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Post by kersting13 on Oct 21, 2019 8:55:09 GMT -8
MLB does move teams around from time to time, but eliminating levels of MiLB is new. I know that Bakersfield (A+) had a cruddy stadium, and supposedly were going to build a new one. The funding fell through at the last minute, then they sold the team and MLB moved 2 teams out of the California League and into the Carolina League where owners had new stadiums.
The days of Bull Durham and bashing a hole in the chain link to turn on the sprinklers and cause a "rain out" are over.
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Post by sagebrush on Oct 21, 2019 9:49:58 GMT -8
Bring A ball back to Bend. Might be a little cold, but it is generally dry . Valley HS teams frequently come to Central Oregon in early OOC games. In MLB’s viewpoint, roughly a quarter of all current MiLB clubs far fall below the level of facilities they view as needed for their minor league players. MLB has essentially put the onus on MiLB to find a way to guarantee those stadiums will all reach what MLB deems as acceptable standards in the near future. Vince Genna is a dump. It is nowhere close to being an acceptable professional baseball venue, and would take an infusion of millions of dollars to make it so. Unfortunately, the county owns it so improvements will never happen. Tough enough to get them to maintain dump standards.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Oct 21, 2019 10:39:36 GMT -8
In MLB’s viewpoint, roughly a quarter of all current MiLB clubs far fall below the level of facilities they view as needed for their minor league players. MLB has essentially put the onus on MiLB to find a way to guarantee those stadiums will all reach what MLB deems as acceptable standards in the near future. Vince Genna is a dump. It is nowhere close to being an acceptable professional baseball venue, and would take an infusion of millions of dollars to make it so. Unfortunately, the county owns it so improvements will never happen. Tough enough to get them to maintain dump standards. I'm sure the voters of Deschutes County would happily approve a tax levy to upgrade the stadium to MILB standards. Voters in Eastern, Central and Southern Oregon are generally predisposed to approve bond measures of this sort.
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Post by ag87 on Oct 22, 2019 10:54:25 GMT -8
Quagmire until May? The Beavers are playing home games in March, some at Volcano Stadium. So, it's not inconceivable. OSU plays one game there some years. OSU play on turf not all grass with questionable drainage. Volcano holds water. It can be a mud pit much of the Spring. Come watch the HS teams play in Spring Break... see if you think it's MiLB level. Someone with more local knowledge please give us some more information. But I think historically this was Lake Labish. It sat under water until April or May every year. When the dams were built on the Willamette system that water that filled this area is now in Green Peter, and other reservoirs.
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Post by sagebrush on Oct 25, 2019 14:44:40 GMT -8
Jeff Ramp grows onions in Lake Labish. He can also tell you about the benefits of solar for both his house and farm.
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Post by bennyskid on Oct 26, 2019 14:13:00 GMT -8
Unfortunately, the county owns it so improvements will never happen. Tough enough to get them to maintain dump standards. I'm sure the voters of Deschutes County would happily approve a tax levy to upgrade the stadium to MILB standards. Voters in Eastern, Central and Southern Oregon are generally predisposed to approve bond measures of this sort. Deschutes County? I don't think so. Way too may retirees who don't want to pay taxes for things like schools and parks. Maybe it's changed since I lived there, but I doubt it.
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Post by astro4519 on Oct 26, 2019 17:06:30 GMT -8
Genna stadium is not owned by the county it is owned by the Bend parks and rec department. Only voters in the parks and rec district would be allowed to vote on a ballot measure or levy. 90 percent of rural Deschutes county voters and voters in the town's of Redmond, Sisters and LaPine would have no voice. Voters in the Bend parks and rec district have been very kind over the years. Look at the community pool improvements and the addition of new parks and upgrades in the last twenty years. Even Genna stadium has had millions of dollars of upgrades including a training center next door. Right now Genna stadium is leased and run by the Bend Elks. Bend would support minor league baseball just like they did the Phillies before the big club decided to move their team based on factors other than paid attendance and community support. If Genna stadium was good enough for the Rainbows and Kurt Russell it's good enough for minor league baseball.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Oct 26, 2019 17:36:51 GMT -8
If Genna stadium was good enough for the Rainbows and Kurt Russell it's good enough for minor league baseball.
No facility with 1970s amenities is anywhere close to good enough for minor-league baseball in the 2020 decade.
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Post by mbabeav on Oct 26, 2019 17:41:41 GMT -8
Bend has had A level minor league teams in the past, no reason why they can't again. Would be another summer attraction for an area that is a big tourist hotspot.
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Post by mbabeav on Oct 26, 2019 17:44:02 GMT -8
If Genna stadium was good enough for the Rainbows and Kurt Russell it's good enough for minor league baseball.No facility with 1970s amenities is anywhere close to good enough for minor-league baseball in the 2020 decade. Seems to work for Salem, and they always had great attendance for the Emeralds in Eugene.
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Post by astro4519 on Oct 26, 2019 18:05:21 GMT -8
If Genna stadium was good enough for the Rainbows and Kurt Russell it's good enough for minor league baseball.No facility with 1970s amenities is anywhere close to good enough for minor-league baseball in the 2020 decade.
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Post by astro4519 on Oct 26, 2019 18:06:02 GMT -8
Get sarcasm much.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Oct 26, 2019 19:52:26 GMT -8
I do. Didn't read any. Fetch me a beer, newbie.
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Post by astro4519 on Oct 26, 2019 20:01:19 GMT -8
Reading comprehension would help. Learn some history, get a clue and your own beer.
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Post by sagebrush on Oct 27, 2019 6:13:46 GMT -8
Jack Cain moved the A club to Portland when AAA left Portland. It was a strictly business decision as Jack knew that AAA would come back sooner or later, and they would buy the franchise from him (for a profit) as he was not a member of the "club". He was right and they even kept him on as a consultant. Jack is a good man, hated to leave Bend, but he just couldn't pass up a great business opportunity.
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