{"id":38865,"date":"2019-09-15T21:48:32","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T21:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=38865"},"modified":"2019-09-15T21:48:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T21:48:32","slug":"how-about-that-sod-poodles-are-the-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=38865","title":{"rendered":"How about that? Sod Poodles are the champs!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=SodPoodles%20%23Hodgetown%20%23TexasLeague%20%23downtownAmarillo&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hodgetown-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-38415\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hodgetown-7-300x230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hodgetown-7-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hodgetown-7-768x588.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hodgetown-7-1024x784.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/hodgetown-7.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Strike up the band. Clear the streets. Get ready for a parade \u2026 <em>maybe?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Amarillo Sod Poodles completed their initial season in existence by winning the Texas League baseball championship.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, I guess I should note they defeated the <em>defending<\/em> league champs, the Tulsa Drillers with an 8-3 victory on the <em>Drillers&#8217; home field<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t a bad way to bring AA affiliated baseball back to Amarillo. It&#8217;s not that losing to the Drillers would have been a total loser for the Sod Poodles and their diehard fan base.<\/p>\n<p>However, a win is a win. A championship is a championship. The fans who flocked to their Hodgetown ballpark by the thousands every home game now have reason to cheer mightily for their hometown baseball club.<\/p>\n<p>Will there be a victory parade in Amarillo? Beats the resin out of me.<\/p>\n<p>There should be \u2026 but that&#8217;s just me.<\/p>\n<p>Nice going, Sod Poodles.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=SodPoodles%20%23Hodgetown%20%23TexasLeague%20%23downtownAmarillo&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strike up the band. Clear the streets. Get ready for a parade \u2026 maybe? The Amarillo Sod Poodles completed their initial season in existence by winning the Texas League baseball championship. Oh, I guess I should note they defeated the defending league champs, the Tulsa Drillers with an 8-3 victory on the Drillers&#8217; home field. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=38865\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How about that? 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