{"id":32596,"date":"2018-10-02T23:53:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-02T23:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=32596"},"modified":"2018-10-02T23:53:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T23:53:12","slug":"mpev-occupant-lines-up-a-big-league-affiliate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=32596","title":{"rendered":"MPEV occupant lines up a big-league affiliate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/baseball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31635\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/baseball-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/baseball-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/baseball-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/baseball.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The San Diego Padres are coming back to Amarillo, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Amarillo&#8217;s upcoming minor-league baseball season has cleared yet another hurdle. The Padres used to be affiliated with an earlier Amarillo baseball franchise. They&#8217;re back in the fold with the new team that doesn&#8217;t yet have a name.<\/p>\n<p>It is getting a ballpark, though. Bit by bit, the multipurpose event venue is going up along Buchanan Street. They hope to have the venue complete by April 2019, when the AA season commences in Amarillo.<\/p>\n<p>Given the progress I&#8217;ve seen &#8212; albeit from some distance these days &#8212; I am no longer going to doubt the project will be done in time for the team to toss out the first pitch next spring.<\/p>\n<p>The San Antonio Missions are moving to the Panhandle from South Texas; San Antonio will be home to a new AAA franchise that is relocating from Colorado Springs, Colo.<\/p>\n<p>The next big question now appears to be: What are they going to call this new Amarillo baseball team?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve done a 180 on this one. I once hated the Sod Poodles name that showed up on the list of finalist names being considered by the Elmore Group, owners of the new Amarillo team.<\/p>\n<p>I am not entirely crazy about the name today, but the <em>thought<\/em> of the name has grown on me. I now officially hope that Sod Poodles, or some derivation of the name, becomes the name of the new team that will take the field.<\/p>\n<p>But \u2026 the city that is remaking its downtown district &#8212; with new hotels, entertainment venues and a serious dressing up of street corners &#8212; has a new major league baseball affiliation about which it can boast.<\/p>\n<p>Not bad.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The San Diego Padres are coming back to Amarillo, Texas. Amarillo&#8217;s upcoming minor-league baseball season has cleared yet another hurdle. The Padres used to be affiliated with an earlier Amarillo baseball franchise. They&#8217;re back in the fold with the new team that doesn&#8217;t yet have a name. It is getting a ballpark, though. 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