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Article: MLB team move: San Juan still underdog in play for Expos.(Multicultural)(San Juan, Puerto Rico, vies for baseball franchise)(Brief Article)
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- Advertising Age
- Article date:
- May 5, 2003
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Beisbol en Puerto Rico?
While San Juan appears to be the longest of long shots to land the Montreal Expos franchise when it is expected to be relocated next year, Major League Baseball officials are nonetheless keeping an eye on what happens this year.
The financially plagued Expos, owned by MLB, are playing 22 of their 81 home games this season at Estadio Hiram Bithorn in San Juan. The first 10 were played last month-six more will be played in June and the last six in September-and so far only one of the games at the tiny 19,000-seat stadium was a sellout.
Still, the Expos drew far more fans during that 10-game homestand in Puerto Rico than ...
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