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Triple-A Team Leaving Colorado Springs In Three-Way Relocation

Elmore Sports Group, owner of the Triple-A Colorado Springs Sky Sox, today announced that it is moving the Pacific Coast League team to San Antonio for the '19 season and "replacing it in Colorado Springs with the short-season Rookie-level team currently in Helena, Mont." The Double-A Texas League San Antonio Missions "will move to a new ballpark in Amarillo." Elmore Sports Group, which owns all three relocating teams, said it is responding to "pressure from within Major League Baseball." The group also cited "weather as an issue that prompted the move" (GAZETTE.com, 6/21).

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