Missing Montreal—20 Years Without MLB Expos

After 36 seasons of National League baseball, beginning in 1969, the Montreal Expos’ franchise relocated in 2005 to Washington.

A general view of Olympic Stadium prior to the Montreal Expos' final home game against the Florida Marlins in Montreal, Canada, on September 29, 2004. Charles Laberge/Getty Images

Charles Frederick “Boots” Day takes great pride in having played for the Montreal Expos.

Retired from professional baseball since the end of the 2021 season, Day packed away his cleats and glove after 55 years on the job. He had been serving as the bench coach on manager Andy McCauley’s staff for the Evansville Otters of the Frontier League.