OT: Baseball coming to Portland in the near future (AGAIN?)

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  1. Wheels

    Wheels Is That A Challenge?!?!1! Staff Member Global Moderator

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    THAT'S how boring baseball is! Even people who like it would rather discuss something else.
     
    blue9, Jan 24, 2014
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    Good baseball rocks! It's a great game. Portland would benefit from a major league bb franchise. I've watched the Ems in Eugene many times and it's a real family friendly atmosphere.
     
    riverman, Jan 24, 2014
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  4. riverman

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    Now video games, those are boring!
     
    riverman, Jan 24, 2014
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    To watch? Yes. But to play? No*. Well, a qualified no - I'm sure some games are boring to play. But this ain't the age of pong, old man river!
    I honestly don't know what I'd prefer to watch - baseball, or someone playing a video game. Probably the video game.

    *I rarely play video games, but I do recognize that they can be fun and engaging. Far more so than watching (not playing!) baseball.
     
    blue9, Jan 24, 2014
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Thank you for bringing this back. haha.

    Baseball is a beautiful sport. I do, however, understand that a lot of people don't like it. Unfortunately, The casual fan got influenced by the media witch hunt, but that's okay, they don't think for themselves, so it's not a huge loss.
     
    Strenuus, Jan 24, 2014
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    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

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    The 3ds really needs to get SNES games on the eshop though, i want to play some games i played as a kid or missed out on.
     
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    Bottom of the 9th, bases loaded, cleanup batter at the plate. Full count. Guy with a wicked slider on the mound. Crowd standing and roaring!! All with the smell of a backyard picnic and your kid might catch that homerun ball and keep it forever. No game has the drama of baseball.
     
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    My son could've written this, he love them. I made him shut them off and shoot hoops with me out in the driveway. Or play catch. I beg to differ but so did he!
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    It hurts that this day and age everything has a "timer"... Baseball is still the only (major) sport without a "clock". That's what makes it the best sport in the world. But, we live in an instantaneous world that can't sit through stuff like that and enjoy it. Oh well.
     
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    I don't love them, but I have played fun ones.
    I'd much rather play a game of basketball than a video game. It's probably been over two years since I turned my Wii on.
     
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    Salem-Keizer Volcanoes! They almost always have a quality team, and for several years, that stadium was considered one of the best in the minors.

    Plus, they're affiliated with my beloved Giants! We had season tix for a few years, and I've seen several major leaguers play there, including several that have won a ring in 2010 and 2012.
     
    BLAZINGGIANTS, Jan 24, 2014
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    Basketball and Hockey in Portland.

    Baseball, Football and Soccer in Seattle.
     
    OneLifeToLive, Jan 24, 2014
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    Lame.

    Seattle - Portland rivalries are the best.

    Also, have you ever been to Seattle? Plenty of Seattlites think we are the shit on the bottom of shoes
     
    JFizzleRaider, Jan 24, 2014
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    No offense to you Mr. Fizzle but I don't really give a damn about what they think in Seattle.
     
    OneLifeToLive, Jan 24, 2014
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    Forget the Rose Quarter, a baseball stadium should be the anchor for new development. Industrial NW Portland is the best place, between Washington Park and the River. Lots of land underdeveloped there. Use the stadium to be the anchor for the next Pearl district. A baseball stadium would only clog up an over-congested Rose Quarter and/or OMSI area.
     
    SlyPokerDog, Jan 24, 2014
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    Sounds good to me!
     
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    got better soccer here. keep up!
     
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    Yeah. My bad. Seattle has a team now. I forgot.

    Maybe they'll be relevant again? :dunno:
     
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