{"id":46101,"date":"2021-01-17T00:40:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T00:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=46101"},"modified":"2021-01-17T00:40:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T00:40:58","slug":"mlb-reworks-minor-league-alignments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=46101","title":{"rendered":"MLB reworks minor-league alignments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=SodPoodles%20%23SodSquad%20%23MLB&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ama-sod-poodles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-36571\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ama-sod-poodles-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ama-sod-poodles-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ama-sod-poodles-768x418.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ama-sod-poodles.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By JOHN KANELIS \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A number of friends of mine who live in a city I used to call home are breathing a bit more easily now that Major League Baseball has announced plans to restructure its alignment with minor-league franchises.<\/p>\n<p>MLB will allow each of the 30 teams in the Big Leagues to have four minor league affiliates. One of them will be a Double A team. Well, the relief comes because the Arizona Diamondbacks have a relationship already with the Amarillo Sod Poodles.<\/p>\n<p>This means, as near as I can tell, that the D-backs and the Soddies will commence their relationship this season, which I certainly hope will be going forward in this era of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The Sod Poodles saw their Texas League season shelved in 2020 because of the pandemic. They couldn&#8217;t defend a league title they won in their first year of existence. Maybe they&#8217;ll get the chance this\u00a0 year, or one should hope.<\/p>\n<p>MLB is looking to reduce travel costs and employing other budget-cutting measures. The Sod Poodles could have been left standing alone, like some communities discovered. It&#8217;s not to be.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/maurybrown\/2020\/12\/09\/mlb-invites-119-clubs-to-be-minor-league-affiliates-heres-who-made-it-and-who-didnt\/?sh=415c8769a6ef\">MLB Invites 120 Clubs To Be Minor League Affiliates; Here\u2019s Who Made It And Who Didn\u2019t (forbes.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the Sod Poodles proved themselves to comprise one of the nation&#8217;s most successful minor-league franchises while playing ball in 2019. If only they could have continued that success in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>What the heck. There&#8217;s always this year, <em>this season<\/em>. The Diamondbacks and the Sod Poodles can make a great tandem.<\/p>\n<p>Here is looking forward to another banner year for the Amarillo Sod Poodles.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=SodPoodles%20%23SodSquad%20%23MLB&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By JOHN KANELIS \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com A number of friends of mine who live in a city I used to call home are breathing a bit more easily now that Major League Baseball has announced plans to restructure its alignment with minor-league franchises. 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