Hoskins Field (Texas)

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Hoskins Field is a baseball park in Wichita Falls, Texas, and was the home of the TCL Wichita Falls Roughnecks for the 2007 season. [1] Before the team moved to Wichita Falls, it was called the Graham Roughnecks and belonged to Graham, Texas.

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References

  1. "The Graham Roughnecks Are on the Move".

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