Bluejays Remain Canada's lone Canadian Team

The Blue-Jays and Nationals will conclude a three game interrelate series today. Before the Nationals relocated to the Nations Capital, this matchup used to be between the only two teams in Canada.

Unfortunately for Canadian baseball fans, Montreal wasn't able to survive the cultural circumstances that they were faced with. Attendance was low the majority of the years and it just wasn't working out  in Montreal.

With new MLB commissioner Rob Manfred in charge of baseball, a bleak glimpse of optimism has sprinkled through the streets of Montreal. During Bud Selig's tenure as MLB commissioner from 1992-2015, (1992-1998 he was acting) he did a lot of good things for the game of baseball. In 1992, their was 26 teams, 4 playoff teams and no inter league play. Fast forward to 2015 when Selig retired their is 30 teams, 10 playoff spots and inter league play throughout the season. 

It is safe to assume that Rob Manfred will do just as much, if not more to impact the game of baseball. There have been many rumours of  many changes including a pitch clock to keep the pace of the game going at a good rate for fans.

Furthermore, with Montreal hosting 4 successful exhibition games over the last two seasons, the chances of Montreal getting their Expos back are as bright as they have ever been. 

Despite all this, their are many hoops to to hurdle in order for Major League Baseball decides to expand, because baseball plays so many games, it would be an unbalanced schedule to only expand by one team. Therefore, there would likely have to be a second team come in as well. 

To continue, if their is any for of expansion their would likely be division realignment. Currently their are six divisions of five teams. (6X5=30) With expansion, their would be a uneven number as 6 doesn't go into 32 evenly. 

For now, it's a wait and see game for Montreal. I would love to see the Expos back. I think it would be great for baseball internationally. Montreal is a very historic city and with a nicer ballpark than Olympic Stadium, it should attract fans from the opposing teams. 

It's a work in progress for Montreal and Canadian baseball fans alike, right now it is just the Blue Jays as Canadians team but maybe one day that changes.