In addition to the larger population centers, we searched through lengthy lists of villages, townships, hamlets, unincorporated communities, and unorganized territories to find some of our favorite monikers.
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Isotopes center fielder Sam Hilliard catches a fly ball against Sugar Land on July 15. Hilliard and the Isotopes defense has led to the team’s success. (Mike Sandoval for the Journal)
Albuquerque Isotopes manager Warren Schaeffer can’t pick the personnel on his roster.
But the 36-year-old former minor league middle infielder knows he can control one thing with every team he oversees.
“I would never manage a team where we didn’t talk about (defense) all the time,” Schaeffer said Tuesday. “That’s a fact. I mean, every team is different. … but I put a lot of emphasis on defense. We do a lot of defense at home a lot of early work (before games) defensively.