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  1. julius

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

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    I think that if a group of people are coming together and buy land (without tax payer money), build a stadium, etc, (without tax payer money), they're probably not a bunch of small town chumps barely scraping the barrel to make a profit.

    The day of blaming market size for the reason a team is successful or not is over. Teams that are run poorly are the ones who are don't win. Big markets doesn't guarantee anything (see: Mets, Padres, Oakland, Seattle, Detroit, Miami, etc).

    It's like the NFL where teams are making money hand over fist, but the economics for baseball are different today than they were 20 years ago.
     
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    You do realize that there are currently Three major hotel/motel type buildings being built to go along with the other 2 giant convention center units that were just completed bringing almost 2000 new rooms to the Portland area with as many as 1000 more waiting to be built right? We have had this conversation about the ball park that you look to be wrong on. Now would you like to have it about Hotel space?
     
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    The Marlins did that a few years back too didn't they?
     
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    I should have used green font. Sorry.
     
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    not gonna lie, the renderings are fucking awesome
     
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    With the Mariners blowing it up recently, this is what I need. It's like a lifeline.
     
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    I just wish they could hit balls in into the water. Have a boardwalk with the bridge behind it, would be ideal. But I'll take anything they give me!
     
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    This is more of a real thing than the idea of the Mariners in the playoffs.
     
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    Ah. That was a team I was forgetting.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    If they do go the expansion route, I'd love for them to stick with the italic "P."

    I like it.
     
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    I figured it would be some redux of PNC park
     
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Ha!! Fuck Seattle!
     
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    I've said it before, but the name needs to be Portland Swifts. Bird names are all the rage in MLB. They would be named after the annual roosting of the Vaux's Swifts at the old Chapman school. Easy and awesome logo. Has a classic Baseball feel. Plus, swift also means quick or fast.

    Make it happen.
     
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    Portland Mavericks.
     
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    Honestly, I hate that name. Swifts sounds like a rec league baseball team name, not the name of an MLB team.
     
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    We need something more unique.
     
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    Portland Roos has a nice ring to it.
     
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    It almost looks like you could walk along the boardwalk and watch. It would be cool if balls could be hit out there.
     
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    Even though it sounds like an arena football team, I kind of like the Steelhead. Especially if they somehow combine the fish theme with the river location.
     
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