The faithful who claimed it were heard. The real bible on Quebec capitals now exists, a colossal work that allows you to learn everything or rediscover on the 25th anniversary of the team.
Quebec capitals: 25 years of history and passion is the ideal reference tool for those interested in the team’s improbable foundation, but also, each of its thrilling years of life.
Co-written by Maurice Dumas, Maxime Aubry, Pier-Luc Nappert and Jean-Philippe Otis, the broadly illustrated book relates in the smallest detail the significant facts of this darling organization of Quebec, season by season.
The summary of each campaign, anecdotes, statistics, team photos and archive quotes ensure the most bitten and scholars to plunge back into their cellar to memories.
For the uninitiated or for the public which follows the capitals of a distracted eye, we speak of the epistle of the gospel ideal to convert you.
“You should find everything that happened, or roughly, among capitals. We even made a chapter to talk about years before the team’s establishment, ”said Maurice Dumas, former journalist and director of sports pages of the Soleil.
A major contribution
For the one who is, first and foremost, a baseball lover in front of the Lord, it went without saying that such a work will see the day.
The idea of publishing a book began to germinate in the fall of 2023 and since since countless hours have been devoted to searching the smallest archives.
For Dumas, what must be remembered above all is that without the dedication and vision of the first owner of the team, Miles Wolff, the capitals may not have seen the light of day in 1999 and would never have been told in a book 25 years later.
“Miles Wolff knew exactly what he was doing and where he was heading. As American from North Carolina, he surrounded himself with people from Quebec. He was told not to come, that people here did not like Americans. He ignored this world. We must never forget the role of this man in the team. I know a cursed gang Who would have returned on board! ” he launched in his usual outspokenness.
Everything … or almost!
For Maxime Aubry, who was employed by capitals from 2012 to 2018, the fact of co-writing the book to four authors made it possible to better distribute the work of monk in terms of research.
“We separated the seasons and, in the end, Maurice had his opinion on many things. We are lucky that he lived every year of capitals. As employees of the capitals, we each experienced chapters, but he was around the team from the start. We got a lot from his memory, ”he said.
When you have passed through this very digestible information brick, capitals will no longer have a secret for you. Finally, so little!
“There are secrets that we can never write … Secrets, it is especially in relation to Quebec’s hospitality. There are things that are said and others that are not said! ” ruled the incorrigible veteran Maurice Dumas, which even under the torture would not reveal any salty details that the chaste eyes cannot read …
