Blue Monday

Danny Gallagher is a freelance writer, author, and Montreal Expos historian. He began covering the Expos in 1988 for the Montreal Daily News and is the author of four previous books on the team. Danny lives in Uxbridge, Ontario.

Foreword by Larry Parrish
Introduction

Part I The Long Lead-In


Chapter 1: Expos Sign Williams, Pursue Jackson
Chapter 2: The Discovery of Tim Raines
Chapter 3: The 1977 and 1978 Seasons
Chapter 4: Coming So Close: 1979 and 1980

Part II 1981: The Year That Was


Chapter 5: Is This The Year?
Chapter 6: Did Valentine Not Want To Be Great?
Chapter 7: Season Torn Apart By Strike
Chapter 8: Tommy Hutton Released
Chapter 9: Williams Fired, Fanning Hired
Chapter 10: Rogers Speaks Out About Williams
Chapter 11 The Biggest Triple in Expos History

Part III The National League Division Series

Chapter 12: Taking On the Phillies: first 4 games
Chapter 13: An Unexpected Pre-game Pep Talk

Part IV The National League Championship Series

Chapter 14: Dodgers Take Game 1
Chapter 15: Game 2: Ray Burris Slighted, Pitches Masterpiece
Chapter 16: In Montreal: Dodgers Hate “The Happy Wanderer”
Chapter 17: Game 3: Jerry White Hits Big Homer
Chapter 18: Game 4: Dodgers Tie the Series
Chapter 19: Conspiracy Surrounds Postponement of Game 5
Chapter 20: Game 5: The Big One
Chapter 21: Monday, Blue Monday, and That Hit
Chapter 22: Cromartie Reduced to Tears
Chapter 23: Jerry White: The Final Out in Game 5

Part V After Blue Monday: The Long Fade-Out

Chapter 24: Reardon’s Secret Is Out
Chapter 25:Bronfman and Others on Pitching Rogers
Chapter 26: Bill Lee Opens Up
Chapter 27: An Eventful Season for Francona
Chapter 28: Don't Blame Rogers
Chapter 29: Dick Williams Calls Rogers Out

Part VI Rick Monday: The Guy Who Hit That Homer

Chapter 30: Showing His Emotions
Chapter 31: The Wrath of the Fans
Chapter 32: Cutting Ties
Chapter 33: Beanball
Chapter 34: Rescuing the U.S. Flag
Chapter 35: “We are the Champions”

Part VII After All That

Chapter 36: A Special Tribute to Three 1980 Expos


Epilogue: The Return of Baseball to Montreal?
Acknowledgements
Sources
Image Credits
Index