Algonquin College Speakers Series

from Jamie Bramburger

Danny Gallagher: Blue MondayDates: Thursday, October 25, 2018, at 7 p.m. at the Waterfront Campus Tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Register online now >>http://www.algonquincollege.com/pembroke/speaker-series/
Author and Montreal Expos historian Danny Gallagher leads readers up to the unforgettable day in October 1981 when Rick Monday of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit a home run off of Montreal Expos pitcher Steve Rogers in the ninth inning to give the Dodgers a berth in the World Series. Readers will be taken back to 1976 when a five-year plan for winning the National League championship was set in place by the Expos with the hiring of experienced manager Dick Williams. Gallagher examines old narratives about Blue Monday and talked to all the key players involved in the game, unearthing secrets and stories never before told. The book is a tribute to the Expos and Dodgers, but places emphasis on Rogers and Monday, the two pivotal characters in that final playoff game. 

Danny Gallagher has been writing for media outlets since 1972, either full-time or as a freelancer. Gallagher has written extensively about the Montreal Expos since 1988 when he joined the staff of the Montreal Daily News. He has written five books about the Expos, including one that appeared in French in 1998. In 1985, Gallagher won a Saskatchewan Baseball Association award for a series of stories he did for the Regina Leader-Post on that province’s contributions to the major leagues. Gallagher lives northeast of Toronto in Uxbridge, Ontario with his wife Sherry.