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LIVE: Missions announce Triple-A team moving to SA

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San Antonio Missions officials will announce that the Alamo City will get a Triple-A baseball team from Colorado, and the Double-A team playing at Wolff Stadium will head to Amarillo.

Related: SA to get Triple-A team from Colorado; Double-A team headed to Amarillo

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Elmore Sports Group said in a release it had some difficulty drawing interest from major league teams in maintaining a Triple-A team in Colorado Springs due to elevation and weather. Both factors presented a challenge in developing and evaluating players.

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ā€œWe are very excited,ā€ said D.G. Elmore, group chairman. ā€œWe have moved teams at various times in our 36-year history of owning ball clubs, and as I reflect, I don’t think there is a time we have seen the level of business support like this.ā€