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          Would the Expos have won '94?

          Montreal Expos starter Pedro Martinez led arguably the best rotation in 1994. Rich Pilling/MLB Photos/Getty Images
          • Dan SzymborskiAug 23, 2014, 01:24 AM
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            • Creator of ZiPS projection system
            • Founder of Baseball Think Factory
            • Contributed to ESPN since 2010
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          One of the saddest tales of baseball's 1994 strike involves the Montreal Expos. At 74-40 heading into the strike, baseball's best record by 3.5 games over the New York Yankees, Montreal lost their franchise's greatest hopes of attaining baseball's first Francophone World Series championship.