{{short description|American franchise in minor league baseball}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox Minor League Baseball | name = Denison Katydids / Blue Sox / Champions | firstseason = 1912 | lastseason = 1914 | allyears = | city = Denison, Texas | logo = | uniformlogo = | class level = D | league = Texas–Oklahoma League | majorleague = | nickname = Denison Katydids (1912)<br>Denison Blue Sox (1913)<br>Denison Champions (1914) | pastnames = | ballpark = | classnum = | classchamps = | leaguenum = | leaguechamps = | confnum = | conferencechamps = | divnum = | divisionchamps = | wildcardnum = | wildcardberths = }} The city of Denison, Texas, hosted a franchise in minor league baseball that competed in the Texas–Oklahoma League for three seasons, under the names '''Denison Katydids''', '''Denison Blue Sox''' and '''Denison Champions'''. They competed as the Katydids in 1912,<ref name=br1912>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=66ac1bbd |title=1912 Denison Katydids |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=August 29, 2020}}</ref> as the Blue Sox in 1913,<ref name=br1913>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=ff41d691 |title=1913 Denison Blue Sox |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=August 29, 2020}}</ref> and as the Champions in 1914.<ref name=br1914>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=40d6abc7 |title=1914 Denison Champions |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=August 29, 2020}}</ref> Starting in 1915, the city of Denison would host a team in the Western Association, the Denison Railroaders.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=40d6abc7 |title=1914 Denison Champions |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=August 29, 2020}}</ref>
The Katydids of 1912 had at least one player who went on to compete in the major leagues, pitcher Jim Haislip.<ref name=br1912/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=haisli001jam |title=Jim Haislip Minor League Statistics & History |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=August 29, 2020}}</ref> Records for the team are largely incomplete.<ref name=br1912/> Horace H. Covington, brother of Tex Covington and Sam Covington, managed the team.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58300521/denison-signs-covington/ |title=Denison Signs Covington |newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |page=3 |date=March 23, 1912 |accessdate=August 29, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=coving000hor |title=Horace Covington |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=August 29, 2020}}</ref>
The Blue Sox of 1913 had at least two players who went on to compete in the major leagues; Haislip and first baseman Sam Covington.<ref name=br1913/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=coving001cla |title=Sam Covington Minor League Statistics & History|website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=August 29, 2020}}</ref> Pitcher Rick Adams had played in the major leagues in 1905.<ref name=br1913/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=adams-001reu |title=Rick Adams Minor League Statistics & History|website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=August 29, 2020}}</ref> The Blue Sox were managed by Babe Peebles, who would continue to manage teams in Denison through 1917.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=peeble001ald |title=Babe Peebles Minor League Statistics & History |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=August 29, 2020}}</ref>
The Champions of 1914 had several past or future major league players:<ref name=br1914/> pitchers Adams, Haislip, and Walt Kinney,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=kinney002wal |title=Walt Kinney Minor League Statistics & History |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=August 29, 2020}}</ref> along with position players Fred Nicholson<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=nichol002fre |title=Fred Nicholson Minor League Statistics & History |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=August 29, 2020}}</ref> and Hall of Fame inductee Rogers Hornsby.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hornsb001rog |title=Rogers Hornsby Minor League Statistics & History |website=Baseball-Reference.com |accessdate=August 29, 2020}}</ref>
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