{"id":14763,"date":"2016-05-21T01:59:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T01:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=14763"},"modified":"2016-05-21T01:59:07","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T01:59:07","slug":"now-that-is-going-to-be-some-ballpark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=14763","title":{"rendered":"Now, that is going to be some ballpark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Amarillo is getting ready — soon, I hope — to unveil plans for construction of a baseball park downtown.<\/p>\n

Its price tag has inflated a bit, from $32 million to around $50 million — give or take. The plan is to lure a Class Double-A baseball team that’s affiliated with the San Diego Padres of the National League. The team would relocate here from San Antonio, which is seeking to bring a Class Triple-A team from Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n

Musical chairs, anyone?<\/p>\n

Get a load, though, of what they’re planning for Arlington, Texas, where the Texas Rangers play hardball in the American League.<\/p>\n

The city leaders want to replace a 22-year-old ballpark with a $900 million structure. Good deal, yes? I guess so. These ballparks cost a lot of dough these days.<\/p>\n

I only wish the Arlington folks would drop the idea of putting a roof on the new stadium, presuming it will be approved by voters who will be asked for their blessing.<\/p>\n

Read about it here:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/community\/arlington\/article78764147.html<\/a><\/p>\n

I happen to be a baseball traditionalist. I dislike playing an outdoor game under a roof. You play basketball in gymnasiums, not baseball. For that matter, you also play baseball on grass, not something called “artificial turf.”<\/p>\n

Don’t get me started on the designated hitter, pine tar and all the body armor that batters wear when they’re facing a fastball-throwing pitcher.<\/p>\n

When the Amarillo ballpark gets rolled out, my sincere hope is that the architects that the Local Government Corporation will hire will keep it simple.<\/p>\n

I am not thrilled at the escalated cost of the ballpark — aka the multipurpose event venue — but it can be kept somewhat in check if we dispense\u00a0a measure of the\u00a0glitz and glamor that’s likely to be built into that showcase down yonder in Arlington.<\/p>\n\n

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Amarillo is getting ready — soon, I hope — to unveil plans for construction of a baseball park downtown. Its price tag has inflated a bit, from $32 million to around $50 million — give or take. The plan is to lure a Class Double-A baseball team that’s affiliated with the San Diego Padres of … Continue reading Now, that is going to be some ballpark<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,17,18],"tags":[6235,1436,5638,3153,4688],"class_list":["post-14763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","category-sports-news","category-state-news","tag-arlington-tx","tag-downtown-amarillo","tag-lgc","tag-mpev","tag-texas-rangers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14763"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14765,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14763\/revisions\/14765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}