The new Amarillo baseball organization has announced that its nickname will be the Amarillo Sod Poodles.
As MyHighPlains.com reported, the controversial name beat out four other contenders: the Amarillo Jerky, the Boot Scooters, the Long Haulers, and the Bronc Busters. Since the name finalists were announced months ago, the choices have divided the Panhandle. Baseball fans across the High Plains were disappointed that local residents weren’t given better names to choose from.
But many Amarilloans reveled in the silliness of the Sod Poodles moniker, noting that minor league baseball has a longstanding tradition of choosing goofy team names, like the Long Island Pizza Rats and Hartford Yard Goats. The Amarillo Sod Poodles will be the AA affiliate of the San Diego Padres.