There's a lot of speculation about what will happen to the Montreal Expos and where the team will play its home games during the 2003 season.
One rumor says the Expos will use Fenway Park in Boston when the Red Sox are on the road, and another idea is to keep the Expos franchise in Montreal but have the National League club play about 18-20 home games next season in Puerto Rico. An Associated Press story reporting that news also said, "Charlotte, N.C., Portland, Ore., and Washington, D.C. have also been considered for Expos' home games."
Does that mean the Expos will host games in San Juan or one of the other towns? Or would the team play "home" games in all those cities? It all reminds me of the 1973-77 Lotte Orions, who had no home and were known as a "gypsy team." The Orions had lost their ballpark, Tokyo Stadium, after the 1972 season, when the 35,000-seat facility near a prison on Tokyo's north side was closed due to a monetary scandal involving its owner. It was eventually torn down.
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