Texas League - Texas League Ballparks, Texas League Teams, San Antonio Missions, Dr Pepper Ballpark, Frisco Roughriders, Midland Rockhounds (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Texas League Ballparks, Texas League Teams, San Antonio Missions, Dr Pepper Ballpark, Frisco Roughriders, Midland Rockhounds, Tulsa Drillers, Northwest Arkansas Naturals, Springfield Cardinals, Hammons Field, Corpus Christi Hooks, Arkansas Travelers, Whataburger Field, Drillers Stadium, Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium, Texas League Hall of Fame, Arvest Ballpark, Dickey-Stephens Park, Citibank Ballpark, Minor League Baseball Rosters. Excerpt: The San Antonio Missions are a minor league baseball team based in San Antonio, Texas. The team, which plays in the Texas League, is the Double-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres major-league club. The Missions play in Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium, located in San Antonio. Opened in 1994, the park seats over 6,200 fans and holds more than 9,000. The San Antonio Missions' logo features famous local attraction the Alamo, originally a Spanish mission. The team's official mascot is "Ballapeo," a baseballing jalapeo. The Missions are owned by the Elmore Sports Group, an organization which also owns the Inland Empire 66ers of the California League, Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Pacific Coast League, Idaho Falls Chukars of the Pioneer League and Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest League. San Antonio was home for one of the charter members of the Texas League back in 1888, making the town one of the richest in the country with baseball history. Since that inaugural season the town has hosted a number of Texas League franchises, most of them using the "Missions" moniker. Baseball was absent only a few of the early years (189394, 19001906) and again when World War II occupied most would-be ballplayers between 1943 and 1945. Initially the team went by the names "Missionaries", "Gentlemen" and "Bronchos" --... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=672593