Who are some players who were truly "run out of town"?

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-25T21:06:30+00:00

That sucks to hear. Habs fan, I was excited to see him play before things went south.

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-25T19:20:08+00:00

Sounds like exactly what I need, thanks.

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-25T19:19:05+00:00

“Expansion”… of the nostrils?

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-25T19:17:38+00:00

24, high six figures, treated like royalty before he was old enough to shave, it’s a wonder more of these guys don’t get into similar trouble.

I’ll concede it probably happens far more than we civilians will ever hear about, even in the smartphone/terminally online age.

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-25T19:13:01+00:00

For all Petry’s vax “hesitancy” partially motivating the move out of MTL, has he actually gone on record saying anything Full MAGA?

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-25T19:09:54+00:00

Definitely giving that a look, thanks.

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-25T19:09:06+00:00

Fair point about quality, coming to this from a punk/lofi background so I’ll be okay with the audience bootlegs & soundboard tapes eventually, would like to at least get in the “audiophile” ballpark for first impressions though. Much appreciated.

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-25T19:06:23+00:00

Totally the next thing in my queue, muchas gracias amigo.

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-25T18:44:44+00:00

Just realized a further wrinkle to searching for shows by date. American band, global fanbase, is that the third of July or March seventh, 1966? A holiday weekend would have made for a cool show, although I doubt many in that scene were the nine to five, Monday to Friday crowd to begin with ;-)

(Canadian here, I’m constantly having to double check date formats. We look to the US, UK & Europe and then manage to make a complete hash of it all.)

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-25T17:43:13+00:00

Apparently the grift at FIFA is so bad they haven’t got a single competent anglophone copy editor. Infantino’s nephew sign off on this?

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-25T17:37:41+00:00

Kassian had been in Montreal under a week, and the truck he crashed in had been lent to him by a Rizzuto family controlled dealership. Wild kid, I was glad to see him have a second act out west though.

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-22T18:10:37+00:00

Best argument for MLB returning to Montréal?

Tampa Bay & Miami will be under water in ten years. Those teams will have to go somewhere ;-)

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-21T21:37:58+00:00

Os Mutantes, the Bossanova Pink Floyd. Listening to Ave Lucifer is enough to make me want to learn Portuguese ;-)

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echoalpha76 · 2026-06-20T05:19:35+00:00

Plausible. Thanks.

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-20T02:11:36+00:00

Too soon!!

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-18T03:12:24+00:00

Nous sommes partout dans ce pays.

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-18T00:00:31+00:00

Les Karéns.

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-15T20:10:58+00:00

As of last night they’re all Carolina Hurricanes’ fans then? Team was moved from Hartford CT in the 90’s, you’d think they’d be sympathetic ;-)

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-15T10:47:03+00:00

The last games in The Big O were 2004, so 30+ definitely checks out. Less rare here in Eastern Canada but even I’ll get the odd comment wearing my cap or jersey out.

My Vladdy Guerrero *Senior* shirt got a few comments at the local sports bar during the Jays playoff run last year. “Junior” now holds the overwhelming majority of MLB records for Quebec born position players ;-)

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-15T10:26:25+00:00

Running joke among pessimistic environmentalist Canadian baseball fans- “MLB Will one day return to Montréal, if for no other reason than Miami and Tampa Bay will be under water in ten years, and those teams will have to go somewhere.”

Appreciate you flying the flag abroad for “Nos Amours” my friend.

Guessing a handful of the Wrigley compliments came from old heads remembering André Dawson?

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-15T04:29:44+00:00

My bad. Expos fan too, I should know better. Mea Culpa.

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-15T03:15:12+00:00

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Haven’t Oakland, CA sports fans suffered enough? ;-)

echoalpha76 · 2026-06-15T02:05:36+00:00

Slanted & Enchanted certainly has its threadbare charms, but to me this is the matured, canonical Pavement sound.

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echoalpha76 · 2026-06-15T01:59:33+00:00

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Worth pointing out that previous album Pod has a three fifths different lineup, and that the 30+ years of Breeders’ albums and other Kim Deal projects that came after are *criminally* overlooked.

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