Okay, it's off topic.  But have you seen the latest attempt to counteract baseball's contraction effort?

ESPN's Alan Schwarz describes one group's efforts to save the Montreal Expo's.  It started as a lark, but a group of renegade college students at the University of Pennsylvania has started a Buy The Expos drive on the Internet that is gaining momentum faster than Jeffrey Loria hands out pink slips.

The article was written last week.  Since then, emails are "through the roof," according to Jesse Spector, the person who initiated the endeavor.  There are now over 8,000 contributors.

To get to the Buy the Expo's site, go to the related link below.  The site also polls fans about where the rescued franchise should be located.  Results currently have Montreal and Washington running pretty much even.