Frontier League <\/strong>and limited time with <strong>Lancaster, PA <\/strong>of the <strong>Atlantic League<\/strong>, threw 5.2 innings of no-hit baseball his previous time out.\u00c2\u00a0 He came back Thursday afternoon, and ran his <strong>International League <\/strong>record to 5-0 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Independent Baseball.\u00c2\u00a0 Fans may subscribe at <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/\/\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wirzandassociates.com\/\"><em>www.WirzandAssociates.com<\/em><\/a><em>, enjoy his blogs, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlanticleaguebaseball.com\/\"><em>www.AtlanticLeagueBaseball.com<\/em><\/a><em> and <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indybaseballchatter.blogspot.com\/\"><em>www.IndyBaseballChatter.com<\/em><\/a><em>, or comment to <\/em><a href=\"mailto:RWirz@aol.com\"><em>RWirz@aol.com<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00c2\u00a0 The author<strong> <\/strong>has 16 years of major league baseball public relations experience with Kansas City and as spokesman for two Commissioners and lives in Stratford, CT.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 The French counterpart to the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153if\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, I am told, is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153si\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, si got considerable attention north 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