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San Antonio will Host TCL Team Again in 2021

March 24, 2021

San Antonio, TX – The San Antonio Missions announced today that they will be hosting a team again this summer at Wolff Stadium in the 2021 Texas Collegiate League. “We are extremely excited to bring collegiate baseball back to San Antonio this summer,” said Flying Chanclas President Burl Yarbrough. “Last

San Antonio, TX – The San Antonio Missions announced today that they will be hosting a team again this summer at Wolff Stadium in the 2021 Texas Collegiate League.

“We are extremely excited to bring collegiate baseball back to San Antonio this summer,” said Flying Chanclas President Burl Yarbrough. “Last year was such a great experience for both our players and fans in San Antonio, it made it an easy decision to continue our participation.”

This season the league comprises of six total teams made up of active college players (rising sophomores to seniors) from different colleges and universities across the nation. Four teams already affiliated with the TCL include the Acadiana Cane Cutters (Lafayette, LA), Brazos Valley Bombers (Bryan-College Station, TX), Baton Rouge (LA) Rougaru and Victoria (TX) Generals, Amarillo (TX) and San Antonio, which will play as the Flying Chanclas.

Each team will have a roster of 30 players and play a total of 44 regular season games (22/22 home/road split) from May 28th to August 1stfollowed by a postseason. The postseason format will begin with a best-of-three divisional series played by the top two seeds from each division. The winner of each division will then face off in a winner-take-all championship game for the Gerald Haddock Trophy.

Information on tickets, game schedule, coaching staff and players will be released at a later date.

ABOUT THE TEXAS COLLEGIATE LEAGUE

The TCL is currently represented by 250-plus players from 91 different colleges and universities. Some of the more nationally-recognized schools sending their standouts to the TCL include Alabama, Arkansas, Baylor, Cal State Fullerton, Dallas Baptist, Houston, Long Beach State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Oral Roberts, Pacific, Rice, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas-Arlington, Texas State, Texas Tech, and Wichita State, among others.

The formation of the Texas Collegiate League was announced on September 24, 2003. The league is owned and operated by the Haddock Foundation, a section 501(c)3 organization. Gerald Haddock, a minority owner and General Counsel of the Texas Rangers from 1989-98 and a passionate baseball fan, became the league's Chair and CEO. Since the league was established, 88 alumni with ties to the Texas Collegiate League have been drafted by Major League teams or signed by professional independent baseball squads. Notable alumni include Paul Goldschmidt, Hunter Pence, Jake Arrieta, Matt Carpenter, Chris Davis and Brandon Belt.

The Texas Collegiate League exists to provide the best summer league experience for the best professional prospects from colleges throughout the country. The league will allow those players with eligibility remaining to showcase and improve their skills in a wholesome, minor league-type atmosphere using wooden bats. The league is committed to providing quality, inexpensive entertainment in a small-town, intimate atmosphere that is distinctively Texan, while helping promote the game of baseball in the communities involved. For more information, visit www.texascollegiateleague.com.

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