Remembering the 1994 Expos: From MLB's Best to Washington Nationals in 10 Years

[ocanseco55]

On this day 20 years ago, baseball fans were robbed.

Aug. 12, 1994, was the day Major League Baseball players went on strike. The work stoppage eventually resulted in the cancellation of the remainder of the '94 season and the World Series, bringing a premature end to numerous arresting storylines.

And of those, none was more arresting than what the Montreal Expos were up to.

When the strike hit, the Expos had an MLB-best 74-40 record and a six-game lead in the National League East. After enduring something of a close-but-no-cigar existence since 1979, it seemed a lock that the franchise's first World Series would follow just its second-ever trip to October.
Remembering the 1994 Expos: From MLB's Best to Washington Nationals in 10 Years | Bleacher Report

[jarends]

I hated when they went on strike. The Yankees were doing really well and looked like Don Mattingly would finally make it to the post season.
But what sucked the most was that Tony Gwynn did not get a chance at .400. He ended up at .394 and trending up (hitting better than .400 after the All-star game).
--Jeff