Portland’s Chances of Getting Major League Baseball

Photo by Brian Halvorsen Today, the Seattle Mariners exist as the most remote Major League Baseball team. It is the only MLB team in the Pacific Northwest. This presents some travel problems. The Mariners fly more miles than any other baseball team because the nearest team is 700 miles away, in Oakland,CA. Seattle-Tacoma-Everett metropolitan area…

Geography, Baseball, and the Seattle Mariners.

47°35’28” N, 122°19’59” W. Let those coordinates sink in. These are the coordinates for Safeco Field, the home stadium for Major League Baseball’s Seattle Mariners. The northernmost Major League Baseball venue, and the second westernmost Major League Baseball venue. Given this geographic position, this makes the Seattle Mariners the most remote Major League Baseball team. Geography plays…