EL PASO, Texas – The boys of summer will soon make their return to Southwest University Park. Of course, we’re talking about the El Paso Chihuahuas. After the 2020 season was cancelled due to Covid-19, the Chihuahuas are ready to return to the field. Tuesday, the team announced the coaching staff for this year’s club.
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EL PASO, Texas – Baseball fans will have to wait a little longer to see the El Paso Chihuahuas return to Southwest University Park. Wednesday, Major League Baseball announced plans to delay the start of the Triple-A baseball season. The season was supposed to begin in April and is now being pushed back to early
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Chihuahuas will have to wait a little while longer for Opening Day. Chihuahuas were originally planning their home opener for April 22. Now their season will begin May 6 at Tacoma, and the team said its new home opening date will be May 13 at Southwest University Park
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EL PASO, Texas – Think you could fall in the category of best baseball hitter in El Paso? Now is your chance! Former El Paso Chihuahuas and MLB OF Cody Decker and local training facility Beimel Elite Atheltics are hosting a one-day bracket style tournament at the Beimel Elite Facility Sunday. Through state-of-the-art training tool
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Baseball’s minor league teams, including the El Paso Chihuahuas, will shift to regionalized six-game series with a common off day in an effort that cuts scheduled travel mileage by 28-56% and reduces expenses as Major League Baseball takes over running the minors. It was announced Thursday that Triple-A teams are scheduled
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EL PASO, Texas — Major League Baseball has reorganized its minor leagues in a 120-team regional alignment that impacts the El Paso Chihuahuas. MLB released a plan Friday for two Triple-A divisions, and three divisions each for Double-A, High-A and Low-A. Forty affiliates were dropped from 2019, the last season under the old minor league
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – The partnership between the San Diego Padres and the El Paso Chihuahuas will continue for many more years to come. Thursday, the El Paso Chihuahuas accepted the San Diego Padres’ invitation to continue as their Triple-A affiliate after signing the Major League Baseball Professional Development License. The agreement will extend the
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Chihuahuas have received the prestigious Bob Freitas Award, which is given by Baseball America magazine each year in recognition of a minor league team’s “community involvement, long-term business success, and consistent operational excellence.” This award denoting the best team operators is named after longtime minor league baseball ambassador
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Chihuahuas and El Paso Locomotive Foundations have announced a virtual toy drive – the Chico and Ozzy Holiday Giveback presented by Helen of Troy. The initiative will help raise money to purchase toys for children at Child Crisis Center of El Paso and the Lower Dyer Community Center,
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – Baseball’s minor leagues canceled their seasons on Tuesday after Major League Baseball decided not to provide any players to its affiliated teams amid the coronavirus pandemic. The El Paso Chihuahuas home opener was originally slated for Tuesday, April 14 and had been delayed ever since. “While the tradition of Chihuahuas baseball will
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EL PASO, Texas – Athletes are missing out on their seasons, but also for a chance to put up numbers. If you’re trying impress college scouts, that hurts. But no fear, because El Paso-area baseball facility Beimel Elite Athletics is bringing it you virtually through HitTrax, a high-tech ball simulator. Just like in a regular
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EL PASO, Texas – Joe Beimel pitched in the MLB for 13 seasons. And now, he and former MLB catcher Brent Dean run Beimel Elite Athletics, one of the best baseball training programs in the country. You won’t find a bigger advocate for Beimel Elite than former El Paso Chihuahuas Outfielder Cody Decker. “They run
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EL PASO, Texas – A year ago around this time Americas High School grad Darrell Hernaiz was signing his professional baseball contract with the Baltimore Orioles. Fast forward to today, Hernaiz is turning heads not only around El Paso, but on the national radar as a top prospect. “I wasn’t really proved coming out of
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — By this time of year, El Paso Chihuahuas fans are usually finding their way out to Southwest University Park to enjoy baseball games. This, though, is not a normal situation as both major- and minor-league baseball seasons have not started due to Covid-19 affecting cities and ballparks across the United States.
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EL PASO, Texas — During these uncertain times, families are in need of help putting food on the table. Some local foundations are stepping in to help El Paso’s only food bank. The Paul L. Foster Family Foundation and the Woody and Gayle Hunt Family Foundation, in partnership with MountainStar Sports Group Foundation, have established
Continue Reading NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is delaying the start of its season by at least two weeks because of the coronavirus outbreak and suspended the rest of its spring training game schedule. Opening day had been scheduled for March 26. Minor League Baseball, including the El Paso Chihuahuas, also followed suit and said the
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EL PASO, Texas — Edwin Rodriguez will return as manager of the El Paso Chihuahuas in 2020, the Chihuahuas and San Diego Padres announced Friday. Rodriguez led the 2019 Chihuahuas to 80 wins, the second-most victories in team history. Rodriguez is entering his fourth season in the Padres organization, having spent the 2017 and 2018 seasons
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Cody Decker, former outfielder for the El Paso Chihuahuas, is back in town to host a showing of a documentary which features him. The documentary is one part of a fund raiser for the Border Youth Athletic Association, this Sunday beginning at noon at the Alamo Drafthouse location in west
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Chihuahuas announced their 2020 season home schedule on Monday. Opening night is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, April 14 vs. the Las Vegas Aviators (Oakland A’s farm club) at Southwest University Park. The home season includes 70 home games of a 140-game schedule that will run through
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