And on the former Portland Beavers front, plans to build a Triple-A ballpark in Escondido, California, are dead, says Escondido Mayor Sam Abed. To build the ballpark, the city needed redevelopment funds that the California state legislature took away. San Diego Padres owner Jeff Moorad bought the former Portland Beaver franchise from Merritt Paulson and moved it to Tucson, Arizona for a year while waiting for construction of a ballpark in Escondido, whose field dimensions were to be identical to those in Petco Park. Now those plans are squelched, and Moorad may opt to sell the team.
Read more about this in SignOn San Diego.
Hey Merritt, hey Portland City Council -- there's still time to get the Beavers back! And to do something with that troublesome Coliseum. Yeah sure, dream on.
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