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| Founded in 2010 Amarillo, Texas |
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| Owner(s)/Operated By: Southern Independent Baseball | |
| General Manager: Mark Lee | |
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| Website: www.amarillosox.com | |
The Amarillo Sox are a professional baseball team based out of Amarillo, Texas, and is set to play in the independent American Association in 2011. They will play their home games at Amarillo National Bank Sox Stadium in Amarillo, replacing the Amarillo Dillas of United League Baseball after that franchise was evicted from their stadium lease. The new team's general manager is former Amarillo Gold Sox and San Diego Padres pitcher Mark Lee.
Tickets became available on December 6, 2010. [1]
The franchise was originally going to be named the Amarillo Gold Sox after the longtime minor league team from the later 1930's through 1982. [2] [3] However, a trademark issue with the collegiate woodbat team the Marysville Gold Sox in California has forced the team to back away from using the name. [4]
On December 10, 2010, the editorial page of the Amarillo newspaper of record, the Amarillo Globe-News, said, “It would be in the Amarillo team's best interest to look for another name". [5]
During a January 5, 2011 press conference, Lee unveiled the name and logo of the Amarillo Sox. Additionally, Lee named former California Angels player John Harris field manager.
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