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| Montreal Expos |
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| Founded: 1969 (Expansion Team) |
| Relocated: December 3, 2004 (to Washington, D.C.) |
Stadium:Jarry Park, Montreal (1969–1976)
Olympic Stadium, Montreal (1977–2004)
Hiram Bithorn Stadium (San Juan, Puerto Rico) (2003–2004)
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| Uniform Colors: blue, red, and white |
| Logo Design: A stylized "M" for Montreal, containing a red "e" for Expos, and a blue "b" for baseball. |
| Mascot: Souki (1978), Youppi! (1979-2004) |
| Theme Song: Les Expos sont là (literally: "The Expos are there") by Marc Gélinas |
| Division Championships:[1][2] 1981 |
| National League Championships: None |
| World Series Championships: None |
[1] - In 1981, a players' strike in the middle of the season forced the season to be split into two halves. Montreal won the division in the second half, despite having the second best record in the division when considering the entire season, two games behind St. Louis.
[2] - In 1994, a players' strike wiped out the last eight weeks of the season and all post-season. Montreal was in first place by six games in the National League East Division when play was stopped. No official titles were awarded in 1994.
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| Geographical Rival: New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies (Toronto Blue Jays in interleague) |
The
Montreal Expos (
French:
Les Expos de Montréal) were a
Major League Baseball team located in
Montreal,
Quebec,
Canada from
1969 until
2004. After the
2004 season, the franchise was relocated by Major League Baseball, its owners since 2002, to
Washington, D.C. and became the
Washington Nationals. The Nationals retained all the Expos' records, player contracts, and minor league affiliates, as well as their
spring training complex in
Viera, Florida.
Franchise history
Creation of the franchise
In
1960 Montreal lost its International League team, the
Montreal Royals (an affiliate of the former
Brooklyn Dodgers). The move to get a new team for the city was the result of the seven-year-long effort of councilman
Gerry Snyder of
Snowdon. On
December 2,
1967 he presented a bid for a Montreal franchise to Major League Baseball's team owners that was accepted on
May 27,
1968.
After prominent Montreal businessman
Jean-Louis Lévesque withdrew his support, Snyder convinced
Charles Bronfman, a major shareholder in the world-wide
Seagram distilling empire, to lend his considerable weight to the project and provide the funding guarantees required. Bronfman purchased the majority of the shares and was Chairman of the
Board of Directors. The other investors and founding directors included Vice-Chairmen
Lorne Webster and
Paul Beaudry, plus
Sidney Maislin,
Hugh G. Hallward,
Charlemagne Beaudry (Paul's brother), and team President and Executive Director,
John McHale.
The Expos had to overcome another obstacle before they could take the field: they'd to find a home ballpark.
Delorimier Stadium, the former home of the Montreal Royals, was rejected as too small, even for temporary use. Team officials initially settled on the
Autostade, but city officials balked at the cost of adding a dome (thought necessary because of Montreal's often cold temperatures in April and September) and 12,000 seats. By August 1968, the league was threatening to withdraw the franchise. National League president
Warren Giles and
Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau visited
Jarry Park, a 3,000-seat ballfield in the city's northwest corner, and decided that it could be a suitable temporary facility. Within six months, the park was transformed into a 28,500-seat makeshift facility, saving the franchise.
Social impact of the Expos
Montreal in the 1960s was seeing its international profile being raised considerably. The 1967 World's Fair, called
Expo 67 was a success, and the city soon won the bid for the
1976 Summer Olympics. The city also opened a new
subway system, the
Montreal Metro. This string of achievements was capped by the winning of one of the four expansion franchises awarded by Major League Baseball for 1969..
The Montreal Expos were the first franchise awarded to a Canadian city by a major league organization originating in the United States. It was considered a huge step for the city of Montreal, the province of Quebec, the nation of Canada, and Major League Baseball. One of the challenges for French-language broadcasters was inventing a whole new lexicon to describe the game to fans. The Expos inspired MLB to add a second Canadian team, the
Toronto Blue Jays, in
1977.
The early years
The Expos won their first game, against the
New York Mets at
Shea Stadium, beating the Mets by a score of 11-10. The Expos took the field for the first time with
Bob Bailey playing
first base,
Gary Sutherland playing
second base,
Maury Wills playing
shortstop,
Coco Laboy playing
third base,
Mack Jones playing
left field,
Don Hahn playing
centerfield,
Rusty Staub playing
right field,
John Bateman at
catcher and
Mudcat Grant on
the mound. The first manager was former
Philadelphia Phillies manager
Gene Mauch.
The first game at Jarry Park was played on
April 14--an 8-7 Expos win, broadcast nationwide on
CBC television and radio. Jarry was only intended as a three-year temporary facility until what became
Olympic Stadium could be completed. However, a strike delayed the Expos' first game there until
1977. The Expos had to postpone several early and late-season games during their first seven seasons because Jarry was completely exposed to the elements. On several occasions, MLB threatened to yank the franchise due to the construction delays.
After 10 straight losing seasons under Mauch (1969-75),
Karl Kuehl and
Charlie Fox (1976) and
Dick Williams (1977-78), in
1979 under Williams the Expos posted a 95-65 record — the first of five consecutive winning seasons, and their best record for any complete season in Montreal franchise history — and finished in second place in the NL East.
Promise of the 80s
The Expos made their only postseason appearance in Montreal franchise history during the split season of
1981. In the 1981 playoffs, the Expos defeated the
Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 in the divisional series, but lost to the
Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 in the
National League Championship Series, on a game postponed from Sunday to Monday afternoon due to rain. The difference in the game was a ninth inning home run by
Los Angeles Dodgers Rick Monday. The game has since been referred to as
Blue Monday.
Montreal was led through the 1980s by a core group of young players, including catcher
Gary Carter, outfielders
Tim Raines and
Andre Dawson, third baseman
Tim Wallach and pitchers
Steve Rogers and
Bill Gullickson. The promising aspects of the Expos gave rise to the name "Team of the 80s".
Attendance at Olympic Stadium went up each year from 1979 to 1983 (excluding the strike year in 1981),
In spite of the team's talent, the Expos were unable to finish above third place from 1982 to 1991. They had up-and-down years, with a winning percentage of .484 in 1984 under managers
Bill Virdon and
Jim Fanning and 1986 under
Buck Rodgers, but above .500 seasons in 1985, 1987, and 1990 under Rodgers.
Gary Carter was traded to the
New York Mets on December 10, 1984, for
Hubie Brooks,
Mike Fitzgerald,
Herm Winningham, and
Floyd Youmans.
Andre Dawson left as a free agent after the 1986 season.
Tim Raines was traded to the
Chicago White Sox on December 23, 1990, in a five-player deal that brought
Iván Calderón to Montreal.
Under new ownership
As baseball salaries escalated,
Charles Bronfman decided to sell the Expos. On June 14, 1991,
Claude Brochu, the team's President and Chief Operating Officer since September 4, 1986, became the managing general partner of a consortium of 14 owners, which also included
BCE,
Canadian Pacific, the
City of Montreal,
Nesbitt Burns, and
Univa (Provigo).
After a 20-29 start in 1991,
general manager
David Dombrowski (who had inherited manager Buck Rodgers upon assuming the GM position in 1988)
fired Rodgers and replaced him with
Tom Runnells, who completed the season with a record of 51-61 for an overall winning percentage of .441.
Runnells switched third baseman
Tim Wallach to first base, a move unpopular with the Montreal fans. The most notable highlight of 1991 was the
perfect game thrown by Expos pitcher
Dennis Martinez against the
Los Angeles Dodgers on
July 28,
1991.
On September 18, 1991, Dombrowski left Montreal to become the general manager for the Florida Marlins expansion franchise,
and
Dan Duquette became the Expos general manager.
Felipe Alou, a long time member of the Expos organization since 1976, was promoted from bench coach to field manager, becoming the first Dominican-born manager in MLB history. Alou promptly returned Wallach to the third base position. Alou led the team to a 70-55 record, for an overall winning percentage of .537.
The 1994 season: hope and disappointment
1994 proved to be heartbreaking for the Expos. With an excellent group of players, including outfielders
Larry Walker,
Moisés Alou, and
Marquis Grissom and pitchers
Ken Hill,
John Wetteland, and a young
Pedro Martínez, the Expos had the best record in Major League Baseball, 74–40, when the
players' strike forced the end of the season on
August 12,
1994. They were six games ahead of the second place
Atlanta Braves and were on pace to win 105 games.
The strike hurt the team's campaign for a new stadium, and the local ownership didn't choose to invest additional funds to retain the best players on the team. In his book, Claude Brochu speculates that it was very likely the Expos would have made it to the 1994 World Series which were cancelled in September of that year.
The final decade
In
1995,
Claude Brochu instructed general manager Kevin Malone to release the team's major stars. Larry Walker left as a free agent, and as the Expos hadn't offered him salary arbitration, they didn't receive any compensation for Walker's departure. John Wetteland was traded to the
New York Yankees, Ken Hill to the
St. Louis Cardinals, and Marquis Grissom to the
Atlanta Braves.
Moisés Alou and
Mel Rojas left as free agents after the 1996 season,
The Expos had losing seasons until 2002, except for
1996, when the team finished second with a .543 winning percentage. In
2002 and
2003, the team finished with identical .512 records. After losing superstar
Vladimir Guerrero to free agency, the Expos finished
2004, the team's final year in Montreal, with a 67–95 record.
In 1998, the Régie des installations Olympiques replaced Olympic Stadium's orange retractable roof with a permanent blue roof.
The retractable roof was removed after the Expos homestand ending on May 10,
and on May 21, the Expos played their first outdoor home game since September 8, 1991.
During this time when Olympic Stadium was once again an open-air park,
Rondell White became the only person to hit a ball out of Olympic Stadium — on June 10, against the New York Yankees, White hit a foul ball out of the third-base side of the stadium.
Purchase by Jeffrey Loria
On December 9, 1999, American art dealer
Jeffrey Loria became the Expos' chairman, CEO, and managing general partner, purchasing Claude Brochu's ownership stake, and naming his stepson, David Samson, executive vice-president.
Loria made his initial splash by signing
Graeme Lloyd for $3,000,000, and acquiring
Hideki Irabu's $4,125,000 contract and
Lee Stevens's $3,500,000 contract in trades.
Loria subsequently lost a considerable amount of goodwill by failing to sign television and English radio broadcast contracts for the 2000 season, as the team tried to increase their revenue from the broadcast rights.
During the 2000 season, Loria modified the existing plans for a new ballpark in downtown Montreal (which was to be called
Labatt Park), demanding more public funding. However, the municipal and provincial governments vetoed public funding;
Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard said that he couldn't in good conscience allow public funding for a new stadium when the province was being forced to close hospitals. In addition, Olympic Stadium still hadn't been paid for (and wouldn't be paid for until
2006). As a result, the plans for the proposed downtown ballpark fell through.
Purchase by Major League Baseball
On December 20, 2001, the
Boston Red Sox were sold to a partnership led by
John W. Henry, the owner of the
Florida Marlins. The purchase was approved by the MLB owners in January.
Although their attendance increased from 7,935 per game in 2001
to 10,031 in 2002,
MLB decided that the Expos would play 22 of their home games at
Hiram Bithorn Stadium in
San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2003. Despite being a considerably smaller facility (it seats approximately 19,000) than Montreal's
Olympic Stadium, attendance in San Juan's
Hiram Bithorn Stadium averaged 14,222, compared with 12,081 in Montreal.
The Puerto Rican baseball fans embraced "Los Expos" (particularly Puerto Rican players
Jose Vidro,
Javier Vazquez and
Wil Cordero, and other Latin players like
Vladimir Guerrero and
Liván Hernández) as their home team (as well as the Latin players from other teams), all the while hoping the team would make a permanent move to Puerto Rico. Expos players held clinics and made personal appearances on behalf of the team in Puerto Rico . Thanks in part to the San Juan games, the Expos were able to draw over a million fans at home in 2003 for the first time since 1997.
Orlando Cabrera, who had been the Expos' shortstop, cited that development as a reason he didn't want to remain with the team.
Fan attendance dropped off, and the Expos went 12–15, finishing eight games out of the Wild Card.
The final season
The
Players' Union initially rejected continuing the San Juan arrangement for the 2004 season, but later relented. Meanwhile, MLB actively looked for a relocation site. Some of the choices included
Washington, D.C.; San Juan;
Monterrey, Mexico;
Portland, Oregon;
New Jersey;
Northern Virginia; and
Norfolk, Virginia. During the decision-making process, Selig added
Las Vegas, Nevada, to the list of potential Expos homes. In addition, the
Washington Post reported that prior to the move,
Major League Baseball was negotiating with the
New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.
On
September 29, 2004, MLB officially announced that the Expos franchise would move to Washington, D.C. for
2005. Later that night, the Expos played their last game in Montreal, a 9-1 loss to the Florida Marlins before a season-high crowd of 31,395 fans.
At 9:11, another golf ball was thrown from the left field bleachers, resulting in another warning being displayed on the scoreboard.
The fans gave standing ovations to team stars
Tony Batista,
Brad Wilkerson, and
Liván Hernández, and applauded loudly up until the final out. After the game, thanks were given to the crowd by
Claude Raymond in French,
Jamey Carroll in English, and Hernandez in Spanish.
On
November 15, 2004, arbitrators struck down a lawsuit by the former team owners against MLB and former majority owner
Jeffrey Loria, ending the legal fight to keep the Expos in Montreal.
The MLB owners approved the move to Washington in a 28–1 vote on
December 3.
Baltimore Orioles owner
Peter Angelos cast the sole "nay" vote, resenting the franchise's relocation and intrusion into the Baltimore/D.C. market.
The Expos played their final game on October 3, 2004 at
Shea Stadium, losing to the
New York Mets by a score of 8-1. The Expos' run came to an end against the same team it began against, 35 years earlier.
For the history of the franchise after its move to Washington, see Washington Nationals.
Historic games
April 17, 1969 - In just the franchise's ninth game in existence, Bill Stoneman pitched a 7–0 no-hitter while striking out 8 batters against the Philadelphia Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium. Johnny Briggs made the final out for the Phillies. Le Grande Orange Rusty Staub was the hitting hero for the Expos going 4-for-5 with three doubles and a homer.
On October 2, 1972 - Bill Stoneman pitched his second career no-hitter (the final score of this one was also 7–0) in the first game of a doubleheader against the New York Mets at Olympic Stadium. The no-hitter was the first ever pitched outside the United States. Future broadcaster Tim McCarver was Stoney's catcher.
April 21, 1976 - Shortstop Tim Foli hits for the cycle at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Foli is the first in Expos history to hit for the cycle.
April 15 1977 - The Expos set a personal attendance record for a regular season game as 57,592 fans attend the first game at Olympic Stadium. They were defeated 7-2 by the Phillies. Greg Luzinski of the Phillies and Ellis Valentine of the Expos hit homers in the second inning, the first home runs at the Expos new home.
July 20, 1978 - Shorstop Chris Speier hits for the cycle at Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Speier was the second in Expos history to hit for the cycle.
July 30, 1978 - The Expos set a team record (never-broken) in hits in a game when they pick up 28 as they beat the Atlanta Braves by a score of 19-0. Andre Dawson, Larry Parrish, and Gary Carter lead the way with four hits each.
May 10, 1981 - Charlie Lea pitched a no hitter against the San Francisco Giants, defeating them 4-0 at Olympic Stadium. The last out was recorded by Andre Dawson in center field.
October 11, 1981 - Steve Rogers defeats Steve Carlton of the Phillies 3-0 in a pitchers' duel to win the National League Division Series. It was the first and only postseason series victory in Expos history. Rogers drove in two of the three Expos runs to boot, singling home Larry Parrish and Chris Speier in the fifth inning. The Expos advance to play the Dodgers who defeated the Astros. Rogers previously defeated Carlton in game one of the series as well.
October 19, 1981 - Blue Monday. In the decisive Game 5 of their only National League Championship Series, the Expos were defeated at home, 2-1, by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tim Raines opened the bottom of the first with a double against Cy Young Award-winning rookie sensation Fernando Valenzuela and scored on an Andre Dawson double play ball. Valenzuela held the Expos scoreless the rest of the way, however, and the Dodgers tied the game at 1 in the top of the fifth with two hits, a wild pitch and an RBI ground out off Expo starter Ray Burris. The teams remained tied until the top of the ninth, when Expo manager Jim Fanning made a risky decision to relieve Burris with Game 3 winner Steve Rogers. Struggling closer Jeff Reardon was throwing alongside Rogers in the bullpen at the time, but Fanning elected to summon his ace. Rogers retired Steve Garvey and Ron Cey in order, but outfielder Rick Monday homered to put Los Angeles ahead, 2-1, and crush the Expos' hopes of advancing to the World Series. Two-out walks from Gary Carter and Larry Parrish were all that the Expos could muster in the 9th, as Bob Welch preserved the one-run Dodger victory. The Expos lost the NLCS, 3-2, and never returned to the postseason.
July 13, 1982 - The All-Star Game moved across the border and was played in Montreal's Olympic Stadium. It was the first Midsummer Classic ever to be held outside of the United States. The National League won 4–1 before a crowd of 59,057. Steve Rogers was the winning pitcher and Dennis Eckersley took the loss. Dave Concepción was named MVP. Five players represented the Expos on the National League squad: Gary Carter, Andre Dawson, Tim Raines, Al Oliver and Rogers.
April 13, 1984 - In his only season with the Expos, Pete Rose collected his 4,000th hit at Olympic Stadium. The hit placed him beside Ty Cobb as the only players with at least 4,000 hits.
August 16, 1987 - Tim Raines hits for the cycle in a 10-7 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates going 5-for-5 in the process at Olympic Stadium.
August 23, 1989 - The Expos and Dodgers engage in a 22-inning marathon, the longest game in Expos history. It eventually ended when Rick Dempsey homered for the Dodgers in the top half of the 22nd inning off Dennis Martinez in a very rare relief performance. Rex Hudler would be caught stealing second in the bottom half of the 22nd to end the game. The game would have ended earlier when an Expo scored from third on a sacrifice fly. The Dodgers' appeal, that the runner left the base too soon, was recognized by the third base umpire and the third out was recorded. The game also marked the first time a mascot was ejected by an umpire. Youppi! dressed in a nightgown and nightcap pretended to go to sleep on top of the Dodgers dugout; Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda demanded that Youppi! be run from the game. In the end, the game took over six hours to finish and ended close to 2:00 am.
July 26, 1991 - Mark Gardner pitched 9 innings of no-hit baseball against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. It was scoreless going into the tenth when utility man Lenny Harris singled for the Dodgers breaking it up.
July 28, 1991 - In a 2–0 victory, Dennis Martínez pitched a perfect game against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. The final out was recorded by Marquis Grissom in center field off a lazy fly ball off the bat of Chris Gwynn.
September 17, 1993 - One of the most exciting pennant races in team history begins, as the Expos (85 wins, 62 losses, and 1 tie) play their final series against their division rival Phillies (89 wins, 58 losses). The Expos rally back to take an 8 to 7 victory in front of 45,757 fans at Olympic Stadium. The clutch hitting hero was a hearing disabled rookie named Curtis Pride who, in his first major league at-bat, doubled home two runners and scored on the following play. After the game Pride said he couldn't hear the ovation but he could feel the vibration of the 45,757 Expos fans. The Expos would finish the season 94-68, but three games out of first place.
June 3, 1995 - Pedro Martínez pitched 9 perfect innings against the San Diego Padres before giving up a hit in the 10th to Bip Roberts over the head of Tony Tarasco in center field. He became the second pitcher in history, after Harvey Haddix, to have a perfect game broken up in extra innings. However, the Expos managed to win the game, 1-0.
June 11, 1995 - Rondell White has a career game at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, picking up six hits and hitting for the cycle.
May 7, 1997 - The Expos set a team record (never broken) in runs scored in one inning as they score 13 runs off of Julian Tavarez, Jim Poole, and Joe Roa of the San Francisco Giants at 3Com Park. The Expos would go on to defeat the Giants 19 to 3. The only non-pitcher on the Expos to not register a hit was Sherman Obando who went 0 for 1. A young man named Vladimir Guerrero hit his first career double and was struck by his second career pitch. A crowd of 9,958 at hand to witness it in San Francisco.
September 27, 1998 - Mark McGwire faced off against the Montreal Expos in the final game of the season. McGwire finished the season with 70 home runs, hitting his last five in a three-game series against Montreal. In the third inning, McGwire hit a home run off of Mike Thurman, and in the seventh inning, he got number 70 off Carl Pavano.
July 18, 1999 - David Cone of the New York Yankees pitched a perfect game against the Expos, winning 6-0. It was the first no-hitter thrown in regular season interleague play.
August 6, 1999 - Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres recorded the 3000th hit of his career in Olympic Stadium.
August 26, 2003 - The Expos rallied twice from a large deficit to claim a 14-10 win against the Philadelphia Phillies and put itself within two games of the National League Wild Card. It was the second biggest comeback in Expos history.
September 29, 2004 - Hours after the announcement of the impending move to Washington, D.C., the Expos played their final game in Montreal, a 9–1 loss to the Florida Marlins before 31,395 fans at Olympic Stadium.
October 2, 2004 - The Expos earned their last win in franchise history, defeating the New York Mets 6–3. Brad Wilkerson hit the last home run in Expos history in the ninth inning, his 32nd of the year.
October 3, 2004 - The New York Mets defeated Montreal 8–1 at Shea Stadium, in the final game of the franchise's existence as the Montreal Expos. Jamey Carroll scored the last Expos run and Endy Chávez became the final Expo batter in history when he grounded out in the top of the ninth to end the game. Coincidentally, Shea Stadium was where the Expos had played their first-ever game, in 1969.
Longest home runs
Willie Stargell hit the longest home run at Olympic Stadium on May 20, 1978, driving the ball into the second deck in right field for an estimated distance of 535 feet. A yellow seat now marks the location where the ball landed.
On April 4, 1988, the Expos Opening Day, Darryl Strawberry hit a ball off a speaker which hangs off a cement ring at Olympic Stadium, estimated to have traveled 525 feet.
When the franchise moved in 2004, other than #42, the Washington Nationals returned the numbers retired by the Expos to service and assigned them to new players. On October 18, 2005, the Montreal Canadiens honoured the departed team by raising an Expos commemorative banner, listing the retired numbers, to the rafters of the Bell Centre.
Championships
| colspan = 3 align = center | National League Eastern Division Champions
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St. Louis Cardinals
Broadcasters
Jacques Doucet (1969–2004)
Jean-Pierre Roy (1968–1984)
Claude Raymond (1972–2001)
Dave Van Horne (1969–2000) - continued with the Florida Marlins
Joe Cannon (1997–2000)- Dave Van Horne's Radio color commentator
Don Drysdale (1970–1971)
Duke Snider (1973–1986)
Tom Cheek (1974–1976)
Tommy Hutton (1982–1986)
Ken Singleton (1985–1996) - continued with the New York Yankees
Jim Hughson (1987–1989) - continued with the Toronto Blue Jays
Jim Fanning (1987–1988)
Rob Faulds (1987) - continued with the Toronto Blue Jays
Jerry Trupiano (1989–1990) - continued with the Boston Red Sox
Bobby Winkles (1989–1993)
Elliott Price (1990–1999, 2001–2004) - couldn't continue as radio broadcaster when the team moved to Washington, D.C., partly because immigration and visa issues prevented him coming to the United States. He now works for the TEAM 990, a Montreal sports radio station.
Denis Casavant (1986–1990 with CKAC, 1990–2001, 2004 with RDS)
Pierre Arsenault (1991) - became a coach with the Florida Marlins
Gary Carter (1997–1999)
Mitch Melnick (2003–2004)
Sam Cosentino (2004)
Rance Mulliniks (2004) - continued with the Toronto Blue Jays
Darrin Fletcher (2004) - continued with the Toronto Blue Jays
Warren Cromartie (2004)
Roberto Clemente, Jr. (2004)
Jim Tocco (2004)Further Information
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