The Marlins look to be serious about moving to portland

[bigboydan]

Marlins executives to talk with Portland officials about ballpark

January 6, 2006

MIAMI (AP) -- Florida Marlins representatives plan to meet next week with Portland, Ore. officials about the team's possible relocation to the city in the event it can't get a baseball-only stadium in South Florida.

Marlins president David Samson will travel to Portland on Monday for a one-day visit, team spokesman P.J. Loyello said Friday. Samson will be accompanied by Marlins vice chairman Joel Mael and Claude Delorme, who is in charge of stadium development.

Since their inception in 1993, the Marlins have shared the Miami Dolphins' home, owned by Wayne Huizenga. The Marlins' lease with the stadium is in effect until 2007, and the team could move after that.

If the team relocates, Las Vegas and Portland appear to be the early front-runners

[clonecat]

This would be a scheduling nightmare if they didn't reallign divisions.

[bigboydan]

clonecat, i really don't think the ownership would really care about the schedualing at all. if they get a sweet deal portland, they will find a way to work around that big problem.

your right though, if they don't reallign. they will lose out on free agents, as well as have players demand trades, or just revolt on the ownership. just like the expos did, when they have to play that screwed up schedual a few years back.

[aje]

That would be interesting to see them go out west. They would be a perfect fit in the A.L. West and take a team like Pittsburgh that could replace them in the N.L. East.

[Illusion]

That would be interesting to see them go out west. They would be a perfect fit in the A.L. West and take a team like Pittsburgh that could replace them in the N.L. East.

That would never work because each league would have 15 teams each. Everyday one team would have to have a day off since interleaue only happens during May/June.

[aje]

That would never work because each league would have 15 teams each. Everyday one team would have to have a day off since interleaue only happens during May/June.

You make a great point. Also if you did spread out the interleague games it really wouldn't matter. I think you would still come up short.