chromekilla

i just heard the florida marlins are looking for a new place to play.Moving out of Florida because of team interest.Anyone think they would move to portland and play in pge pack maybe until a new one got built.I know i would watch games that had the dtrain.It would be nice to have a baseball,and football team in portland.

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IMHO, Portland will never have a MLB team because the public will never subsidize the construction of a new baseball stadium.

Dan

Yah, shame that we passed a bill that made it so the public doesn't have to subsidize the construction of a new stadium.

whats next, we'd need a "retractable roof" nonesense?

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It'd be really sweet if we got a team (altho I have a preference for AL). I just seriously doubt that the Marlins are doing anything but just trying to put Miami over a barrell. And even if they are serious about moving, Vegas is much more "pretty", due to the money that surrounds the city.

But the minute MLB puts a team in Vegas, is the minute they'll have to let Pete Rose back into baseball.

If MLB knew what was good for them (if the team/teams moves) they'd put a team in Portland (and probably one in another untapped market if another team moves).

But, since this is MLB we're talking about here, I'll believe it only after they don't change the rules for moving to suit their wallet (can't say I blame them for doing that last time).

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chromekilla

That sucks.I would love to watch baseball somewhere close considering ive never been to a pro football,baseball game.

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Fork

IMHO, we've just found ANOTHER topic that you know nothing about.

Hap beat me to the punch, but here's a nice link where there's a lot of information to prove you wrong.

http://www.oregonbaseballcampaign.com/

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As much as I would love to see a MLB team here I still don't think we could support one. With the amount of games played in the MLB season I don't think Portland has the fanbase to support a MLB ball club just yet.

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Fork

Of course, there's the gambling issue in vegas. The tiny little Sports Action Oregon Lottery program kept NCAA basketball tournements and other big time sporting events out for years. Besides, nobody goes to Vegas for a baseball game.

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Pay Ton

I honestly don't understand why you guys don't have a baseball team already. Portland just seems like a sports kind of town. I think a baseball team would do really good in Portland, but again I'm not sure since I don't live there.

Anyways...yeah I think you guys deserve your own team, but from what I've heard it's either Las Vegas or Jersey. They are really hoping for Vegas, but of course they'd need to build a stadium.

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Fork

We get the highest TV ratings of any market in the country that doesn't currently have baseball. Third overall, last time I heard.

We have plenty of support. Plus, we're still the most underserved professional sports market. (Aside from NY and LA, but they won't be getting another baseball team any time soon.)

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Dan

why not? I'd suggest you go to the link fork supplied.

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Fork

Yes. There are some very knowledgable people who post there...and Hap too.

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Dan

I was just about to say "well, I post there too, so I don't know if I'd say that"..but than I realized you beat me to the punch! haha, zing!


wait a second...

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Dan