Tomorrow is a sad day for Portland, but I will be there! As many of you know I am a big baseball fan and though I wish we had a major league team that I could watch every week, we had something special for close to 100 years in Portland Beavers Baseball.
Tomorrow, September 6, 2010, brings the end of an era for Portland. At 2pm at PGE Park they will be holding their last game in Portland. About 15 years ago we updated PGE Park for the Beavers as it had been many years prior to that since it had been updated and it did need the love. And since the 1970s, the park has shared the space with the Portland Timbers Soccer team.
I thought this was fine since they didn’t seem to really affect each other and it gave Portland two sports teams and it probably cut back on the Portland Beavers expenses. Then in 2007, the owner of the Portland Timbers bought the Portland Beavers. At first I thought this could be a good thing with cross promotion and everything.
But, today I’m convinced the only reason the guy bought the team was to run them out of town and out of their stadium! As soon as he bought them he started working on getting rid of them and now he has done it! The Portland Beavers are being forced out by Major League Soccer.
I’ve seen many Portland Timbers games over the years, but I can tell you now, I will never see another one! I will not put one dime toward a team that has forced out another sports franchise just for their own gain. (Especially when it comes to America’s pastime, baseball)
So, please join me tomorrow at 2pm and help me say “Thank You” to the Portland Beavers baseball team and the many years of enjoyment they have given Portland. As for you the owner, if there was a way I could say thank you to the Beavers without giving you a dime, I WOULD!
Todd Clark and the Friendly Home Team
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