I'm Rebecca LaVoy, and this is You Can't Make This Up.

You Can't Make This Up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind your favorite Netflix documentaries and films.

On today's episode, we take a closer look at the Netflix documentary film, Who Killed

the Montreal Expos? The Expo's death is kind of like a big game of clue. Lots of motives,

lots of suspects. We have a long list. Today we're talking to director Jean-Francois Poisson,

and executive producer Marie Christine Pouliat. Major League Baseball in Montreal was like nowhere else.

For decades, the Expos drew legions of fans.

Games at Olympic Stadium felt more like a party,

and the team's owner was beloved throughout Quebec.

But as the economics of the game changed,

the expos found themselves in a pickle. A shared ownership arrangement created dysfunction,

players were traded, cash was tight, and a new stadium never materialized. When the team finally

moved in 2004, grief-stricken fans were left asking, how did this happen? The Netflix documentary film, Who Killed the Montreal Expos,

revisits the baseball team's collapse and relocation to Washington.

It lets heartbroken fans, beloved players, and vilified owners point fingers

at who or what was responsible for the club's demise.

Was it management blunders, labor disputes, political indifference, or basic economics?

Or do all these things share the blame for Montreal losing its beloved team?

I don't care what Mark Routenberg says or what anybody says during the course of this movie.

For them to tell you that they were shocked at everything that went on, they are simply

lined to you.

And I'm joined now by director Jean-Francois Poisson and executive producer Marie-Christine Pouliott.

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