MLB commissioner, Montreal mayor may discuss new team in meeting
When the mayor of Montreal meets with Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on May 28, the top item on the agenda may be a plan to bring a team back to the city.
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When Montreal mayor Denis Coderre meets with Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on May 28 in New York City, the top item on the agenda is expected to be the potential return of an MLB franchise to the city, according to the Canadian Press.
"We will show Mr. Manfred our love for the sport," Coderre said. "I don't want to negotiate openly, but we'll clearly talk about Montreal."
Although there has yet to be an official plan or timeline for a new team, Coderre announced in January an $11 million investment plan for the city's baseball fields.
"We need a plan, we need a step-by-step approach," Coderre said. "You don't pull the flower to make it grow faster."
Montreal's Olympic Stadium, once the home of the Montreal Expos, has played host to Blue Jays exhibition games the past two years that drew large crowds.
The Expos, a 1969 expansion team that reached the postseason only once (1981), left Montreal after the 2004 season to become the Washington Nationals.
