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1980 Amarillo Gold Sox Baseball Program from the Texas League

Amarillo Gold Sox (1976-1982)

Amarillo, Texas was a mainstay on the Class AA Texas League circuit from 1959 through 1982. Yellow City went through several Texas League clubs during the era, starting with the original Gold Sox, followed by the Sonics, the Giants and finally the latter-day Gold Sox.  Today we’ll take a loot at the Gold Sox re-boot that took the field at Potter County Memorial Stadium from 1976 until 1982.

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Amarillo Sonics

The Amarillo Sonics were a Class AA farm team of the Houston Astros that played in the Texas League from 1965 until 1967. The Sonics replaced the recently departed Amarillo Gold Sox on the local sporting scene. During their three season run, the Sonics produced two Texas League Players of the Year: outfielder Leo Posada (1965) and outfielder/first baseman Nate Colbert (1967).

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1974 Amarillo Giants baseball program from the Texas League

Amarillo Giants

The Amarillo Giants were a Class AA farm club of the San Francisco Giants in the Texas League from 1968 through 1974. The team moved away to Lafayette, Louisiana in 1975, but the Texas League would return to Amarillo with a new club, the Gold Sox, in 1976.

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