The Texas League of Professional Baseball Clubs announced today Sod Poodles President and General Manager, Tony Ensor, as the 2019 Bill Valentine Texas League Executive of the Year. The award, named after Texas League Hall of Famer, Bill Valentine, was voted on by the leaders of the eight-team Texas League and presented to Ensor at the annual postseason league meetings in Seattle. 

With their backs to the wall, down 3-1 heading into the ninth inning, the Sod Poodles rallied to load the bases with no outs. On a 2-2 pitch, Taylor Trammell  answered the call with a go-ahead grand slam to lead the inaugural Amarillo squad to their first Texas League title in nearly four decades. The Sod Poodles completed the top of the ninth with seven unanswered runs and won the decisive game five over the Tulsa Drillers by a final score of 8-3.