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  Satchel and Portland
In Portland, the Beavers of the Pacific Coast League were buried in the standings.
The management of the Beavers felt that a partial solution to these problems was a man in his mid-fifties, that man was the great Satchel Paige.
While the Beavers were able to tie the score (and thus rescue Paige from a loss in his first outing), they lost the game by a score of 3-2.
www.thediamondangle.com /marasco/negleg/portland.html   (1468 words)

  
 .: Corvallis Gazette-Times :. Archives
PORTLAND — Oregon State erased an early six-run deficit with 14 straight runs as the 15th-ranked Beavers defeated Portland 14-9 in non-conference baseball Tuesday afternoon at Joe Etzel Field.
Portland had jumped to a 6-0 lead after two innings against OSU starter Brian Budrow and reliever Daniel Turpen, and Pilot freshman lefthander Blaine Hardy had retired six of the seven Beavers he’d faced by then.
For Portland, Justin Ehlers was 3-for-4 with one RBI and Matthew Peters was 3-for-5 with a double and three RBI.
www.gazettetimes.com /articles/2006/04/12/sports/osu_beavers/osu01.txt   (447 words)

  
 Unofficial Portland Beavers Web Page - Commentary
The Beavers were successful in 67.5% of their stolen base attempts; right in line with the PCL average success rate of 67.7%.
Led the Beavers in HRs (14), was 2nd in Walks (46) and ranked 3rd in RBIs (48) and ABs (390).
The Portland staff also ranked 2nd in the league in Saves (43) — a function of the number of close games the club was involved in — and tied for 2nd in Shutouts (9).
www.pdxbeavers.com /commentary/article.php?id=21   (4308 words)

  
 Portland Beavers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Portland Beavers are a minor league baseball team which, along with the Los Angeles Angels, Oakland Oaks, Sacramento Solons, San Francisco Seals, and Seattle Rainiers, was a charter member of the Pacific Coast League which was founded in 1903.
The Portland Rockies played in Rose City for the next seven seasons, and served an important role for the city, whose demand for a major league team was growing.
Portland's support for the Rockies paved the way for the return of the AAA baseball in 2001.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portland_Beavers   (745 words)

  
 Portland Mercury - Theater - Portland Beavers Baseball Season   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Its current performance art series, Portland Beavers Baseball Season (a summer-long piece that is part of a string of sports-themed installations) has achieved mediocre crowds at best, which is really too bad.
The piece, a nearly flawless replication of an actual minor league season starring a team called the Portland Beavers, is one of the most compelling artistic accomplishments this city has seen.
Some even believe that the Beavers are some sort of arm system for the major leagues, a place where prospective players are developed for a life in the big leagues.
www.portlandmercury.com /gyrobase/Content?oid=27423&category=22143   (585 words)

  
 Portland Beavers Blog - OregonLive.com
SP Arturo Lopez, born in Culiacan, Mexico, was with the Beavers through the 23d of April this season, when he was loaned to Mexico City of the Triple-A Mexican league.
Beavers lefty Wade LeBlanc is looking for that nice start this evening, after being clobbered in his last two outings.
I hope the Beavers can get their lumber working soon, but I'm sure that will be tied greatly to our temperatures in Portland.
blog.oregonlive.com /portlandbeavers   (1503 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Minor League Baseball - SPORTSTICKER MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NOTE - Friday July 13, 2001 09:07 AM
Portland was without baseball until the Pacific Northwest League was revived in 1901 and when the National Association was organized, the league became a Class B member.
Portland led the PCL in batting with a.269 average that was 21 points better than Seattle, the second-ranked club.
The Portland Beaver who had the longest career in baseball was 24-year-old right-hander Vinegar Bill Essick who went 19-6 for a league-leading.760 percentage and pitched 25 complete games, including four shutouts.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/minors/news/2001/31team   (3142 words)

  
 News Search: portland beavers   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Beavers (3-23, 0-17) need to upset No. 6 USC today in their season finale to avoid matching their 0-18 record from 1987.
The Ducks' kicking shortcomings seemed magnified by the way those kicks were missed (and the way the Beavers made theirs) and the effort by the rest of the team that was wasted - and, of course, by the glaring spotlight of the Civil...
Beavers manager Craig Colbert was selected as the new bench coach of the San Diego Padres on Tuesday, it was announced by Padres executive vice president/general manager Kevin Towers.
www.topix.net /search?q=portland+beavers   (803 words)

  
 Sports Updates - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com: Portland Beavers
PORTLAND, Ore. - Chip Ambres hit a go-ahead, two-run single against his former team, and the Portland Beavers took charge in the late innings to beat the New Orleans Zephyrs 6-4 Friday night at PGE Park.
PORTLAND, Ore. - Marshall McDougall drove in three runs and lifted the Portland Beavers to a 5-4 victory over the Oklahoma RedHawks with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to right in the 10th inning Thursday night at PGE Park.
PORTLAND, Ore. - Backed by another solid pitching effort and continued timely hitting, the Salt Lake Bees kept their perfect road record intact and extended their winning streak to eight games with a 5-0 blanking of the Portland Beavers Sunday afternoon at PGE Park.
blog.oregonlive.com /sportsupdates/portland_beavers   (3684 words)

  
 PGE Park
Jon Knott was 5-for-6 with five RBIs and two home runs, including a game-winning shot in the bottom of the 11th, as the Portland Beavers rallied for a 9-7 victory over the Las Vegas 51s during the final home game of the season played before 11,157 at PGE Park on Aug. 27.
The Portland Beavers return home Saturday for a nine-game homestand, their final series of home games for the 2006 regular season.
Still in the hunt for a possible playoff berth, the Portland Timbers will be looking to take advantage of their home-heavy schedule as they round out the regular season at PGE Park.
www.bluto.net /portlandbeavers   (302 words)

  
 AT THE YARD - Minor League Baseball Magazine: Stadium Profile
The 2004 season is Portland’s 89th in the Pacific Coast League—no other city’s tenure comes close (Sacramento is second, with 58 years).
Portlanders have enjoyed playing on this site since 1893, when the Multnomah Athletic Club leased a plot of pasture land in an area known as Tanner Creek Gulch.
By the mid-1950s, the Portland Beavers—an original PCL franchise in 1903—were weary of their aging Vaughn Street Stadium.
www.attheyard.com /MinorLeagueProfiles/Stadium/article_593.shtml   (1182 words)

  
 Printable Version
PORTLAND -- The City Council made perhaps the biggest save of the Portland Beavers' baseball season, agreeing to a new operating agreement that lets the Pacific Coast League take over the lease on PGE Park for the rest of the year.
Portland's first home game of the season is Friday night against the Las Vegas 51s.
Jack Cain, the acting general manager for the Beavers and Timbers, told the City Council he was glad to be back.
www.tdn.com /articles/2004/04/16/sports/news06.prt   (376 words)

  
 Portland (Ore.) Beavers Players to Visit Hospitalized Veterans   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Top-rated players for the Portland Beavers baseball team will be playing to the crowd Monday, May 15, when they visit sick and disabled veterans at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center in Portland, Ore., as part of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Celebrity Entertainment Program.
The Beavers, the Triple-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, will host a special DAV Day at the Ballpark game on Saturday, May 27, which will be attended by hundreds of disabled veterans and their guests from the VA medical center.
The visit by the Beavers players to the Portland VA medical center, 3710 SW Veterans Hospital Rd., will be their first under the DAV Celebrity Entertainment Program.
releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=65759   (387 words)

  
 Portland Baseball
The Beavers won PCL championships again in 1913 and 1914, but in 1918, the wartime travel restrictions forced them to cancel their season.
The Beavers become a Major League farm team for the first time joining the St. Louis Cardinals family as their AAA team in 1961.
The Beavers continue to be popular in Portland through good times and bad, and Baseball continues to be America’s pastime.
www.pdxhistory.com /html/portland_baseball.html   (2578 words)

  
 United Soccer Leagues (USL)
PORTLAND, OR -- The Pacific Coast League, the current owner of the Portland Beavers, the Triple-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres, and the Portland Timbers professional soccer team, announced today that an agreement has been signed to sell the teams to Portland Baseball Investment Group (PBIG).
Cain, affectionately known by many as one of Portland's baseball pioneers, was the owner of the Portland Rockies and later served as the acting general manager of the Beavers on an interim basis, beginning in April 2004.
Cain, who joined the Beavers in 2002 as a special assistant, will continue to lend his ongoing support to the two sports franchises in his new official role as senior advisor and as part of the new ownership group.
www.uslsoccer.com /home/95395.html   (1041 words)

  
 Scout.com: Portland Beavers Player of the Year
With the Portland Beavers touting a veteran lineup it was much harder for MadFriars.com senior writers Denis Savage and John Conniff to find the top prospect than it was to find the Player of the Year.
Portland Beavers Summary: A team ravaged by injuries throughout the year had 11 guys on the disabled list during one point in the season.
Ranked dead last in team batting average in the Pacific Coast League with a.254 mark, the Beavers didn’t hit very often and the numbers would be even worse without their top two hitters for average, Brian Myrow and Frank Menechino.
padres.scout.com /2/687910.html   (1331 words)

  
 Portland Beavers - BR Bullpen
Portland was a charter member of the Pacific Coast League and has competed in that league for more seasons than any other city.
Ad Liska pitched for the Beavers from 1936-1949, winning over 10 games 10 times including 20 3 times, leading the league in wins in 1937 (24) and had a 198-194 record in Portland.
Jim Thorpe spent part of 1922 in Portland Mickey Cochrane in 1924, Luis Tiant in 1964, and Lou Piniella in 1966-1968, were in Portland on their way to major league careers.
www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Portland_Beavers   (495 words)

  
 The Unofficial Portland Beavers Site » 2002 » August   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Two of the Beavers who were released earlier in the season have latched on with other teams.
Several current and former Beavers are mentioned by the San Diego Union-Tribune as players that may begin the 2003 season with the Padres.
You are currently browsing the The Unofficial Portland Beavers Site weblog archives for August, 2002.
www.winton.org /pdxbeavers/archives/2002/08   (607 words)

  
 Portland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Portland stone, limestone from the Jurassic period quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset
Portland Harbour, a harbour between the Isle of Portland and the mainland
Portland, Louisville, Kentucky, a neighborhood and former town in Louisville, Kentucky.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portland   (483 words)

  
 Beaver Creek
Laced rawhide style leather shades serve as a brilliant complement to the gun metal finish on iron structure of the Beaver Creek Chandelier.
A laced rawhide style leather shade serves as a brilliant complement to the gun metal finish on iron structure of the Beaver Creek Floor Lamp.
In Beaver Creek, Nova Scotia, in 1942, thirteen-year-old Johnny Lightfoot is helped by the disfigured woman called Old Maud, who is believed to be a witch, and he sets out to become her friend and to let the other villagers know that she is not to b Copyr
www.eager-beavers.com /beaver-creek.htm   (264 words)

  
 Portland Beavers Kick It Off in Style | Portland Metblogs
It is a little too early to predict where the Beavers will end up in the PCL standings.
Now I realize Portland isn’t a big minor league sports town in terms of fans with the Blazers as well as college and prep sports keeping sports writers busy and all, but come on guys.
Please don’t leave Beavers coverage to a columnist (sorry Meehan, though I did like your Beavers preview story) and wire stories, but instead assign a stringer or regular beat writer to the team.
portland.metblogs.com /2008/04/04/portland-beavers-kick-it-off-in-style   (673 words)

  
 Baseball comes home, ready for Portland - Sports
Portland (17-23) is by no means a pushover, and the Beavers are well aware of that, especially after the teams' last meeting.
The Beavers smoked the Pilots 16-0 on March 4 in Portland as five Oregon State pitchers combined for a two-hitter and 13 strikeouts.
Non-conference wins are crucial for the two-time defending national champion Beavers, and the team is well aware of that.
media.barometer.orst.edu /media/storage/paper854/news/2008/04/23/Sports/Baseball.Comes.Home.Ready.For.Portland-3342815.shtml   (354 words)

  
 Pcl Looks For Solution In Portland Beavers... - ROYAL ROOTERS   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Portland can't hold a PCL team and some people want a MLB franchise there.
The PCL recently arranged a reduction in rent due to the city of Portland, from $900,000 annually to $500,000, and forgiveness of other debts due to creditors.
Both moves were designed to make the Beavers and Portland Timbers soccer team more appealing to prospective buyers.
www.redsoxnation.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=1654   (701 words)

  
 Portland Beavers: Minor League Baseball at PGE Park in Portland, Oregon - OregonLive.com
Wednesday May 14, 2008, 3:12 PM The Portland Beavers return home to play host to a series of events, including two Art & Science Baseball School days and Military Appreciation Night during their upcoming homestand at PGE Park against the Las Vegas 51s and Tucson Sidewinders.
Tuesday May 13, 2008, 12:44 PM The Iowa Cubs swept the Portland Beavers with a 5-2 victory Tuesday afternoon at Principal Park.
But the Cubs (18-18) overtook Portland (17-18) by scoring all three of their runs in the bottom of the fourth, getting a two-run homer from Kroeger and a two-out RBI single from Eric Patterson.
www.oregonlive.com /pbeavers   (1328 words)

  
 Portland Beavers open season with win over Fresno- Columbian.com, Clark County, Washington, Vancouver, Breaking News, ...
PORTLAND — As first impressions go, Thursday night was special for Portland Beavers catcher Nick Hundley and pitcher Josh Geer.
That was the first of 11 hits for the Beavers, who broke open a tight contest late to make sure Geer was rewarded with an opening-night win.
Eddie Basinski, a Beaver from 1947-57 who was inducted into the PCL Hall of Fame in 2006, threw out one of the ceremonial first pitches opening night.
www.columbian.com /sports/localNews/2008/04/04042008_Portland-Beavers-open-season-with-win-over-Fresno.cfm   (743 words)

  
 The Unofficial Portland Beavers Site » 2004 » March   (Site not responding. Last check: )
If the mayor decides to lock out the Beavers, the club might just stay in sunny Arizona and start the year at their minor league complex in Peoria.
We had the chance to chat with Tye and he shared some great insight on the organization as well as how the 2004 Portland Beavers are shaping up.
You are currently browsing the The Unofficial Portland Beavers Site weblog archives for March, 2004.
www.winton.org /pdxbeavers/archives/2004/03   (572 words)

  
 Oregon Stadium Campaign :: History
This entire section is dedicated to the "seamhead" that wants to look up the Beavers' past by statistics.
Broken down by decade are extensive player stats for each year of the Beavers franchise, starting in 1903.
There are a great many familiar faces from MLB past that have come through the Beavers team.
www.oregonstadiumcampaign.com /history_beavers.htm   (132 words)

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