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Sugar Land Space Cowboys hits it out of the ballpark with stellar community engagement

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Amy Johnson Sugar Land Space Cowboys' Marketing Director with team mascot Orion the Cosmic Canine
Tom Wilmer
Amy Johnson Sugar Land Space Cowboys' Marketing Director with team mascot Orion the Cosmic Canine

Join correspondent Tom Wilmer at the Sugar Land Space Cowboys Constellation field for a conversation with marketing director Amy Johnson.

Sugar Land Space Cowboy in the bull pen.
Tom Wilmer
Sugar Land Space Cowboy in the bull pen.

Across America, there are minor league baseball teams that do an amazing job of catering to their loyal local communities.

The viral community fan base is predicated on the teams’ masterful ability to engage their fans—most often entire families.

Kids love Sugar Land Space Cowboys' Splash Pad
Tom Wilmer
Kids love Sugar Land Space Cowboys' Splash Pad

The ticket prices are always affordable and there’s always a litany of fun engaging activities for the kids.

Sugar Land Space Cowboys logo
Courtesy Sugar Land Space Cowboys MLB
Sugar Land Space Cowboys logo

The Space Cowboys are a Triple-A minor league team with the Houston Astros claiming a proud ownership stake. The team is a member of the Pacific Coast League.

MLB Pacific Coast League logo
Pacific Coast League
MLB Pacific Coast League logo

Click here to learn more about Sugar Land, Texas.

The underbed music was performed by Texas Hill Country musician and songwriter John Arthur Martinez.

Texas Hill Country musician John Arthur Martinez
Courtesy John Arthur Martinez
Texas Hill Country musician John Arthur Martinez

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Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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