Manfred cancels visit to Portland but city still candidate for MLB franchise
Manfred cancels visit to Portland but city still candidate for MLB franchise

Only days after the conclusion of the recent World Series, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred was scheduled to fly to Portland, Ore., to meet there with officials interested in acquiring a big-league franchise. But the meeting was postponed until a later date because of the civil unrest that has besieged the troubled city since last spring. But Canadian Baseball Network contributor Danny Gallagher writes that the mere fact that Manfred was set to visit Portland is another clear indication the folks at MLB are seriously interested in Portland as a new franchise to add to the current 30-team roster.

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Major Leagues (MLB)Danny Gallagher
Langdon: Bobby Smyth built fences, ball diamonds and more in Etobicoke
Langdon: Bobby Smyth built fences, ball diamonds and more in Etobicoke

“There is a 10-foot extension atop a chain link fence that protects a house on a hill overlooking a ball field in Etobicoke in west end Toronto. It was known by neighbourhood kids in the 1960s as ‘the fence that Smyth built.’ Almost 60 years later, the post-World War II bungalow on the hill has been replaced by a modern ‘monster’ home, but that extended, weather-beaten fence on the edge of Lambton-Kingsway Park still stands. It represents a beginning of the amateur ball legacy of Etobicoke’s own Bob Smyth.”

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Canadians in the Majors, Canadians in MLB, SandlotsBob ElliottMost Popular