Portland Baseball Team

    Parks Newsletter Highlights New Field

    Date:10/01/2015  Source:Portland Baseball Team 

    Turf and Irrigation By Mike Carr, Turf and Irrigation Supervisor Last spring, the Turf and Irrigation workgroup was asked by our property manager to meet on-site with the new Portland Pickles owner, Ken Wilson. The Walker Stadium ballfield needed renovation, and he wanted to know what it would take to bring it up to league standards. As we met with the other workgroups, we realized how complex thi...


    Pickles Release 2016 Schedule

    Date:09/28/2015  Source:Portland Baseball Team 

    Home Opener Is June 10th   PICKLES ANNOUNCE 2016 GREAT WEST LEAGUE SCHEDULE &...


    Grass Seed Everywhere

    Date:09/18/2015  Source:Portland Baseball Team 

    It was a beautiful sunny day and the great City of Portland crew had completed their work.  The new playing surface at Walker Stadium was ready for seeding. Portland deserves a major league quality baseball field and now they'll have one.  This is where the Portland Pickles of the new Great West League will play their home games starting next June.  This sand based field will b...


    Seeding Of New Playing Surface

    Date:09/17/2015  Source:Portland Baseball Team 

        Pickles greener with new grass Created on Thursday, 17 September 2015 07:00 | Written by Portland Tribune |     inShare Share 0 Comments   A new field is starting to take shape at Walker Stadium. A City of Portland crew has been working at the 59-year-old baseball park since early July, and hydroseeding of the new rye turf is scheduled for Frida...


    Great Opportunity For Interns

    Date:08/21/2015  Source:Portland Baseball Team 

    HERE'S THE PERFECT INTERNSHIP  LEARN EVERYTHING WITH A BASEBALL START-UP IN A MAJOR MARKET The Portland Pickles, a professional-style baseball franchise in the Great West League, is accepting resumes, cover letters and references from students for consideration as an intern for the September, 2015 - May, 2016 Pre-Season and/or the May, 2016 - August, 2016 In-Season.  To start,...


    J.J. Altobelli Named Pickles Manager

    Date:08/17/2015  Source:Portland Baseball Team 

      PICKLES NAME J.J. ALTOBELLI THE TEAM'S FIRST MANAGER   ...


    Pickles About To Select Manager

    Date:08/11/2015  Source:Portland Baseball Team 

    Pickles ready to pick manager  Portland Tribune Sports Created on Tuesday, 11 August 2015 18:38 | Written by Steve Brandon |           The Portland Pickles are close to naming their first manager and are down to five finalists. Former Oregon Ducks players Mitch Karraker and J.J. Altobelli and new Arizona Wildcats director of baseball operations Ray...


    INFIELD TAKING SHAPE AT WALKER STADIUM

    Date:07/28/2015  Source:Portland Baseball Team 

    In just over 10-months your Portland Pickles will be playing on a major league quality field at Walker Stadium.  The irrigation is being readied on the entire field.  All of the trenches are complete on the infield.  The dirt for the pitchers mound has arrived, as has the dirt for the home plate area and the pristine dirt for the skinned portion of the infield is ready to ...


    Stadium Work Begins As March Continues To 2016

    Date:06/24/2015  Source:Portland Baseball Team 

          New Portland Pickles have lots on their plate Created on Tuesday, 23 June 2015 07:00 | Written by Steve Brandon |         Share 1 Comment     Wood-bat team puts pieces in place for its June 2016 debut     COURTESY: PORTLAND PICKLES - A rendering of what the entrance might look like when Walker Stadiu...


    The Pickles Announcement on KOIN 6

    Date:04/23/2015  Source:Portland Baseball Team 

    PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — KOIN 6 caught Team President Ken Wilson making the announcement of the Name Your Team Contest at local school. The final four names were Red Dogs. Pixels. Mud Hounds. Pickles. The finalists for the name of the new baseball team that will play in Lents Park. In an event at Woodstock Elementary school, the name was revealed. The Portland Pickles. The team will be ma...


    FANS SELECT "PICKLES" AS THE NICKNAME FOR PORTLAND'S TEAM

    Date:04/21/2015  Source:Portland Baseball Team 

    Portland, Oregon; April 21, 2015 - "We want to stand out from the crowd and keep Portland weird," said Rose City Baseball President and CEO Ken Wilson, in revealing that Portland's baseball team will be known as the Pickles.  "We're all about fun and we're all going to have lots of fun with the name Pickles."   The name was revealed today in front of nea...


    NICKNAME TO BE ANNOUNCED APRIL 21st

    Date:04/10/2015  Source:Portland Baseball Team 

    Portland’s Baseball Team will announce the team nickname on Tuesday, April 21st at Woodstock Elementary School.       The announcement will culminate a four-week Name Your Team Contest presented by Pamplin Media.  The response to the contest was overwhelming, with more than twice the number of entries than expected.  Six nicknames were presented, with fans giv...


    What's Next for Portland's Baseball Team

    Date:04/10/2015  Source:Portland Baseball Team 

    From the April 9, 2015 edition of the Portland Tribune Opening Day is more than 400 days away, but Portland’s fledgling college wood-bat team is starting to pick off all the things it needs to do before the first Great West League season. First up is the team name: the Portland (blank). Next week, league president and Portland team co-owner Ken Wilson is expected to announce the nickname a...


    Name Your Team Contest Announcement

    Date:03/10/2015  Source:Portland Baseball Team 

    NAME YOUR TEAM CONTEST UNDERWAY PRESENTED BY THE PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP WINNER RECEIVES FOUR SEASON TICKETS FOR THE 2016 SEASON   TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2015, PORTLAND, OREGON – It’s time to name Portland’s new baseball team. Since the team really belongs to the fans, it seems right to let the fans name the team. There are six nicknames to choose from. As the team represents Po...


    Baseball is Coming Back to Portland in 2016

    Date:03/10/2015  Source:Portland Baseball Team 

    Tuesday, March 10, 2015, Portland, OR – Rose City Baseball, LLC, Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R), and the Portland Development Commission (PDC) announce today that baseball is returning to the City of Portland with a new college wood-bat team based in east Portland. The City and the Great West League are partnering to bring Portland’s new baseball team (soon-to-be named by P...


    OPENING DAY

    Date:03/09/2015  Source:Portland Baseball Team 

    Baseball is back in Portland on June 10, 2016! ...