With Pete Rose in the headlines this week, we look back at his one season with the Montreal Expos
In our latest installment of Washington Nationals pre-history, I wanted to look back at the 1984 Montreal Expos. The reason for that is it featured a player that has been in the news this week, Pete Rose. On Monday, commissioner Rob Manfred denied Rose reinstatement back into the game after being banned from baseball in 1989 for betting on games when he was player/manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
Back in January 1984, the Expos signed Rose to a one-year deal after the organization finished 82-80 in 1983 (third in the NL East).