OT Baseball and Football Coming to Portland?

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  1. Natebishop3

    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    No it doesn't.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Didn't mean to upset you. I was just stating that I have no idea about anything when it comes to baseball. I will be completely lost on the S2 baseball forum.
     
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  3. theprunetang

    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    Portland Swifts is my favorite. Named after the the Vaux Swifts that gather at Chapman School every fall.
     
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    The Portland "Don't Buy Mosanto's"
     
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    Not sure on the super fund site? I thought that NWNG site was closed for any construction for a number of years but i honestly don't know for sure. I do know the Reynolds Aluminum site in Troutdale did finally clear.
    Also i guess you just told me to Fuck Off because i just bought a house in Vancouver last year... Ha Ha Ha!
     
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    Nah.
     
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  7. kjironman1

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    I do have one in Eugene also if that makes me okay? Just thought i'd ask?
     
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  9. kjironman1

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    Interesting response. Beings they come up in every town hall and open public forum we have ever had. Not only that but i already covered this in the original post with the fact that they are going to build a bridge. Yes i know the CRC failed but they will build a bridge and that would make them do it faster. Then i covered your transit hub as the Yellow line already goes there. Then i guess you have not been following the news because now there is talk of a I 605 Freeway that does a big loop from I5 north to I5 south on the other side of 217. So stay tuned because this stuff ain't fantasy.
     
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  10. kjironman1

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    And by the way???? When exactly was the last time you were walking around the Rose Quarter Area just because? If you are there you probably went to a Blazer game or function and you drove there or took the max. Please tell me you live around there? Because if you do you are part of probably 1% of the members of this forum.
     
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    The yellow line is not a hub. The rose quarter is where every literal line on max, plus plenty of busses, meet. The city’s plan is to cap I5 and bring that neighborhood back together. Building a baseball stadium next to the Moda would spur the development that Vulcan has failed to deliver on. Baseball being played for 2 week straight home stands would bring new places to eat and socialize pre and post game. That is not going to happen out by delta where it is very difficult for the majority of the metro area to reach.

    The crc and 605 bridges are mere fantasy compared to this proposal at this point. To even bank on them is grasping. The crc would not solve the bottleneck at the rose quarter on I5. The recent legislation passed to widen I5 in that area is being met with fierce opposition by the bike community. Keeping a new stadium for MLB near a transit hub is a must. Not just a single stop on a single line.
     
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    We don't poke fun at his size for nothing!
     
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    Dviss said 6% of MLB players are black. Two out of thirty coaches is 6.6%. I think your concern is unwarranted.

    Also, I created the Oregon Trees in my 1998 Front Page Sports Baseball simulator back when I was a teenager. In recent years in OOTPB I have changed the name to the Portland Trees. I like that better.
     
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    I would be really suprised if Baker lasts through the rest of the month. He's most likely gone.

    Edit. Let me qualify this, I am more concerned about the pool of candidates to be coaches. It always seems like it's the same guys who get managers jobs. I don't mind if somebody gets another shot, but nobody recycles old managers like baseball. Not even the NFL.
     
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    I edited to put unwarrented instead of ridiculous because I think that was too harsh. I mean Baker has been hired and fired numerous times. It was bound to happen. I just don't know what needs to be done. When dealing with such small numbers 3 coaches would be a gross overrepresention. So, I'm not sure what the point of concern is if randomness is more likely the culprit than any artificial barrier.
     
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  16. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Might as well be saying "Fuck you." soooo fuck you too!
     
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    I actually agree with the premise of putting it in town but there simply isn't room. You can tear down the Memorial Coliseum to try and make room i guess? And if you do you must figure out a way to park. People drive in this town. plain and simple.
     
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  18. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Buy out the land presently used by a golf course, and there's plenty of room. How about the Rose City golf course at 72nd and Tillamook, or Glendoveer on Glisan west of 148th, or the Eastmoreland area down by McLoughlin and Bybee (although Crystal Springs Lake would be an issue there...)?

    Honestly, the perfect spot in my mind is the land where OMSI currently sits. It's really no smaller than the Rose Quarter; should be plenty big enough for a decent stadium. That area could definitely benefit from the economic development, and it's already rife with the requisite homeless encampments.
     
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  19. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I didn't think it was possible to suggest a worse name than Lumberjacks, but you did.
     
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  20. dviss1

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    C'mon man, you didn't like baseball growing up? What do you know about the Peninsula park little leagues?
     
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