Random TV Moments

So, before I blog...let me just say that the last couple months of blogging on my part has been sub par at best.

I just watched a couple of things...

1. The Apprentice
2. The last home game of the Montreal Expos

In terms of the Apprentice tonight, that was a good, but very annoying episode. Actually, this is now two annoying episodes in a row. Cause, last week Stacie J got ganged up on and booted off the show when she shouldn't have. This time around, the leader Jen C was an absolute fool and deserved to get dumped. As Trump said - "That was easy". Trump's Associate (Carolyn Kepcher) was all over Jen C, telling her that she failed and that she brought in people to the boardroom for personal reasons. Jen C also kept interuping everyone and she just wouldn't shut up. She was very very very annoying. The girls teams keep losing. Man, that is pitiful to watch. They are so katty and just can't get along. It is quite sad. On the other hand, the guys team is really kicking it....last week Kevin led them to victory and this week, the man with the boy tie, Raj pulled out victory this week.

This week's task was to come up with an idea for a restaurant, make it happen and score higher in the Zagat survey. That was an awesome task and I really wish they showed more of the work that went on behind the scenes cause I was totally interested in the task...not all the BS that the girls' team was putting up with. I would love to do something like that. Well, most of you know that I want to do that at some point in my future. But if I was given that task and I had to turn it around that fast...man, that would be awesome.

Now, let's talk about the Expos. They lost 9 - 1 to the Florida Marlins tonight but that doesn't really matter. What does matter is that this was the last time the Monteral Expos will be playing a game in Montreal. They just couldn't sustain the team in this city. Attendance was horrible and as a result, gate revenue was down and thus, they couldn't get very much talent. The Expos have been playing some "home" games in Puerto Rico for the past two years so the writing was definitely on the wall. The team started in 1969 and moved to Olympic stadium in 1977. The most glorious year for them was in 1994 however that ended up being the strike shortened season. That year...the Blue Jays were looking to 3-peat and were at the top of the American League at the same time as the Expos who were the best team in baseball, and leading the National League. Unfortunately, there was a strike that year and the Jays and Expos didn't get a chance to play for the World Series. In 1995...the year after the strike, the Expos started up and had lost Grissom, Hill, Wetteland and Walker (the core of their team) so there was no chance for them to do anything more...

Over the years, the Montreal Expo farm system was kick ass with people like Tim Raines, Andre Dawson, Moises Alou, Gary Carter, Larry Walker, Dennis Martinez, Pedro Martinez and Vladimir Guererro but the crap thing is that they just turned into a "feeder team" for the rest of the league. And that is just the way it was.

Really, I guess I am being a bit of a hypocrite though cause I haven't supported baseball in years. I watch every now and then (especially in the playoffs) but I haven't bought a ticket to a baseball game in a long time. I guess though...people say that the strike of 1994 really took it's toll on this game. And the other problem that exists is that there is a two-tiered system in this league with no revenue sharing. Constantly, teams like the Yankees and Red Sox can spend so much money to buy players. That said, the Twins and A's continually play well and make the playoffs so money isn't the total answer.

I guess the other thing that upsets me is just to see a Canadian sports franchise getting shut down. We've already lost the Jets and Nordiques in the NHL. The Grizzlies in the NBA and now the Expos in MLB. The crap thing is that there are so many struggling American teams that won't shut down (especially in the NHL) and that is definitely one of the causes of these problems.