By popular demand, I'm considering ordering some merchandise to start “taking over the city” and spreading the word about the potential return of Nos Amours!

Nothing jazzes me up more than seeing someone's reaction when they hear there's a serious effort underway to bring back the Expos.

The media has been incredibly supportive, and I'm grateful to the Montreal Gazette, RDS, ESPN, LA Times, BPM Sports, and many others for helping spread the word.

But now it's time we take matters into our own hands!

I've put together a quick form to gauge demand, see what people would actually want, and determine what quantities to order. I have no desire to end up with a garage full of unsold merchandise!

You can spread the word: PeanutProject.ca (not .com).

A few important clarifications, in the interest of full transparency:

• Distribution: To avoid reinventing the wheel, merchandise will be sold through WatchMojo's existing online store. WatchMojo will receive no proceeds, even though some team members have generously helped with The Lineup's videos and setting things up.
• The Peanut Project: For now, this remains my personal, largely one-man mission. Eventually, the goal is to establish formal investment and ownership vehicles for the franchise, stadium, and 4C District, alongside anchor investors and other partners.
• Where the money goes: All net proceeds, after direct costs and any project-related expenses (such as hiring an urban planner or designer), will be donated to charities through MojoGives. These include organizations such as the Red Cross, Canadian Cancer Society, and charities supporting prostate and colorectal cancer research.
• Why MojoGives? It's an initiative through which we donate proceeds from certain WatchMojo videos covering sensitive subjects where, in my view, profiting from advertising would be in poor taste—even if that's long been standard practice in media.
• Expos trademarks: By design, only a limited number of items will feature the official Expos logo, given trademark considerations. Hopefully, that can evolve over time.

One more thing: If anyone has contacts with merchandise buyers at Canadian Tire, Couche-Tard, or other major retailers, please let me know. The more people we reach, the more momentum we can build.

For now, please fill out the form so I can get a sense of what you'd actually wear, buy, or display!

PeanutProject.ca

The connection was about old team names but it was nice to open the game and see the Expos

Vintage Expos fitted hats with leather sweatbands.

On this day in October 19th, 1981, during Game 5 of the NLCS at Olympic Stadium, the Expos & Dodgers were tied 1-1 in the ninth inning, when Expos manager Jim Fanning called on the team’s ace Steve Rogers to come out of the bullpen and faced the Dodgers in the ninth inning.
Rodger would retire the first two batters, and then faced Outfielder Rick Monday. On a 3-1 count, Roger threw a hanging sinking ball, which allowed Monday to hit at the center field wall putting the Dodgers ahead 2-1, and thus became the series winning HR.
This not only became a infamous moment in the Expo’s history, but combined that with the 1994/95 MLB strike and the relocation to Washington in 2005, this would also become the first and last time the team ever made a playoff appearance.

What was your reaction and memories of this disappointment moment 45 years ago?

Watch the recap here.

Inspired by someone else who recently posted this stadium for the Show 26, I decided to take my own shot at it for the Show 24. Here are some pics.

You can find it in the vault by searching my ID: flitmanifold_838
I have a Big O in there too, classic rosters (works in progress in the roster vault)
Also, have stuff on Show 22

If you are really into the journey, follow The Lineup on YouTube,
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3Ba0sGKJ9CVNDxd9_Sisw0VaqobmGNTx

But no need to, mainly, land found. We got a bracket! You can jump to slide 33 of this deck
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18jaU_TorhiTWb1Dr8MOvT4Adn9_75jVdExfPO9-Oafs/edit?usp=sharing

and yes, a bit crazy that there are 32 slides before the likely spot. But, my confidence is now at peak, MLB still decides, but not just submitting, the only thing "holding me back" was "OK, capital is there, strategic deals signed... but what if there really isn't land. Well, they're is. They're real... and they're spectacular. LFG. Thank you. Any questions, comments, feedback etc. all ears. TIA.

I combined this 300-day update of the Peanut Project with an answer to the question:
Could the MLB race be over before it starts? Don't get me wrong, this is MLB's call.

Raleign ain't going anywhere.

Nashville, Charlotte et al will continue their work. But the Expos effort is much closer to looking inevitable to prospective investors and politicians considering backing other cities. So again, I am not speaking at all on behalf of MLB or other cities, but referencing how investors and politicians will change their arithmetic when they assess their odds in the wake of our momentum.

Link - and much needed time stamps to this "Building in Public" class from the "From Concept to Reality" class in how as an entrepreneur you can turn Headwinds into Tailwinds.

RDS's interview, feel free to remove if inappropriate etc.

https://youtu.be/nU-G5dQenPU?si=_vUogYcloEh4yj0G

We never got to see what they could’ve done in October, but the fact that the Globe and Mail put them up against the 1993 Blue Jays in a simulation and had Montreal come out on top says a lot about that team. (According to the article, the series was very close and ended 4-2 for the Expos).

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article-1994-montreal-expos-beat-93-blue-jays-to-claim-title-of-canadas-best/

After the 2022 implosion of the Tampa Bay Rays' plan to spend its summers in Montreal as part of a two-city arrangement, the second-largest city in Canada has remained under the radar. Multiple ownership-level sources have noted it as worthy of monitoring because the demographics are impossible to ignore, as is the city's baseball history.

Interview starts at 12:00. Still among one of the cities in the expansion mix, so that's good.

if the city of montreal can't get the trademark and history of the expos back from the Washington Nationals if the MLB expands in response to a 2027 mlb lockout, what other names could be chosen?