EXPOS' "BEST TEAM IN CANADA" CAMPAIGN IN PERIL

          While the Expos has been planning to market itself to
     fans, sponsors and TV execs next season as "the best
     baseball team in Canada," Marty York of the Toronto GLOBE &
     MAIL reports their record indicates they "are in danger" of
     "losing" that status.  An Expos front office source told
     York that with Toronto and Montreal "probably competing in
     the same division next season because of planned
     realignment," the Expos felt they "could efficiently appeal
     to the masses with a campaign in which they would advertise
     their bragging rights within Canada."  The source: "We saw
     the real value of a rivalry with Toronto during our series
     at the SkyDome. ... Here we were, with a payroll of only
     $17-million (U.S.), beating the high and mighty Blue Jays.
     ... In some ways, it would be worse for us to wind up this
     year with a poorer record than Toronto than if we finished
     last in the NL East" (GLOBE & MAIL, 8/19).