Montreal Expos die-hards pulling for Larry Walker's Hall of Fame induction Tuesday

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The fan collective called Expos Nation will be gathering to see if Larry Walker is named to the Baseball Hall of Fame on his 10th and final year on the ballot.

will be gathering for a viewing party at a restaurant in Laval, north of Montreal, to see if Walker is named to the hallowed institution on his 10th and final year on the Hall of Fame ballot.

Walker broke into Major League Baseball with the Expos in 1989. The right-fielder, known for his power hitting, strong throwing arm and speedy base-running, thrilled Expos fans in his five seasons with the team, before departing as a free agent after the strike-shortened 1994 baseball season, which ended with the Expos having the best record in baseball.

Walker, a 53-year-old native of Maple Ridge, B.C., played for 3 teams - the Expos, Colorado Rockies and St. Louis Cardinals - during his 17-year Major League Baseball career. He was named most valuable player with the Rockies in 1997 and was a member of the Cardinals team that played in the World Series in 2004 .

Walker - who hit .313 with 2,160 hits, 383 home runs and 1,311 RBI in his MLB career - is one of 32 players on the Hall of Fame ballot for 2020. Despite his special place in the heart of Expos fans, should Walker be inducted, he will likely be enshrined as a member of the Rockies, where he played for more than half his career.Related Stories

 

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People who say he was only the hitter he was because of coors field never did there research

Larry deserves to be in if not I’m done with baseball

Should have been in the Hall a long time ago.....he's got better numbers than a lot of famous players already inducted.

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