Walker Stadium in the Lents neighborhood in southeast Portland was also rejected due to objections from neighbors. That was until the Portland Pickles collegiate wood bat team began play in 2016 at Walker Stadium. In June 2009, the Portland City Council voted to separate the soccer and baseball projects, allowing renovation of PGE Park to proceed without completed plans for a baseball stadium in place. Other locations in the Portland area were considered for the ballpark, including a vacant terminal at the Port of Portland, Delta Park, the Portland Expo Center, Portland Meadows, the Westwood Corporation Heliport site, a building owned by Portland Public Schools near the Rose Quarter, and suburban locations in Beaverton, Clackamas, and Vancouver, Washington. None of these sites progressed past initial discussions. With no suitable Portland location available, in July 2010, Paulson announced that he was putting the team up for sale and relocation. Padres owner Jeff Moorad formed a group to buy the team and talked of moving its home games to the Lake Elsinore Diamond in Lake Elsinore, California until a new stadium in Escondido could be built. Eventually, the group decided to move the team temporarily to Tucson in 2011, rename them the Tucson Padres, with plans to move again to Escondido when a new ballpark was built. The plans in Escondido failed, and the team was sold again; they moved to west Texas prior to the 2014 season and became the El Paso Chihuahuas. The Portland area was without minor league baseball in 2011 and 2012. After the 2012 season, the NWL Yakima Bears relocated to a new 4,500-seat stadium in the northwest suburb of Hillsboro and became the Hillsboro Hops. Notable alumni Eddie Basinski, infielder, inductee in Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame Kyle Blanks, outfielder Craig Breslow, pitcher Mickey Cochrane, Hall of Fame catcher Shawn Estes, pitcher, pitched in 12 games of rehab between 2006 and 2008 Ray Fosse, catcher, 1967–1968 George Freese, infielder Josh Geer, pitcher Ramón Hernández, catcher, played 7 games of rehab Tommy John, pitcher 1964 Sam McDowell, pitcher, 8-0 1964 Satchel Paige, pitcher, 5 starts, 2.88 ERA Lou Piniella, outfielder, 1966-1968 Aaron Poreda, pitcher Jeff Richards, a.k.a. Dick Taylor, shortstop; then became an actor Richie Scheinblum, All Star outfielder George Stone, AL batting title champion Luis Tiant, pitcher, 15-1 1964 Jim Thorpe, outfielder and first baseman, 1922 Ryan Webb, pitcher See also Portland Beavers players History