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

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  1. santeesioux

    santeesioux Just keep on scrolling by

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    Never gonna happen, we're the LA nfl town except for every other pro sport we don't have.
     
    santeesioux, Jul 3, 2014
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    A's just signed a new 10 year deal with Oakland for that dump of a stadium they have. And Ozzy Osbourne will become a priest before Portland appropriates funds for a stadium.
     
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    College level ball is great in Oregon as is. Portland should get a world class fast pitch softball franchise. Eugene has the Ems, {farm club for the Padres}
     
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    I love how Oregonians and Portland are always willing to settle with second best. We can't get NHL? Besides, we've got the WHL!!! We don't need MLB? We can drive to Kaiser and see Short Season A? Never aspire to be as a big a market as you are Portland. When you will always view yourself as small.
     
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    Did not look at all the numbers, but knew Yankee stadium was high and the financing of the park in Miami makes it near a billion. At best we would have to spend over 500M.
     
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    Portland is a very viable market for the MLB.

    The population (2.3m and growing) is here and you can't beat the weather here during baseball season.

    They had the funding for the Expos. They had a solid plan for the A's. The main problem is actually getting a team to uproot.
     
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    Portland, Oregon where the progressive meets the 1860s.
     
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    You know the Mariners would do their best to make sure it never happened too (Why do i like that team again?)
     
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    If Portland was an AL west team, it would mean major money. Why would they be mad? I'd still follow both teams... it's about the NW.
     
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    Hillsboro is much closer and is the Short Season team for the Dbacks...
     
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    NHL will get here eventually, just a matter of time.

    And Hillsboro is closer? How can we take the post seriously if you don't even know what's going on? Hillsboro is a short season A team too...
     
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    Wait. A Short Season Single A team. Are we pricing ourselves out of the market here?
     
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    It's the same thing you said about Salem...

    I know what you're saying, but at least know the little details. :P
     
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    I remember reading a story several years back that i can't find now that said there are more people in Portland watching the Mariners than people in Kansas City that watch the Royals. That seems pretty lucrative to have another decently sized market that is basically yours.
     
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    Jeez. You remember me saying that. Wow. You sir have a memory. After 20 or so years
    discussing this subject. I don't care if Portland gets another major sports team.
    I do like the Portland Arena League Football team. That's not much of a stretch from the real
    thing?! Isaac and Zook on the WFAN are still laughing about THAT ONE. What are they called,
    The Portland Yipsters?
     
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    Zook? That's a good one. LOL.
     
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    I don't care how he spells his name. And I am too lazy to look it up.
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Yankee stadium is a special case, and no they don't have to spend over 500 million.
     
    julius, Jul 4, 2014
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    We would never finance a ballpark. It ain't gonna happen.
     
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    Who is we? The taxpayers?

    This isn't Miami... I'm sure we'd find a way.
     
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