THE SIDELINES : Buffalo Bid for Expos Weighed
BUFFALO, N.Y. — If the Montreal Expos are still for sale after Sept. 1, Robert E. Rich Jr. will consider making a pitch for them.
Rich, the frozen-food magnate who owns Buffalo’s minor-league Bisons and is leading the city’s drive for an expansion team, issued a statement confirming publicly for the first time that he will consider trying to buy the Expos, presumably to bring them to Buffalo.
“We are honoring Charles Bronfman’s deadline of Sept. 1 to find a local buyer,†Rich said in a prepared statement. “We will be interested after Sept. 1.†He was not available for further comment.
Bronfman, the Expos’ owner, last week announced he will consider offers from outsiders after Sept. 1 if a Quebec buyer had not emerged by then.
A Miami-based group of investors has offered about $115 million for the National League East club.
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