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Sky Sox season comes down to the final day: Either playoffs await, or Triple-A baseball exits the city
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save How about this for wildly varying scenarios. If the Sky Sox win just one game in Monday’s 12:30 p.m. doubleheader, they’ll head to the postseason. If they lose both Monday, Triple-A baseball will come to an abrupt end in Colorado Springs. It’s do or die…
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David Ramsey: Please, Colorado Springs, let’s not be known as the Rocky Mountain Oysters
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Sky Sox soon will transform from a Triple-A baseball team filled with players just below major league standards to a rookie league team filled with youngsters several steps below Triple-A standards. A massive drop in quality is looming, and it’s massively depressing for genuine…
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David Ramsey: Please, Colorado Springs, let’s be known as Happy Campers, not Rocky Mountain Oysters
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Sky Sox soon will transform from a Triple-A baseball team filled with players just below major league standards to a Single-A rookie team filled with youngsters several steps below Triple-A standards. A massive drop in quality is looming, and it’s massively depressing for genuine…
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Sky Sox kick off second half of season with win
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Sky Sox ended the first part of the season with a loss to New Orleans, but began the second part of the season with a 3-2 win over the Baby Cakes on Thursday to…
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Sky Sox split one-run games with Cakes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Rafael Ortega hit an RBI triple in the top of the eighth inning to help lead the New Orleans Baby Cakes to a 6-5 win over the Colorado Springs Sky Sox in the second game…
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Sky Sox say they have 1,500 name-change suggestions as deadline nears
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Sky Sox are plowing ahead in their mission to change the team’s name, and they say they have about 1,500 suggestions to work with. General manager Chris Phillips hopes for about 1,000 more name suggestions as the team amps up its in-stadium drive for…
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The top 10 things to look for in sports from Colorado Springs next week, starting Monday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save No. 10 The Colorado Pride women’s soccer team visits the Southern California Crush on Sunday No. 9 New Zealand faces England in league (13-man) rugby at Mile High on Saturday No. 8 NASCAR’s top teams…
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The top 10 things to look for in sports from Colorado Springs next week, starting Monday
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save No. 10 Denver Broncos have minicamp Tuesday to Thursday No. 9 FIFA will vote to award the 2026 World Cup on Wednesday with a U.S./North America bid one of the finalists No. 8 The Colorado…
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Sky Sox shake up front office leadership among multicity level shifting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Chris Phillips knows he’s taking over a lot more than a baseball team. The soon-to-be general manager of the Sky Sox must conduct a public information campaign to explain what is happening with minor league baseball in Colorado Springs. He’ll dabble in concert promotion, starting…
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Minor league rules changes won’t fix the pace of baseball like a re-examination of the strike zone would
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Baseball has a hangnail, so it is amputating the whole hand. At least that’s how I see the new regulations enacted in the minor leagues. Umpires will be asked to monitor pitch clocks of various…