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  1. Hoopguru

    Hoopguru Well-Known Member

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    lol...how about pin stripes?
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    Well, since some think this whole idea is nothing but a Lark....sounds appropriate.

    :cheers:
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    I thought of that too! Haha

    Kind of old school.

    Of course it would be shortened to Stripes.

    Like Meadowlarks would be the Larks.

    :cheers:
     
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    Do you have any original ideas?
     
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    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    To be honest it's not a done deal yet. I still don't believe it will happen, but it would be nice. I would prefer Hops to be the name if the Hillsboro team ends up leaving.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    I've got it:

    The Portland Puffins!

    Double-entendre FTW!

    Who doesn't love a Puffin?
     
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    Portland Puffin.jpg

    Going to have to market to the kids, you know.
     
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    I tend to agree. I am old enough to remember my dad going ape shit over the shortsightedness of not building a football stadium at Jantzen Beach back in the day to get an NFL team when it was there for the taking. Even though this a little different as it is almost all private money.....I still see an "Occupy Terminal 2" situation in the future when the wack jobs in Portland start demanding that the private money go to "other things" instead.
     
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    Have to copy the Globetrotters Unis
     
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    Not in any specific order

    1. No guarantee of a team
    2. Public funds passing?
    3. Transportation funding passing?
    4. Mariners own TV rights in a lot of the region. They could block this
     
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    The state raptor is the Osprey as of the closing of the 2017 legislative session. Oregon Osprey. That's my vote for the team. Be inclusive, get the entire state behind the team.
     
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    Who says we can’t take it still hmmm
     
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    Portland Puffins

    Have to market to the adults too.

    Freewheelin Franklin.jpg
     
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    Despite my absolute LOATHING for the game of baseball, I am HIGHLY interested in the naming/branding. And I fully agree with your post.
    With baseball being such an old/antiquated game I wouldn't mind something that would fit with the game's early days - something like Portland Roses. Perhaps it's a bit too on the nose, but it sounds like a team that would have been around in the early 1900s and I think some really nice classic looking uniforms/branding could be done with a name like that. But regardless of what direction they go, I just really hope they steer aware from the "ferocious animal" cliche.
     
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    Portland Saints, Portland Blue Birds, Portland Bearcats, Portland Sluggers, Portland Perfeecto's, Portland Flyers.
     
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    I’m the same way. Baseball is extremely boring to me. I’d rather watch soccer honestly. Atleast there’s constant movement and ankle breaking moves.

    To me what excites me is the stadium and surrounding development
     
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    Portland Homeless
     
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    Oregon Californians
     
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    The best marke
    Roses...wow I'm not sure that would go over well in Stump Town. Its got to be 110% ferocious or manly. PDX has to repair the perception this town has earned over he last few years.
     
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    All this posturing makes you only appreciate the name Trail Blazers even more.
     
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