{"id":44538,"date":"2020-09-26T02:38:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T02:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=44538"},"modified":"2020-09-26T02:38:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T02:38:30","slug":"hoping-for-return-of-aa-hardball-in-amarillo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=44538","title":{"rendered":"Hoping for return of AA hardball in Amarillo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By JOHN KANELIS \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I no longer live in Amarillo but I retain a deep and abiding attention and affection for my friends there and I wish them all the very best at every turn.<\/p>\n

I wish them continued joy as they cheer for a baseball team that was supposed to defend its Texas League title this year but got sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

The Amarillo Sod Poodles are still the champs. They’ll get to defend their title next year … right? Well, let us hope so.<\/p>\n

I do not for a nano-second believe we’re about to get a vaccine that will kill the COVID-19 virus deader than a door nail. It’s still some time in the future.<\/p>\n

However, I remain hopeful to the extreme that continued measures — such as mask wearing and social distancing — will enable activities to resume to something approaching “normal” in the new year.<\/p>\n

Hodgetown, the shiny new ballpark where the Sod Poodles play their home games, did play host to a college league this summer. Aspiring young hardballers got to play in front of government-mandated sparse crowds at the ballpark. It wasn’t exactly Class AA ball, which the Sod Poodles play, but it entertained the baseball faithful who were able to attend the games.<\/p>\n

So, from some distance away, I want to extend a good word to my friends in Amarillo who are hoping to be able to swill a beverage or two and wolf down a hot dog at Hodgetown in 2021 while cheering for the Sod Poodles as they seek to defend their Texas League title.<\/p>\n

Hey, I live near Frisco these days, where the Roughriders play ball in the same league as the Sod Poodles. If they play ball next year I intend fully to be in the Frisco stands cheering for the Soddies.<\/p>\n\n

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