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

Mehh mariners are finally good for the first time in I don’t know how many years lol.. what was their average attendance the last decade plus before this one?

besides is Salt Lake City with a smaller population going to do better than us with your argument?

 

I think you gotta remember a lot of people will be coming from the east side using the Tilikum Crossing bridge. People forget that side of the river (east side) is pretty open and very walkable to cross over

 

I have grandsons playing u13 baseball, its a big business nowadays with traveling teams and parents forking out big bucks because thats the trend.

 

My grand daughter plays U13 softball and she's a very good pitcher for her age. She's been recruited heavily by other traveling teams which is fine I guess. The thing I just learned though that bothers me is she is being told not top play for her high school which is a couple years away. Coaching isnt good and playing club is better for scholarship potential. Things have really changed since my playing days.

 

We use to take the Amtrak up to the games. It was always packed from Portland. I am guessing all those people will stop taking the train and will start going to portland games. I think the Mariners would feel a loss in attendance if Portland picked up a team.

 

If parking is decent and the park easy to access that would make a significant difference.

 

I would never ever let my kids play baseball. Bye bye summer free time.

 

Sacrifice's in all things. Team sports for kids, regardless when, can be beneficial to a young person. TEAM - TogetherEveryoneAccomplishe'sMore

 

I've seen the same thing at basketball. High school coaches can have favorites based on non-basketball-related issues. Then they try to handicap other kids who are better players for non-basketball related reasons that that kid had no control over.

But I've seen the same thing at the club level as well... To a lesser extent.

 

We just took our first non-basketball summer vacation after my eldest child's freshman year in college.

Sports are year-round if you want to be competitive. At least, if you aren't a naturally gifted athletic freak.

 

Yeah my kids play club soccer year round. Summer baseball is a whole other level of commitment.

 

In my day we played seasonal sports through high school. No soccer at that time.
Fall - Football / CC
Winter - Basketball/Wrestling
Spring - Baseball/Track
Summer - Baseball/American Legion teams

 

Nah-Football and Baseball only - just mentioned the sports that were offered seasonally.
Not to many athletes back then that focused on 1 sport until maybe HS/College
Most jock types played several sports, back then, because of natural talent in various sports.

 

During his high school career at Jefferson High in Portland, Oregon, Terry Baker was a three-sport star who led the football team to two consecutive undefeated state championships and two state titles, earning him induction into the National High School Hall of Fame. He also excelled in basketball, winning a city title in 1959, and in baseball, pitching the team to a state title in the same year.

 

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