The 2007 San Antonio Missions Thread

[LocalSportsFan]

The San Antonio Missions will open the 2007 season on the road April 5 against the Tulsa Drillers (Colorado Rockies Double-A affiliate) and their home opener on Thursday, April 12 against the same Drillers.

The 2007 season marks the first with the Missions new MLB affiliate, the 2006 NL West Division Champion San Diego Padres. Fans will notice big changes on the field Opening Night, as the Missions will return to a National League style of baseball without the designated hitter.

The most notable improvement that fans will recognize at Wolff Stadium next season will be a State of the Art LED video scoreboard. The LED video screen, estimated at 16 feet tall by 22 feet wide, will supply outstanding image clarity, true color reproduction and exceptional brightness, plus it will have full Instant Replay capabilities.

The other major improvement to the stadium will be the "Fiesta Deck", which is an ALL-INCLUSIVE entertainment area for groups to enjoy Missions Baseball. The multi-leveled deck will accommodate up to 200 people and provide an exclusive area for corporate partners and local community organizations.

Other renovations to Wolff Stadium will include, improved sound system, lighting system, new paint, repaired irrigation systems and renovated concession stands.

Season Tickets are on sale now for the 2007 season with some great seats still available. All packages include tickets to the H-E-B July 4th celebration with Robert Earl Keen. You can purchase season tickets, or get more information by contacting the Missions at 675-PARK (7275). Individual game tickets are on sale at the box office.

Highlights of the 2007 Schedule -

Opening Night Thursday, April 12 - Dollar Night
Friday, April 27 - The Zooperstars
Sunday, May 13 - First home game with Corpus Christi Hooks
Thursday, May 24 - Myron Noodleman and Dollar Night
Thursday, June 14 - San Diego Padres Giveaway and Dollar Night
Friday, June 22 - Security Service Federal Credit Union Used Car Night
Wednesday, July 4 - H-E-B July 4th Celebration with Robert Earl Keen
Friday, August 31 - Security Service Federal Credit Union Shirt Off Our Back Night

Get-R-Done Missions!!!

GO MISSIONS GO!

[Jrod77]

I'm pretty excited! Baseball's back in San Antonio and we are going to have cool new things at the Wolff.

Here's to a great year with a championship!!

I'll drink to that...

[Hairyhandedgent]

Minor League Baseball is great, such a kickback aptmosphere and usually a real bargain... The Padres have some talent in their farm system so the Missions may be pretty decent. If San Antonio ever hopes to have an MLB franchise they have to support the Missions.

[VDeal]

Originally Posted by phillyspurslover

while i would hope to see good crowds out there, i don't think that is sound logic.

minor league sports just can't possibly ever churn up the same interest a pro league would.

and lack of support for one is not indicitave of the other.

[LocalSportsFan]

San Antonio Missions @ Tulsa Drillers Series!
04/05/07 - 04/07/07

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Since the April 5th game was postponed due to snow in Tulsa, tonight the Missions and the Drillers have scheduled tonight as a double header.

Game 1 / April 6th
Missions - 7
Drillers - 4

SNOW??????

Hopefully our season opener won't be postponed because of snow....

Opening Night Thursday, April 12 - Dollar Night

[Hairyhandedgent]

Thanks for the update LSF

[Hairyhandedgent]

Originally Posted by phillyspurslover

while i would hope to see good crowds out there, i don't think that is sound logic.

minor league sports just can't possibly ever churn up the same interest a pro league would.

and lack of support for one is not indicitave of the other.

All I know is that when Arizona got their franchise their support of AAA ball and Spring Training for decades was cited as a major reason we got a franchise. Competition is keen for MLB franchises. Look at Washington DC - Congress had to make overtures about revoking MLB's antitrust exemption before they got a franchise back. San Antonio doesn't have any such leverage. Do you think some civic minded individuals just decided to move the Chaparrals here from Dallas?? No. It was San Antonio's support of the Rockets when Houston played games in San Antonio in the seasons just prior to Dallas' relocation that turned heads . In fact attendance in SA was better than in Houston for the Rockets. Before that San Antonio was thought of as minor league city that would have 10,000 people turn out week in and week out for High School Football but could never support a major league franchise. I strongly feel that San Antonio has to support what they have If they hope to get anything else.

[LocalSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Hairyhandedgent

Thanks for the update LSF

No problem.

Game 2 / April 6th
Missions - 6
Drillers - 4

Missions swept the double header last night!!

Originally Posted by LocalSportsFan

No problem.

Game 2 / April 6th
Missions - 6
Drillers - 4

Missions swept the double header last night!!

Nice...

[LocalSportsFan]

Game 3 / April 7th
Missions - 3
Drillers - 2

With the series sweep, the Missions own first place in the South Standing with a 3-0 record.

South Division

1. San Antonio 3-0
2. Midland 2-0
3. Frisco 2-1
4. Corpus Christi 1-1

North Division

1. Witchita 1-1
2. Arkansas 1-2
3. Springfield 0-2
4. Tulsa 0-3

*NOTE: Records are unbalanced because some games were postponed due to weather.

[Jrod77]

Awesome! I know that the Witchita and Corpus game was called off twice on back to back nights and just yesterday, they completed a double header of their own. I guess they'll game up game three in June at Witchita.

[liquidsky]

Originally Posted by phillyspurslover

while i would hope to see good crowds out there, i don't think that is sound logic.

minor league sports just can't possibly ever churn up the same interest a pro league would.

and lack of support for one is not indicitave of the other.

Obviously, minor league teams can't churn up the same interest as a pro team would. But, having high attendence at minor league game definitely would help SA chances of landing a pro team. Look at Round Rock which started off as a AA team just 7 years ago. After 4 years of just shattering AA as well as ALL minor attendence records, they seriously increased the number of seats at Dell diamond and received a AAA team.

I'm sure if this was the case in SA, everyone would be using the increase in attendence as a reason for getting and deserving a pro-team.

[LocalSportsFan]

San Antonio Missions @ Witchita Wranglers 3 game Series!
04/08/07 - 04/10/07

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Game 1: 04/08 @ Witchita 4pm
Game 2: 04/09 @ Witchita 7pm
Game 3: 04/10 @ Witchita 11am

Games can be heard on 680 KKYX AM with Roy and Stu.

[LocalSportsFan]

Originally Posted by LocalSportsFan

Game 1: 04/08 @ Witchita 4pm

Missions - 2
Wranglers - 7

[VDeal]

Can't go opening night, but I hope to go Friday night the 13th.

aww I was gonna ask you if you wanted to go...

I'm sitting here at work separating the mission season tickets... with parking passes...

I'm saying... one for the clients... one for me... one for the clients ... two for me...

[VDeal]

Originally Posted by MomBear

aww I was gonna ask you if you wanted to go...

I'm sitting here at work separating the mission season tickets... with parking passes...

I'm saying... one for the clients... one for me... one for the clients ... two for me...

Thanks Mom, wish I could go, but Thursday is out.

[VDeal]

Originally Posted by phillyspurslover

i can't go friday, but let's definitely hit a game sometime.

Absolutely Philly, tell me when it's a good time for you.

[LocalSportsFan]

Originally Posted by LocalSportsFan

Game 2: 04/09 @ Witchita 7pm

Missions - 6
Wranglers - 2

[Jrod77]

Originally Posted by LocalSportsFan

Game 3: 04/10 @ Witchita 11am

Missions - 8
Wranglers - 13

[LocalSportsFan]

04/11/07: Off Day

Standings so far.....

TEX North

1. Wichita 3-2
2. Tulsa 3-3
3. Springfield 2-3
4. Arkansas 2-4

TEX South

1. Midland 4-1
2. San Antonio 4-2
3. Frisco 3-3
4. Corpus Christi 1-4

Remember, tomorrow night is opening night in San Antonio!

[elchiv]

San Antonio has a baseball team?

Originally Posted by elchiv

San Antonio has a baseball team?

[LocalSportsFan]

Tulsa Drillers @ San Antonio Missions 3 game Series!
04/12/07 - 04/14/07

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Game 1: 04/12 @ San Antonio 7pm (Opening Night / Magnet Night / $1 Night)
Game 2: 04/13 @ San Antonio 7pm ($50,000 Friday's)
Game 3: 04/14 @ San Antonio 7pm (Fireworks Night)

TIX:

• Lower Box: $9
• Upper Box: $8
• Upper Reserved: $7
• Outfield Reserved: $6

GO MISSIONS!!

[TexasPandaMama]

Originally Posted by liquidsky

Obviously, minor league teams can't churn up the same interest as a pro team would. But, having high attendence at minor league game definitely would help SA chances of landing a pro team. Look at Round Rock which started off as a AA team just 7 years ago. After 4 years of just shattering AA as well as ALL minor attendence records, they seriously increased the number of seats at Dell diamond and received a AAA team.

I'm sure if this was the case in SA, everyone would be using the increase in attendence as a reason for getting and deserving a pro-team.

I think that the support for the Express has a lot to do with the farming of a major league Texas team. The Missions would recieve more support if they were the minor for the Rangers.

[LocalSportsFan]

Originally Posted by LocalSportsFan

Game 1: 04/12 @ San Antonio 7pm (Opening Night / Magnet Night / $1 Night)

Drillers: 0
Missions: 2

att. 6,579

[Jrod77]

Originally Posted by LocalSportsFan

Drillers: 0
Missions: 2

att. 6,579

It was a great outing for not only the Missions but all 6,579 fans that attended. We're going tonight again!

[LocalSportsFan]

Originally Posted by LocalSportsFan

Game 2: 04/13 @ San Antonio 7pm ($50,000 Friday's)

Drillers - 6
Missions - 3

att. 4,665

[Jrod77]

Originally Posted by LocalSportsFan

[Game 3: 04/14 @ San Antonio 7pm (Fireworks Night)

Drillers - 3
Missions - 10

[Hairyhandedgent]

TEX North (
Club W L PCT GB Home Away L 10 Streak
Wichita 5 4 .556 - 3-2 2-2 5-4 L2
Tulsa 4 5 .444 1.0 3-3 1-2 4-5 L1
Arkansas 3 5 .375 1.5 1-1 2-4 3-5 W1
Springfield 2 4 .333 1.5 0-1 2-3 2-4 L1



TEX South
Club W L PCT GB Home Away L 10 Streak
Midland 5 1 .833 - 4-1 1-0 5-1 W2
San Antonio 6 3 .667 0.5 2-1 4-2 6-3 W1
Frisco 4 4 .500 2.0 3-3 1-1 4-4 L1
Corpus Christi 3 6 .333 3.5 2-2 1-4 3-6 W2

Link

[LocalSportsFan]

Wichita Wranglers @ San Antonio Missions 3 game Series!
04/15/07-04/17/07

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Game 1: 4/15 vs Wichita 4pm (Benadryl Night)
Game 2: 4/16 vs Wichita 7pm (Family Night)
Game 3: 4/17 vs Wichita 7pm

[Jrod77]

Originally Posted by LocalSportsFan

Game 1: 4/15 vs Wichita 4pm (Benadryl Night)

Better make that 7-3.

Wranglers - 2
Missions - 5



Att: 2,531

[LocalSportsFan]

Thompson Named TL Pitcher of the Week

Sean Thompson was named the Texas League Pitcher of the Week on Monday by Texas League President Tom Kayser. Sean was 2-0 for the week with a 0.75 ERA and 10 K's in tweleve innings of work for the San Antonio Missions.

Way to go Thompson!

[VDeal]

Does anyone else besides me think that Wolff Stadium doesn't really look that much different other than the new scoreboard? The lights might look a little brighter also, but that's all I really noticed.

[VDeal]

Originally Posted by phillyspurslover

i asked dizz and he said the same thing, but i thought it was a decent stadium.

they need more beer lines, though.

They have always been woefully lacking.

Originally Posted by LocalSportsFan

Thompson Named TL Pitcher of the Week

Sean Thompson was named the Texas League Pitcher of the Week on Monday by Texas League President Tom Kayser. Sean was 2-0 for the week with a 0.75 ERA and 10 K's in tweleve innings of work for the San Antonio Missions.

Way to go Thompson!

awesome

[LocalSportsFan]

The Missions wanted to take care of the much needed things for the park first. Everything else will come but a new scoreboard, new lights, and sound were much needed. It will take some time.

Game 2: 4/16 vs Wichita 7pm (Family Night)

The Missions improve their record to 8-3 tonight!

Wranglers - 1
Missions - 6

att: 1,926

[spursfan9905]

i went to the game on opening night to take some photo action shots. the new scoreboard is defintely a upgrade and a needed one. it seemed to work well. there was defintely adjustments that were needed.

[LocalSportsFan]

Originally Posted by LocalSportsFan

Game 3: 4/17 vs Wichita 7pm

Wranglers - 4
Missions - 0

att: 2,061

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04/18/07: off day

TL Standings:

TEX North

1. Tulsa 6-6
2. Wichita 6-6
3. Arkansas 4-8
4. Springfield 2-7

TEX South

1. Midland 7-2
2. Frisco 8-4
3. San Antonio 8-4
4. Corpus Christi 4-8

[Jrod77]

With only 12 games played, I think the Missions are strong enough to bounce back. The next series with Midland would be a nice test for them.

[LocalSportsFan]

San Antonio Missions @ Midland RockHounds 4 game Series!
04/19/07-04/22/07

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Game 1: 04/19 @ Midland 6:30pm
Game 2: 04/20 @ Midland 6:30pm
Game 3: 04/21 @ Midland 6:30pm
Game 4: 04/22 @ Midland 4pm

Catch all the games live on 680 AM KKYX with Roy & Stu!

[Jrod77]

Originally Posted by LocalSportsFan

Game 1: 04/19 @ Midland 6:30pm

Missions - 4
Rock Hounds - 10

[LocalSportsFan]

Originally Posted by LocalSportsFan

Game 2: 04/20 @ Midland 6:30pm

Missions - 1
RockHounds - 2

Better outing by the Missions.

[LocalSportsFan]

Originally Posted by LocalSportsFan

[Game 3: 04/21 @ Midland 6:30pm

Missions - 3
RockHounds - 1

[Jrod77]

Originally Posted by LocalSportsFan

Game 4: 04/22 @ Midland 4pm

Missions - 9
Rock Hounds - 8

This game went back and forth.

[LocalSportsFan]

Originally Posted by Jrod77

Missions - 9
Rock Hounds - 8

This game went back and forth.

It sure was a nail biter. Midland scored the 8th run in the bottom of the 9th and had runners on the corners with two outs when they grounded out to end the game.

Corpus defeated Frisco 14-11 today so:


TEX South

1. Midland 9-4
2. Frisco 10-6
3. San Antonio 10-6
4. Corpus Christi 6-10

Tomorrow night the Missions come back home for a four game series against the Frisco RoughRiders. Mildand will take on Coprus Christi.

[Jrod77]

I'm really happy that the Missions came out of Midland with a split. The first two games looked as if the Missions weren't for real but they are and hopefully they will do well agianst Frisco.