There's been a lot of talk about the work of the Portland Diamond Project and the Major League Baseball to Portland effort in the last year. The founder of the project, Craig Cheek, pointed to a major announcement tied to the end of the World Series.

Cheek joined host Billy Gates on his #MLBtoPDX podcast titled, "Behind the Clubhouse Door."

"We're in the belly of the beast right now," Cheek said on the podcast. "We've been doing a lot of heavy lifting in the last year, building legitimacy, building ballpark designs, building relationships with the city and the state. Staying connected with MLB. But truth be told, you can't have a ballpark until you have land.

"We are very focused on getting to the finalization of our land acquisition."

Last month, Mike Barrett, one of the managing partners, gave an interview to Gates in which he said the group was "extremely close," to making that land acquisition. Gates took a deeper dive, and asked some tough questions, including, where the financing for the project is coming from.

Cheek indicated the announcement of land acquisition would tied to the end of World Series. Makes sense, too, as MLB has historically shied away from in-season announcements as to not detract from the focus of the teams. Game 7 of the World Series, if needed, is slated for Halloween night.

"Big news," shortly after the World Series is how Cheek characterized the announcement.