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To clear up any misunderstanding about the Minor league game in Kilgore
being canceled.
It was not the American Association bringing the game
to East Texas. It was being sponsored by the Kilgore
Chamber of Commerce and it was their decision.
They have to pay several thousand dollars each year to
bring these two teams to Kilgore. They do it to promote tourism and the use of Driller Park. The usually make their money back and a profit with ticket sales, concessions & sponsors. This year after the Collegiate League came to town, the Chamber apparently decided that since the park would be used all summer
anyway there was no need to go to so much trouble to promote
one game.
The reason I thought it was still on was that Mike Coston,
head of the Chamber, announced the minor league game
at the news conference called to tell about the Collegiate
League.
They never made another announcement to say it was canceled.
When I saw that nothing had been printed in the paper about it on Friday
... two day before the game ...I got suspicious and called the Chamber.
I guess I should have done that before posting it here... but it had been
on their calendar for a year...
I am also disappointed since I planned on going...the Pump Jacks season doesn't
start until June 10 !
If you do come to a Pump Jack game and you have not been to Driller Park in a while, it looks a little different. "Old Fashioned" street lights have been put all around the outside of the Stadium and trees and shrubs have been planted.
The new RV park next to the stadium is finished and open.
Planters now keep people from driving on the grass and eroding the hill where the softball field is.
The Pump Jacks are supposed to build a new picnic area inside the park and new ticket windows. So far none of that has happened...but we still have a month until opening night.
Marvin Hillhouse |
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