> BLJ: PCL as in the Pacific Coast League (AAA)? I wonder what they 
 
Yep! 
 
 > BLJ: would do with their AAA team if they ever got a major league 
 > BLJ: baseball team (probably move it somewhere). The only other cities 
 > BLJ: I can think of that could use a major league baseball team are 
 > BLJ: Washington (of course the Senators failed twice so fans would 
 > BLJ: probably be skeptical unless they move some ailing National League 
 > BLJ: team to Washington...that way the Orioles would be in the AL 
 > BLJ: and the Senators(?) would be in the NL...the Senators [the original 
 > BLJ: and the most recent] were AL), Nashville or Memphis, San Jose 
 > BLJ: [remember they tried to move the SF Giants there], Las Vegas 
 > BLJ: [do they have a MLB-quality stadium], and maybe Portland. 
 
Yeah, maybe Portland.  I've been stumping for MLB in Portland for a  number 
of years (as a die-hard Beavers/PCL fan), and -- honestly -- it's  never 
going to happen here.  The fans are great and we could *at least*  out-draw 
Oakland (!!), but the ER Commission refuses to build a stadium,  or even take 
part in building one.  God Bless Civic Stadium, and all  that, but at 22K, it 
can't support a MLB team.  The fans are super here;  it was Joe Buzas, the 
worst owner in professional baseball, that killed  expansion.  the "Portland 
Devil Rays"????  Maybe.  But not before I  collect social security. 
 
BTW, Las Vegas would be an *excellent* candidate for future expansion;  
there's money and interest -- of which Portland only has the latter. 
 
DHH 
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