San Antonio Missions

San Antonio, TX travel guide also mentions the San Antonio Missions which is nothing but the baseball team in San Antonio in the name of San Antonio Missions. It faced an understated situation during the span of World War 2 but was originally hosted by the St. Louis Browns organizations. And so the missions started with in around 1968 but it had already hosted a Texas League back in around 1888.

The San Antonio Missions is however a double A affiliates in the major-league club of the San Antonio Padre. The Mission is owned by the same group that owns the California League, the Elmore Sports Group. The Missions have undergone a change in its name several times starting with the Cubs affiliation and then renaming it to brewers, the Texas rangers, the Dodgers and finally getting firm on The Missions again.

The Mission are in intense rivalry with the Corpus Christi Hooks in run for the title of the best team of South Texas, indeed the rivalry has aggravated as the Hooks have already assigned themselves the title of the Baseball Capital of South Texas.

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park

http://www.nps.gov/saan/

The Missions has already won the 2002 and 2003 Texas League when it was in contract with the Seattle Mariners. The logo of San Antonio Missions holds The Alamo, one of the most visited places during San Antonio, TX travel. The Official Mascot of The Missions is the "Ballapeno" which is a local mascot which runs around with children after the completion of around the seventh innings.

San Antonio holds several baseball stadiums and parks such as the Block Stadium, The Mission Stadium, The Electric Park, The League Park which holds huge space for the spectators, however the Missions usually play in the Municipal Stadium. The San Antonio Missions thus forms an indispensible part of the San Antonio culture.

Mission San Antonio De Padua

http://www.missionsanantonio.net/

San Antonio Missions Address
2202 Roosevelt Avenue
San Antonio, Texas 78210

Contact:
Tel: (210) 932-1001 Fax: (210) 534-1106
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San Antonio Missions Hours:
Open daily 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Ticket Information for the San Antonio Missions: Free Admission

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