OT MLB to PDX: We're talking baseball to PDX (2 Viewers)

[Hoopguru]

As you wish.

barfo

This why I don't eat "the fear of the cow"!

 

[ripcityboy]

I mean..... I imagine most of the people have watched baseball. I used to watch a lot in the 90s. I just got bored with it.

 

[THE HCP]

Just ordered this!!

 

[THE HCP]

What to name ‘em?

https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/i...&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=oregonian_sf

 

[Mediocre Man]

Nickname = Orcas

Or keep the name if it would work like A's

 

[kjironman1]

Told ya.

 

[BBert]

Alright, so who will be calling the games for us?
Who is our starting pitcher on Opening Day and lastly,
who comes off the bench and do we play a zone?

Barrett

Barrett

Yes

 

[BigGameDamian]

Just ordered this!!
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You trying out for the team?

 

[Mediocre Man]

Just ordered this!!
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Let me save you some reading

1. Enter cathedral
2. Eat hot dog or nachos
3. Drink beer (repeat this several times)
4. Hang out with friends or date
5. Pay attention when ball is thrown
6. Dont care about score because PDX will likely rarely compete due to market size, so RELAX

 

[julius]

Let me save you some reading

1. Enter cathedral
2. Eat hot dog or nachos
3. Drink beer (repeat this several times)
4. Hang out with friends or date
5. Pay attention when ball is thrown
6. Dont care about score because PDX will likely rarely compete due to market size, so RELAX

Market size doesn't really have the impact in baseball like it does in basketball.

 

[THE HCP]

Just learned what a 5-9-6 triple play is!!!

 

[julius]

I'm sure this was asked before, but if Portland gets an MLB team, would they host the MLB all star weekend before the Blazers host the NBA all star weekend?

 

[tlongII]

I'm sure this was asked before, but if Portland gets an MLB team, would they host the MLB all star weekend before the Blazers host the NBA all star weekend?

Nah. Not enough hotel space. Or so I’ve heard.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Market size doesn't really have the impact in baseball like it does in basketball.

Moreso.

There is no salary cap, so teams like the Yankees, Cubs, RedSox, etc. reside in the 150 mm plus range, while league average is about half that.

Teams can rise up from time to time, but mostly the Pirates of the world aren't there

 

[hoopsjock]

Moreso.

There is no salary cap, so teams like the Yankees, Cubs, RedSox, etc. reside in the 150 mm plus range, while league average is about half that.

Teams can rise up from time to time, but mostly the Pirates of the world aren't there

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.

 

[THE HCP]

So if we DO get a team, will we be in the NW division still with Utah, Minny, OKC and Denver?
And how many team’s make the playoffs, the normal 8 per conference?

 

[BigGameDamian]

So if we DO get a team, will we be in the NW division still with Utah, Minny, OKC and Denver?
And how many team’s make the playoffs, the normal 8 per conference?

Hopefully the National league.

 

[BigGameDamian]

So if we DO get a team, will we be in the NW division still with Utah, Minny, OKC and Denver?
And how many team’s make the playoffs, the normal 8 per conference?

 

[Strenuus]

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.

This is what I'm thinking.

Look at the Rays, D-backs, Rockies... took a few years, but they took a trip and/or won the WS.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

What to name ‘em?

https://www.oregonlive.com/sports/i...&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=oregonian_sf

Mud Dogs!

 

[julius]

Moreso.

There is no salary cap, so teams like the Yankees, Cubs, RedSox, etc. reside in the 150 mm plus range, while league average is about half that.

Teams can rise up from time to time, but mostly the Pirates of the world aren't there

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.

 

[kjironman1]

Nah. Not enough hotel space. Or so I’ve heard.

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?

 

[kjironman1]

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.

The Marlins did that a few years back too didn't they?

 

[tlongII]

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?

I should have used green font. Sorry.

 

[illmatic99]

not gonna lie, the renderings are fucking awesome

 

[BonesJones]

With the Mariners blowing it up recently, this is what I need. It's like a lifeline.

 

[BonesJones]

not gonna lie, the renderings are fucking awesome

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!

 

[BonesJones]

This is more of a real thing than the idea of the Mariners in the playoffs.

 

[Strenuus]

The Marlins did that a few years back too didn't they?

Ah. That was a team I was forgetting.

 

[Natebishop3]

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

I like it.