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

Not really because it has been mostly fluff and lip service.

 

Or they could have left there and used it as a flea market or housing for homeless.

 

Ha I was there too.
Rickey Henderson: " It ain't Billy Ball, it's Rickey Ball"

I would go to Giants games too......as long as it was a day game. Night games at Candlestick were pure hell. But like you said sitting in the sun with your friends and having a few beers are great memories. Some sports IMO are only fun in person......baseball, golf, and hockey being three of them. (Nascar as well, but it still bores me)

Basketball and football are fun in person, but they also fun at home watching it on your big screen.

 

I grew up in Portland and have wanted a baseball team my whole life.

 

I moved the A's to Portland and called them the Oregon Trees back in 1999 on Front Page Sports Baseball. I did the same thing in Out of the Park Baseball more recently and even created my own logo with paint shop, but I decided to go with Portland Trees because I like it better. I do imagine though, that if the A's moved that they would keep the name Athletics as it's such a historical franchise and has kept it throughout the years in Kansas City, Philadelphia, and now Oakland.

 

Candlestick night games (and some day games) were so bad....they were almost good. Unbelievable wind and so fricking cold. What an awful stadium.

 

So, having funding, renderings, big name backers, property under contract and now officials from a MLB openly looking to relocate their franchise coming to town doesn't equate to any forward progress. You both are clowns for this take.

 

A’s going to LV, book it.

 

I would be happy for baseball if Portland got a team here. It's fun and i have a new son to take to games.

 

I bet Oakland ponies up the cash and keeps the team.

 

They could but Ive watched the attendance for them over the years even as a winning team and it wasn't very impressive. Smaller stadiums with improved marketing like NBA & NFL would help.

 

Yeah 40-50K gives the crowd more room and a better view. Then bowl it really well so it gets loud.

 

I just don’t see mlb working in Vegas but hey what do I know

 

I see what you did there...

 

The A's would be a great team to have here, but I doubt it will happen. Their baseball operations are run much better than the M's.

 

So I didn't grow up with baseball in my life besides maybe 1 Beaver game a year with neighbors. So I could give a shit if we get a team as a "fan"....... now as for my career. This would be a game changer for me!
But am I reading right that there are actual people that DON'T want another professional team to come to our city? This can only help the economy around here right?