[1] On August 28, 2003, the Expos were tied atop the Wild Card race of the National League, with several other teams all having a .526 winning percentage.
When rosters expanded on September 1, MLB refused to allow the league-owned team to add any players.
The move to Viera came about as the result of a deal in which Major League Baseball bought the Expos from Jeffrey Loria, who then purchased the Florida Marlins; as part of the deal, the Marlins traded spring training sites with the Expos, moving from Viera to Jupiter.
The franchise, as the Expos in 2003 and 2004 and then from 2005 as the Washington Nationals, would hold spring training at Space Coast Stadium through 2016.
[8] Ultimately, the Expos finished 8 games behind the Wild Card (and World Series Champion) Florida Marlins.