#Amarillo Sod Poodles

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[chipthekeeper]

playing mlb the show and toiling away in the minor leagues got me thinkin'

goes without saying but please god share this and reach a larger audience for me

[loveletterworm]

i don't care about sports even slightly but i've decided today i'm going to judge baseball teams based solely on their names now but only the ones in texas because i feel nothing about any other states:

Corpus Christi Hooks: Awesome, fishing related word in a coastal city, sounds kind of badass, 10/10, Awesome

Houston Astros: Objectively speaking has won. They're Houston. Of course they get the astronauts name. They won. It's almost unfair. (But the Hooks also won so it's ok)

Sugar Land Space Cowboys: Kind of a really long name, a little too much overlap with the Astros' theming so it kind of lacks its own identity, apparently this team used to be called the "Sugar Land Skeeters" (skeeters as in mosquitos) until very recently and I can't decide if that was better or worse. Cowboy bebop joke

Alpine Cowboys: How many sports teams with cowboy in the name do we need in this state

El Paso Chihuahuas: I like that their logo is like a really badass chihuahua it's a bold move. I feel like many wouldn't be brave enough to go for the "badass chihuahua" concept it's not a dog that most would dare depict as a badass sports animal but they went for it and i respect it

Amarillo Sod Poodles: What is a sod poodle?

San Antonio Missions: This is a fucking stupid name for a baseball team

[melmac78]

So … yeah.

I’ve had some ups and downs that have had some healthy outlets such as playing games at Dave and Busters, going to Amarillo to watch the Sod Poodles play last week…

And design steampunk/Doctor Who inspired pendants with skeleton keys and found objects and broken bracelets…

[sports-teller]

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List of Amarillo Sod Poodles 2024 Fireworks Shows

What Days Will the Sod Poodles Show Fireworks for May 2024 and Beyond? List of Amarillo Sod Poodles 2024 Fireworks Shows at Hodgetown! Hello Everyone! Welcome to Sports Teller! Today, we will be going over the List of Amarillo Sod Poodles 2024 Fireworks Shows! Without further adieu, let’s begin! List of Amarillo Sod Poodles 2024 Fireworks Shows Going to the Sod Poodles Baseball Game This Season? Looking to Catch the Fireworks at Hodgetown in 2024? Now that the upcoming season is upon us, you might be thinking “Will they show fireworks this year?” Well, you’re in luck! In 2024, the … Read more

[jkanelis]

How 'bout them ex-Soddies?

I just have to give a shout-out to my many friends in Amarillo and the surrounding area who have been spending many days and evenings at Hodgetown cheering for the minor league baseball team, the Sod Poodles. You see, a lot of those former Soddies now are suiting up for the Arizona Diamondbacks of the National League; the Diamondbacks are the “parent” club of the Sod Poodles, so when a Soddie…

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[nickgerlich]

Nickel And Dimed

It’s funny and sad at the same time how sweeping changes can cause some people to come unhinged. I realize that change can be unsettling, and the older you get, the harder it can become to embrace the change around you. After all, you’ve spent your entire life figuring out what works for you, so why mess with it?

But you can’t stop this train we call Change, and for better or for worse, it takes us places we never considered before. Just like the old Taco Bell ads once proclaimed, “Change is good.” And I don’t think they were talking about coins jingling in our pockets.



Interestingly, it is that very change—the coins, not the abstract thought—that has some people in Amarillo upset right now. You see, the Sod Poodles, our Double-AA Minor League Baseball team, just announced they are going cashless this season, which is right around the corner.

Oh my, the empty threats from people never to go to a ballgame. I’m pretty sure they haven’t been to one at Hodgetown anyway, but why let that interfere with their ire?

The baseball team and new stadium have been bones of contention ever since words were whispered about them coming for the 2019 season. City leaders approved the use of hotel occupancy taxes to build the gorgeous new stadium downtown. Those monies can only be used in promotional kinds of ways for cities, and infrastructure is one of them.

And then there was the team naming contest. When the winner was announced, you could hear the booing and hissing all the way down to Austin. What is a Sod Poodle, my non-Panhandle readers might ask? Well, the story goes that it’s an early pioneer nickname for prairie dogs, those little varmints that tunnel through the pasture, leaving scores of holes in which your cow might break a leg. Yeah, they’re cute, but also rather destructive.



To make matters worse, it was just announced a few days ago that the City approved $4.5 million in debt to bring the new stadium up to new specs mandated by Major League Baseball. Those rules are out of local hands. Heck, we should be glad that Amarillo made the cut a couple of years ago when they trashed a bunch of minor league teams. We could have been left with an empty stadium.

So here we are now, and fans will only be able to use plastic to buy a beer, hot dog, peanuts, or souvenirs. “But what about people who don’t have a debit or credit card?” the critics wailed. Simple. They are even installing reverse ATMs at the park so people can trade in their fives, tens, and twenties for a Visa debit card.

And yet that is not enough. The latest move is surely another sign of the coming of antichrist, that dreadful future time in which…wait, we already talked about this earlier in the term. Now you are welcome to believe what you want to believe, subscribe to a religion or not, but I beseech everyone to please reach down and untwist their undergarments. I’m pretty sure that John the Revelator was not writing about baseball in Amarillo.

Furthermore, this is not something happening only in Amarillo. The vast majority of major league baseball as well as NFL stadiums have gone cashless, and if you Google the phenomenon, you’ll also find that many minor league stadiums are in the process of converting to this as well.

I suspect a lot of the resistance is age-related. Younger people have no problem with it, because they have grown up using plastic as well as Venmo and other payment options. The WT campus has been cashless for a couple of years now, and students are simply accustomed to using their Buff Gold Card or other plastic to buy everything from a book of stamps to coffee, lunch, or logo wear.

As for me, I’m all in favor of this. I still have five twenties crumpled up in my wallet that I have been carrying around for more than nine months. I do keep a small pouch of coins in my van in the rare event I need to pay to park, but even that has gone cashless in most places. For example, I used my Park Mobile app yesterday to park in Dallas. It’s a lot easier than digging for coins.

And in states with toll roads, they’ve eliminated pretty much every human at toll booths, and replaced them with cameras. You either have a transponder on your windshield, or you pay by plate when they send you the bill. The states can access either others’ DMV databases quite easily now.

In spite of all my rational talk, there will still be those who drink from the cup of irrationality. They swear this is all part of an evil plan to monitor us all, to know every last step of our activities, and how we spend our money. Pass the tin foil, please.

Maybe the Amarillo complainers need to get out of town a little more. This is how it is done in an increasing number of places. And those clear plastic purses you bellyached about last year? Yeah. Same on that, too. Welcome to the 2020s. It’s different here, and your only real alternative is to either get on the Change Train, or just stay home.

Dr “Your Ways Are Quaint“ Gerlich

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Minor League Ballparks Sparking Major Downtown Rebirths

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Minor League Ballparks Sparking Major Downtown Rebirths

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Few things are more quintessentially, uniquely American than Minor League Baseball. Played out in small and not-so-small cities from Portland, Me. to San Bernardino by teams both affiliated and unaffiliated with Major League Baseball, the summer game on the minor league level proves an affordable, entertaining night out. As a bonus, it’s a coalescing force uniting folks of all ages and backgrounds in support of their teams.

And what fun lover could resist a pastime spawning such memorable team names as the Rocket City Trash Pandas, Toledo Mud Hens or Amarillo Sod Poodles?

In recent years, MiLB stadiums have done more than serve as backdrop for date nights and family outings. In many cities, the decision to place new ballparks downtown has lured folks back to central cities, helping catalyze downtown revivals and revitalization of entire swaths of downtown real estate.

That renewal in turn has triggered a virtuous cycle. It has sparked development of new homes and opening of new eateries, shops and businesses in central cities. And it’s brought vital community gathering spots to urban hubs. You might say the MiLB downtown stadium is the gift that keeps on giving.

As the boys of summer celebrate their annual rite of autumn with the Major League Baseball postseason, let’s examine a trio of those cities, teams and ballparks.

Intentional anchor

In Fayetteville, N.C. a struggling downtown was accorded new life when the city council earmarked more than $100 million for an urban revitalization built around development of a $40.2 million downtown ballpark.

Unveiled in April, 2019, Segra Stadium, home of the Fayetteville Woodpeckers of the Low-A Carolina League, has meant new beginnings for the city where Babe Ruth stroked his first professional home run.

New enterprises have arrived in waves, starting with small businesses and leading to a new Hyatt Place Hotel, parking garage and office space. Since its launch, the ballpark has attracted more than 30 new surrounding businesses. What some have called the “intentional anchor” of the stadium has been a particular boon to women- and Black-owned businesses. A Lending Tree study conducted this year noted Fayetteville has the highest percentage of businesses owned by people of color in the U.S.

Mirroring what’s happened in other cities, Segra Stadium has brought residents back to the Cool Spring Downtown District of Fayetteville. Some 54,000 square feet of new residential development has arrived since the park’s opening. Under construction are another 20,000 square feet, with 150,000 square feet planned. “These numbers illustrate so well what a tangible asset the stadium has been to the Cool Spring Downtown District,” says Bianca Shoneman, the district’s president and CEO.

Philanthropic pillar

Central city minor league baseball stadiums tend not to go unused when the home team is on the road, or when the MiLB season concludes for another year.

Nowhere is that truer than in Sugar Land, Texas. There, the city’s movers and shakers intended Constellation Field to be not just the home of the city’s Triple-A Space Cowboys MiLB team, but the entire community’s “home base.” In 2017, it served as a temporary shelter for those displaced by Hurricane Harvey. Reflecting the Space Cowboys’ spirit of community involvement, it’s also hosted volunteer fairs and blood drives, carving out a niche as a true pillar of community philanthropy.

Downtown growth

More than $200 million in new Clark County development has followed relocation of a California MiLB franchise to Summerlin, Nev. and The Howard Hughes Corp.’s 2019 unveiling of the $150 million, 10,000-seat downtown Las Vegas Ballpark. The stadium is home of the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators, an Oakland A’s affiliate.

The park’s arrival has been the catalyst for the development of 1700 Pavilion, a 10-story, 267,000-square-foot downtown Summerlin office building. Last year, in the wake of the relocation of the team and the opening of the stadium, the city sold 1,456 new homes, representing a 10% surge over sales tallied two years earlier.

The term “If you build it they will come,” is famously associated with a classic film. But increasingly, U.S. minor league cities are finding what was conveyed on a reel is a truism for real.

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[your-greekblogger]

Are we ready for a packed house?

Are we ready for a packed house?

By JOHN KANELIS / johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com Gulp! That is the sound of me swallowing hard in anticipation of what I hope doesn’t happen … if that makes sense. They’re going to play some hardball tonight down the road a piece from us in Collin County. The Texas Rangers are staging their American League home opener at their brand new ballpark in Arlington, which they built right next to the park…

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[melmac78]

Two nice and good things I’ve seen today.

Ash is still spunky but she does know be nice with the quilt. (It’s a modern day made one but still special).

Antique cars are a weak spot and while we see plenty ‘40s to muscle cars of the 1960s, A’s are rarer, especially this immaculate.

I’m also going to the arcade again and doing a weekender in Amarillo tomorrow. The Sod Poodles are playing at home (Midland is away) and an arts and crafts group I like going to called The Peddler is there.

In case you’re wondering work is driving me up the wall, at least outside of my town part.

I’m doing OK but not great. The mental break will help out.

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List of Amarillo Sod Poodles 2023 Fan Giveaways

Sod Poodles Announce 2023 Bobblehead, Promotional & Giveaway Schedule at Hodgetown! List of Amarillo Sod Poodles 2023 Fan Giveaways! Hello Everyone! Welcome to Sports Teller! Today, we will be going over the List of Amarillo Sod Poodles 2023 Fan Giveaways! Without further adieu, let’s begin! List of Amarillo Sod Poodles 2023 Fan Giveaways Going to […]