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Herring rumbles persist
I keep hearing the rumbles from up yonder on the Texas Caprock about a landmark structure in downtown Amarillo. It’s the Herring Hotel building. I need to add the term “building” because it hasn’t been an actual hotel since the 1970s. It has been rotting for decades. Along comes a firm that is trying to market it to investors. One of my spies in Amarillo tells me the firm specializes in…
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It's true: Amarillo is a 'baseball town'
It’s true: Amarillo is a ‘baseball town’
Paul Matney was an early and avid supporter of a measure to allow for construction of what was known at the time as the MPEV, short for multipurpose event venue. The retired Amarillo College president delivered speeches around town and declared that “Amarillo is a baseball town.” My good friend knows his hometown well. Voters approved the referendum to build the ballpark. It was built and named…
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Let's play ball!
Let’s play ball!
By JOHN KANELIS / [email protected] This news knocks me out, man! The college students who played this past summer while the pandemic had put minor-league baseball on the shelf in Amarillo … are coming back for a second season! The Texas Collegiate League is going to begin playing hardball at the Amarillo Sod Poodles’ home field when the Soddies are on the road. The college students’…
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Let's play ball!
Let’s play ball!
By JOHN KANELIS / [email protected] This news knocks me out, man! The college students who played this past summer while the pandemic had put minor-league baseball on the shelf in Amarillo … are coming back for a second season! The Texas Collegiate League is going to begin playing hardball at the Amarillo Sod Poodles’ home field when the Soddies are on the road. The college students’…
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Fans at games, too?
Fans at games, too?
By JOHN KANELIS / [email protected] Greg Abbott’s big announcement today wasn’t as specific as perhaps it could have been. The Texas governor declared that Texas businesses were “100 percent open,” meaning they could serve at full capacity. He implored us all to continue to observe social distancing, wash our hands and all that kind of thing. The governor did not make specific mention of…
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Fans at games, too?
Fans at games, too?
By JOHN KANELIS / [email protected] Greg Abbott’s big announcement today wasn’t as specific as perhaps it could have been. The Texas governor declared that Texas businesses were “100 percent open,” meaning they could serve at full capacity. He implored us all to continue to observe social distancing, wash our hands and all that kind of thing. The governor did not make specific mention of…
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More good news, Soddies' fans!
More good news, Soddies’ fans!
By JOHN KANELIS / [email protected] Hey, y’all … I understand the Amarillo Sod Poodles’ 2021 Texas League baseball schedule is set. Are you happy? You should be! The Sod Poodles will get to defend their league championship this year after all. Oh, but it’s a season late, given that the 2020 season was scrubbed by the coronavirus pandemic. The season begins May 4. The Sod Poodles will…
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More good news, Soddies' fans!
More good news, Soddies’ fans!
By JOHN KANELIS / [email protected] Hey, y’all … I understand the Amarillo Sod Poodles’ 2021 Texas League baseball schedule is set. Are you happy? You should be! The Sod Poodles will get to defend their league championship this year after all. Oh, but it’s a season late, given that the 2020 season was scrubbed by the coronavirus pandemic. The season begins May 4. The Sod Poodles will…
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