Pacific Coast League (1978-1993)
Tombstone
Born: 1978 – PCL expansion franchise
Moved: 1993 (Salt Lake Buzz)
First Game: April 15, 1978 (W 3-2, L 5-4 @ Salt Lake City Gulls)
Last Game: September 13, 1993 (L 6-3 @ Tucson Toros)
PCL Championships: None
Stadium
Ownership & Affiliation
Owners:
- 1978: Leo Ornest
- 1979: David Hersh, et al.
- 1980: Ron Tonkin, Doug Goodman, et al.
- 1985-1986 (offseason only): Joe Buzas & Stuart Revo
- 1986-1993: Joe Buzas
Major League Affiliations:
- 1978: Cleveland Indians
- 1979-1982: Pittsburgh Pirates
- 1983-1986: Philadelphia Phillies
- 1987-1993: Minnesota Twins
Attendance
Background
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I will never forget going to the 1981 spring tryouts the Beavers sponsored at Civic Stadium. I remember pitching for a long time, have no idea how many batters I faced but almost no was able to hit my knuckleball. I went and did batting but I didn’t do well so I figured nothing was going to happen. As I was getting ready to get in my car in the parking lot, a scout came up to me and said that the Pirate people who were there watching, offered me a contract right then. I talked to scout and he said I would have to go down to A ball to get reacquainted to baseball, as I hadn’t played in at least 6 years, 4 years because I was in the Navy, and a couple of years I had gotten out. He shook his head and said he couldn’t believe I had that kind of control just walking up and pitching like I did. He said they were very impressed not knowing I hadn’t played in so long. I had one question I really needed an answer to because my wife was 7 months pregnant with our son and I had been working a job that I like and was making steady money with medical benefits. I asked if the minor leagues had medical benefits and he said they did not. I said I couldn’t sign knowing how much money it would have cost us and how little money the minors paid. I have never really regretted turning down the offer but I do sometimes think of what if. I will never forget the experience.
My first apartment in college was a few blocks’ walk away from Civic Stadium, and I remember how awesome it was to just stroll over to the ball park and get tickets along the 3rd baseline and a hot dog for just a few bucks. We also used to go up to our rooftop and watch the 4th of July fireworks they set off, it was awesome. While I loved going up for M’s games, minor league ball was always so much more fun and I just hated when they left and minor league ball got relegated to the totally-inaccessible-without-a-car ‘burbs. Soccer? Nope. Not for me.
Minor league baseball in Portland was never relegated to the suburbs and I used to love to go see the Mavericks…they were much more fun than the Beavers ever were…and so were the Timbers because soccer was for me and Portland was/is a great soccer city.