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Growing up in Southern Oregon, I divided my loyalty to the Giants and the Mariners, the two closest teams. Once a year, my dad and I would wake up at 3am to make the 6-hr trip to SF for an afternoon game at Candlestick Park, spend the night at a cheap motel, and drive home the next day. We also visited Seattle when we could and went to a game at the godawful Kingdome. This was back when the Mariners were as bad as their stadium, so tickets were cheap and plentiful.

I don't follow the MLB nearly as closely now, because I have other interests and I'm fed up with professional sports in general, but I still enjoy a couple Beavers games every summer at PGE park. My wife went to college in Boston for a while, so we saw one game at Fenway which was enough to make me a Sox fan. To answer you friend's question, yes, there is a Red Sox bar in Portland: the New Old Lompoc on NW 23rd. Every single game on TV.

I don't mind the lack of an MLB team here. Portland Beavers games are fun (and cheap!) and this city has more pressing issues to worry about.

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