Minors Madness: Semifinals
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No. 2 Amarillo Sod Poodles vs. No. 2 Toledo Mud Hens

About the Sod Poodles: A supposed Old West name for the prairie dogs that populate the Texas Panhandle, it may have just been an invention of the team. Nonetheless, it beat out Boot Scooters, Bronc Busters, Jerky and Long Haulers in a community name contest. Soddies for short. Links: Logo, jersey and mascot RUCKUS the Black-Tailed Prairie Dog.

About the Mud Hens: This iteration of the team is not that old, but the Mud Hens nickname has existed since 1896, when a previous version originally dubbed the Swamp Angels had to play Sunday games near a marsh outside the city limits due to blue laws. Those marshes were occupied by birds called American coots -- not a bad name itself -- and also known as mud hens. Links: Logo, jersey and mascots Muddonna and Muddy. 
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No. 2 Richmond Flying Squirrels vs. No. 1 Albuquerque Isotopes

About the Flying Squirrels: Either chosen through a name contest or by team brass, depending on the account one reads, the name is a reference to a species that can be found in Virginia. Links: Logo, jersey and mascots Nutasha and Nutzy.

About the Isotopes: In a 2001 episode of The Simpsons, Homer learned that his beloved Springfield Isotopes were planning to move to Albuquerque. When the Calgary Cannons did just that two years later, reality mirrored fiction and Isotopes was a runaway winner in a name contest for the team. It's fitting, since New Mexico has been the site of so much nuclear testing. Links: Logo, jersey and mascot Orbit the Alien. 
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