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Enregistrement W2069477434 · doi:10.1353/nin.2007.0043

On Historical Grounds: The Expos Emerge

2007· article· en· W2069477434 sur OpenAlexvenueaboutno aff
Maxwell Kates

Notice bibliographique

RevueNine · 2007
Typearticle
Langueen
DomaineArts and Humanities
ThématiqueAmerican Sports and Literature
Établissements canadiensnon disponible
Organismes subventionnairesnon disponible
Mots-clésVictoryDisappointmentLeagueEXPOSEHistoryNewspaperLawMedia studiesSociologyPolitical sciencePsychologyPolitics

Résumé

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On Historical Grounds: The Expos Emerge Maxwell Kates Painful Beginnings The Montreal Expos completed their first decade in the National League with a milestone victory. Before a sparse crowd of 6,182 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, left-handed pitcher Ross Grimsley defeated the Cardinals by a margin of five to one. It was Grimsley's twentieth win of the season, making him the only pitcher in Expos history to reach that select plateau. Despite Grimsley's career year, the 1978 campaign was marred by disappointment. When a newspaper writer wished Dick Williams a good winter, the Expos manager replied, "I sure hope so, because I had a horse —— summer." In their first ten years as a Major League entity, the Expos had yet to escape the second division in the NL East. Having never won more than 79 games in a season, the team's composite record from 1969 to 1978 was 705 wins and 907 losses, an anemic .437 winning percentage. The 1977 season, the Expos' first at the new Olympic Stadium, featured strong hitting from Gary Carter, Andre Dawson, Warren Cromartie, and Ellis Valentine as well as veteran leadership from Big Red Machine–castoff Tony Perez. Unfortunately, a weak rotation and an unreliable bullpen limited the Expos to 75 victories, leaving their performance 26 games behind the division-leading Phillies. In 1978 the Expos acquired pitchers Grimsley, Rudy May, and Darold Knowles; but these acquisitions added just one victory to the team's 1977 win-loss record. Starter Wayne Twitchell was bewildered by the result. "We had so much talent. I can't understand why we didn't win more than 76 games." The Expos were a disgruntled lot, both on and off the field. In an era of escalating salaries, general manager Charlie Fox was a hard-line negotiator on contractual matters. He was nostalgic for his years with the Giants' organization, a time when the reserve clause dictated that players had little choice but to accept management's offer. But the Expos had heard enough "Willie Mays [End Page 37] stories." Darold Knowles had already vowed not to return to the team as a free agent in 1979. By the conclusion of the decade, Del Unser, Rudy May, and even Tony Perez followed him out of Montreal. A fracas with union representative Steve Rogers made Fox a convenient scapegoat for the Expos' shortcomings in 1978; but even with him out of the picture, the Expos had other problems. In a player survey, Montreal ranked third only behind Minnesota and Toronto as the least popular destination for free agents. A list of player grievances included delays going through customs on every road trip, the skyrocketing cost of living, unfamiliarity with the French language, an uncertain political situation, and high taxes. None of these factors were within the players' control. Warren Cromartie complained that American, Canadian, and Quebec taxes ate up 52 percent of his paycheck. Moreover, the Cro felt unappreciated in a city where baseball played second fiddle to the Montreal Canadiens. Meanwhile, Olympic Stadium had already become an unpopular playing facility. Its proximity to the St. Lawrence River resulted in unusually chilly temperatures in April and May, the playing surface was hard, and there was an impersonal feeling about the place. Richie Hebner compared playing in the Big O to playing in "the world's largest toilet bowl." Perhaps most disconcerting to club owner Charles Bronfman was that the Expos lost approximately $2 million in 1978. Only four NL teams—the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, and Philadelphia Phillies—claimed to have made a profit that year. Despite author Peter C. Newman's assertion that Bronfman was the wealthiest owner in the Major Leagues, the Seagram's scion had little patience for a balance sheet marred by red ink. With $7 million already budgeted for salaries, rising airline and hotel costs, and a declining Canadian dollar, the Expos projected that...

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Prédiction distillée sur la base complète

Imitation des enseignants

Ni prévalence calibrée, ni vérité terrain. Validation humaine à venir. Apprise à partir de 10 348 étiquettes directes de Codex et de 10 348 étiquettes directes de Gemma. Le mode candidate est l'union des têtes enseignantes seuillées; le consensus est leur intersection. Ces sorties portent le statut machine_predicted_unvalidated et ne sont ni des étiquettes humaines ni des étiquettes directes de modèles de pointe.

score de la tête « metaresearch » (Codex)0,000
score de la tête « metaresearch » (Gemma)0,000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aStatut de validation: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Catégories candidatesCharge utile insuffisante (le modèle a refusé de juger)
Catégories consensuellesaucune
DomaineSignal candidat: aucune · Signal consensuel: aucune
Devis d'étudeSignal candidat: Sans objet · Signal consensuel: Sans objet
GenreSignal candidat: Autre · Signal consensuel: Autre
Score de désaccord entre enseignants0,439
Score d'incertitude au seuil0,959

Scores Codex et Gemma par catégorie

CatégorieCodexGemma
Métarecherche0,0000,000
Méta-épidémiologie (sens strict)0,0000,000
Méta-épidémiologie (sens large)0,0000,000
Bibliométrie0,0000,000
Études des sciences et des technologies0,0000,000
Communication savante0,0000,000
Science ouverte0,0000,000
Intégrité de la recherche0,0000,000
Charge utile insuffisante (le modèle a refusé de juger)0,0420,000

Scores machine (provisoires)

Les deux têtes enseignantes du modèle étudiant, lues sur ce travail. Un score ordonne la base pour la relecture; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie, et le statut de validation accompagne chaque rangée tel quel.

Scores de référence d'un modèle non mature (critères de maturité non atteints, 7 itérations). Un score ordonne; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie.

Tête enseignante Opus0,017
Tête enseignante GPT0,213
Écart entre enseignants0,196 · la distance entre les deux têtes enseignantes sur ce seul travail
Statut de validationscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · tel quel depuis la passe de notation : score_only signifie que le nombre peut ordonner les travaux, et qu'aucune étiquette de catégorie n'en découle

Classification

machine, non validée

Prédiction automatique; un appel candidat d’une seule tête enseignante, pas un consensus.

Devis d'étudeSans objet
Domainenon disponible
GenreAutre

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