Jarry Park Stadium

[fiveteamer]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarry_Park_Stadium

 

[Fu Manchu]

RIP 'spos

 

[FairWarning]

They had to play there because they were the last expansion team selected for 1969, a longshot to get a franchise. Expos beat out 6 other cities to get a team. Wasn't enough time to build a stadium, so they expanded Jarry Park instead.

 

[reno cool]

I wish the Expos come back

 

[MrMonkey]

Jooohhnnn Bocc! a beelllllaaaaaaaa.

If you were a National League fan from 1969 to 1973, one of the memorable things about Montreal Expos home games was this call. Claude Mouton, the distinctive public-address announcer at old Jarry Park, loved to roll the rs in names like Herrera and Hermoso. But he always took special delight in this catchers musical Italian name.

 

[FairWarning]

There is an old partial game from Jarry Park (1970-71 era) that is floating around. Place looked like a college stadium.

Some of the legendary early Expos:

Rusty Staun
Coco Laboy
Bill Stoneman
Ron Fairly
Mike Marshall
Boots Day
Steve Renko

 

[MrMonkey]

Just realized FW seeing his pic that Coco wasn't his first name!

And Boots Day an all-time classic name!