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

[Natebishop3]

The Portland Pints!

 

[barfo]

Here can be our logo

The Portland Airport Carpet Sox

Kinda has a ring to it. PDX CarpetSox for short.

barfo

 

[theprunetang]

It really is too bad the Hillsboro team took the name of Hops. It would be a fantastic MLB name for a Portland team. Almost too good.

 

[barfo]

It really is too bad the Hillsboro team took the name of Hops. It would be a fantastic MLB name for a Portland team. Almost too good.

Pretty sure that (a) the Hops would be leaving town if MLB came in, and (b) an MLB team could afford to buy the name from the Hops.

barfo

 

[BBert]

The Portland ERs

 

[HailBlazers]

The lamest and most stereotypical name ever.

Pioneers?

 

[BBert]

Since Portland ends in a hard 'd', something that starts with a vowel might be good. I liked the sound of Portland Expos when they tried to make that happen.

Or a P. Like Portland Petards

 

[BBert]

I think it's going to be hard to name the team. I hate to say it but I fear the worst.

 

[theprunetang]

Pretty sure that (a) the Hops would be leaving town if MLB came in, and (b) an MLB team could afford to buy the name from the Hops.

barfo

Well, I vote for Portland Hops then.

 

[Stevenson]

Or a P. Like Portland Petards

And then when we get rained out, we can look forward to “Portland hoisted by its own petard!”

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

This will spark a development boom of this area.

 

[Strenuus]

The Portland Perisols! BOOM!

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Mavericks.

Then have Kurt Russell as the official spokesman in promos.

 

[Mediocre Man]

That is why I want an expansion team. If done right they could follow an Astros/Royals type blueprint and just focus on developing young players for a few years and then hopefully pop a couple years before all those players need new contracts.

Yep

 

[Mediocre Man]

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.

MLB teams pay 31% of their revenue into a profit sharing fund. Is Portland going to earn what the Yankees do with the YES network? No.

There is a huge imbalance.

 

[kjironman1]

Portland Mavericks.

I was a "Little Mav" growing up.

 

[kjironman1]

We need something more unique.

Portland has a long standing name in the Beavers
https://www.oregonlive.com/pbeavers/index.ssf/2010/09/farewell_to_the_portland_beave_2.html

 

[theprunetang]

I was a "Little Mav" growing up.

Kjironman was a fan.

 

[theprunetang]

Another bird name, since you know I love birds, is The Portland Meadowlarks, since the Western Meadowlark is our state bird.

 

[kjironman1]

Another bird name, since you know I love birds, is The Portland Meadowlarks, since the Western Meadowlark is our state bird.

People would think Meadowlark Lemon was born here or something?

 

[kjironman1]

This thread went from conversation about if the team would ever come here to discussing names! I love it!

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Pioneers?

This has always been my preference, despite the Lewis and Clark college issue (which really shouldn't be an issue).

 

[kjironman1]

This has always been my preference, despite the Lewis and Clark college issue (which really shouldn't be an issue).

Oregon City High School would love it also.

 

[Mediocre Man]

This thread went from conversation about if the team would ever come here to discussing names! I love it!

I still don't think it's happening.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I still don't think it's happening.

Portland Pretenders.
Portland Probably-not-happening.
Portland Puh-lease!

 

[Mediocre Man]

Portland Pretenders.
Portland Probably-not-happening.
Portland Puh-lease!

Portland small town thinkers

 

[HailBlazers]

All I know is we need to change the thread title.

 

[Norman Dale]

Portland Wet Sox
Portland Axemen

 

[Hoopguru]

Portland Peddle Punks

 

[Hoopguru]

Portland Paddlers