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Montreal Expos

Mayor Looks to Woo Baseball Back to Montreal

Montreal proved its love for baseball by supplying nearly 100,000 fans for two exhibition games between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Cincinnati Reds last month. The city’s mayor now plans to meet with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred on the

Rob Manfred

Back to the Future? MLB Commissioner Considers 154-Game Schedule

Speaking to reporters in Houston on Wednesday night in Houston, new MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred may have stirred up a hornet’s nest with one idea he broached: reverting to the 154-game schedule that baseball featured from 1904 through 1960 in the American League and 1904 through 1961 in the National League. From 1900-1903, MLB featured a 140-game schedule.