OT MLB to PDX: We're talking baseball to PDX

Baseball is fixable. Cut it to 6 innings, enforce that pitch clock, and cut the season in half. You'd fill every seat in these stadiums.

Too caught up in history and all time stats.

 

That's a terrible idea.

 

First pitch of first game? The Schonz...... Matt Groning.......Phil Knight......Dale Murphy..... Bud Clark in a trench coat....Cast of The Goonies?

 

Was it an indoor stadium? I went once at the Kingdome, and I agree it had little appeal to me. I like sitting outdoors at a baseball game. If it isn't outdoors I won't go.

 

One thing with this site... how the hell are they going to get people in and out? Traffic will be horrible unless theres a major roadway redesign...

 

Both Kingdome and Safeco Field.

 

The area directly across the river is planned as a "parking district" per the 2035 comprehensive plan.

 

You want to elaborate why?

5 teams this past season couldn't even fill half their seats in 82 home games. The lowest so far this season in the NBA is Minny, and they still have > 75% attendance.

If baseball wants viewers, it needs massive changes, but they're too caught up in their own past to ever change. Ain't nobody got time to spend 4 hrs watching a 2-1 game with 3 hits. Repeat that 162 times and you've got a completely disengaged fan.

 

Baseball needs some changes for sure.

They have ne and other diehards, but kids could give 2 fucks about watching on tv.

Shorten the season BACK to 154 like it used to.

Call the strike zone. This will speed up the game as ton

Limit mound visits

8th and 9th inning key anyone bat, so the stars po eople OSU money for can technically Be at bat more.

Limit warm up pitches

Raise the mound back up

 

Because they have bigger stadiums... Comparing MLB attendance to NBA attendance is absolutely ridiculous. The MLB has 30K-40K seat stadiums, compared to 18K-20K capacity NBA stadiums.. But if you want to compare, MLB averaged 28K fans per game last year. The NBA averaged 18K.

A 2-1 game with 3 hits doesnt take 4 hours. Do you not know baseball? That doesnt happen. The average game time was 3 hours flat through 9 innings, while the NBA has an average game time of around 2 hours, 20 minutes. Baseball would be sped up with a pitch clock.

The beauty of a baseball season is that theres 162 games, and often times the difference between a division championship or post-season birth will come down to 1 or 2 games.

You're suggesting cutting 67% of game action for an entire season. That's insane. Not only would that be a horrible business decision, but it'd also be hated by its core group of die-hard fans, and would fail to bring in or engage new fans.

 

And how are those people getting across the river, and how is I5 going to lead into it?

 

Tom Sayer island plan

 

Id rather have an NHL team, but I guess another pro sport is ok either way.

 

The newer stadiums being built are trending smaller. For awhile there teams got a little out of control building really big cookie cutter stadiums. I think the Portland stadium is going to be around the 30,000 seat capacity which will easily be fill-able.

 

I was in the Gonnies. Cannon Beach, first beach car chase scene I was in front running as an extra.

 

Then how about...The Rose City River

 

River taxi's

 

Rose City Mutts?