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Relocating a team to Portland makes sense

By Phil Rogers
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, January 11, 2007

The idea of baseball in Portland, Ore., is new for a lot of people. But it has been a lifetime habit for Boston Red Sox icon Johnny Pesky, and he's 87 years old. Pesky was born in 1919 and grew up following his hometown Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League. He has spent most of his life on the opposite coast, but is intrigued by the movement to bring the Florida Marlins or another major league baseball franchise to Portland. "What Portland always had was good fans,'' Pesky said in a 20 ...

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