The Jarry Park Days - L'Époque Du Parc Jarry

Описание: In use from 1969 to 1976, Jarry Park was the selected stadium where all Montreal Expos activities would take place for the coming years even though deemed not suitable for baseball at the time.

Sadly for me, it was a bit before my time as I was too young to attend any game or even remember those days.

By all accounts, baseball games at Jarry Park were a lot fun guaranteed for all. Baseball was montrealers' newest toy and it mattered little to us whether the team won or lost at first. The lone opportunity to see baseball legends at play was a blessing we had only dreamed of 'til then. At last, Canada was now ready to fully embrace the american dream and be an active part of the American culture envied by so many countries throughout the world.

I have never been to an Expos game at Jarry Park but looking at the pictures, you can feel the fun people still had in the stands on a cold day or the beauty of the sun setting in left field, players excited to give their best on the field and kids playing in the pool behind the right field fence while there was a game under way on a fine summer afternoon.

In the end, Jarry Park was way more than a ballpark: it was a place where speaking french or english did not matter, a place where being black or white was not an issue, a place where being a woman or a man made no difference. It was a place that made us all brothers and sisters, united behind our team, Nos Amours, us privileged witnesses of the greatest sport there ever was and ever will be.

Please note that I don't own the copyrights of any of these pics and song.

Enjoy.