{"id":41576,"date":"2020-03-07T20:53:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T20:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=41576"},"modified":"2020-03-07T20:53:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T20:53:54","slug":"sod-poodles-giving-back-to-a-supportive-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=41576","title":{"rendered":"Sod Poodles giving back to a supportive community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=sodsquad%20%23SodPoodles%20%23Hodgetown&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ama-sod-poodles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37808\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ama-sod-poodles-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ama-sod-poodles-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ama-sod-poodles-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ama-sod-poodles-1024x591.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/ama-sod-poodles.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re getting ready to play some hardball again in Amarillo, Texas. The city&#8217;s AA franchise, the Sod Poodles, are training in Arizona at this moment alongside their parent ballclub, the National League&#8217;s San Diego Padres.<\/p>\n<p>I want, though, to take a brief moment to salute the Sod Poodles and their commitment to the community that has fallen madly in love with the team.<\/p>\n<p>The team is becoming partners with charitable organizations associated with the Texas Panhandle.<\/p>\n<p>For example, they&#8217;re teaming up with the Amarillo Area Foundation to raise money for this and that cause; at a date during the season, proceeds from tickets sold will go to the American Cancer Society, which has an active chapter in Amarillo. I&#8217;m sure there will be plenty of these kinds of partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>The Sod Poodles have a Facebook page with all the information you might want to see about the upcoming activities.<\/p>\n<p>My point is that professional sports get pilloried all the time for the seeming greed among athletes, owners, management. I want to take a moment to toss a bouquet to the community where I once lived and to the baseball club that entertains thousands of fans every night at Hodgetown, where the Sod Poodles play their home games.<\/p>\n<p>This is what brings communities together.<\/p>\n<p>Well done, team and fans.<\/p>\n<p>Play ball \u2026 in due time!<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=sodsquad%20%23SodPoodles%20%23Hodgetown&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They&#8217;re getting ready to play some hardball again in Amarillo, Texas. The city&#8217;s AA franchise, the Sod Poodles, are training in Arizona at this moment alongside their parent ballclub, the National League&#8217;s San Diego Padres. 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