Our sister site, Spring Training Online, has posted the spring-training schedule for the four teams of the St. Louis Cardinals: Memphis Redbirds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League), Springfield Cardinals (Class AA; Texas League), Palm Beach Cardinals (High Class A; Florida State League) and Quad Cities River Bandits (Low Class A; Midwest League). You can view […]
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Judge dismisses suit challenging ONEOK Field funding
Well, that didn’t take long: Tulsa County Associate Judge Dana Kuehn ended a lawsuit challenging assessments against downtown businesses used to pay for ONEOK Field, the home of the Tulsa Drillers (Class AA; Texas League). True, it was a pretty low threshold to victory: all the city (the defendent in the case, not the Drillers) […]
Lawsuit over new Tulsa ballpark proceeds
A lawsuit over the funding plan for ONEOK Field, the home of the Tulsa Drillers (Class AA; Texas League), is proceeding, as an opponent of the downtown-business tax is accusing the city of acting in bad faith in putting together the ballpark’s financing deal. The funding plan for the ballpark includes a special assessment fee […]
Drillers Stadium to host baseball in 2011
Drillers Stadium, the former home of the Tulsa Drillers (Class AA; Texas League), will see baseball again in 2011 as a group staging high-school tournaments enters into a one-year lease. RBI Baseball will operate the ballpark as a training facility and a tournament field. The group signed a one-year lease with Expo Square for the […]
San Antonio to host 75th Texas League All-Star Game
Nice milestone to be reached by a historic franchise: The 75th Texas League All-Star Game will be hosted by league charter member San Antonio Missions at Wolff Stadium on June 29, 2011. The announcement was made by Missions President Burl Yarbrough. The game will mark the 10th time for San Antonio to host the event. […]
Future of Christensen Stadium assured: ballpark to be leased to Midland College
The former home of the Midland Angels and the Midland Rockhounds (Class AA; Texas League) will be around for at least 30 more years, as Midland (Texas) officials and Midland College are poised to sign a new lease that gives the college control of Christensen Stadium for $1 a year. The ballpark was home to […]
Rockies schedule exhibition in Tulsa
The Colorado Rockies will be making an additional stop during Spring Training 2011: the MLB parent has scheduled an exhibition game against farm team Tulsa Drillers (Class AA; Texas League) at ONEOK Field on March 30. It will be the second-ever appearance for the Rockies in Tulsa, but their first at ONEOK Field. Colorado faced […]
Astros, Hooks extend PDC; ‘Stos resigned to losing Express
The Houston Astros and Corpus Christi Hooks extended their player-development deal through 2016, but ‘Stros officials admit they don’t have much hope for retaining the Round Rock Express as a Triple-A affiliate. “This is a great day for Ryan-Sanders Baseball and the Corpus Christi Hooks,” CEO Reid Ryan said. “The extension further strengthens our great […]
Round Rock expected to shift affiliation to Rangers
With Nolan Ryan now an owner of the Texas Rangers, it’s widely expected that the Texas Triple-A affiliation will shift to the Round Rock Express from the Oklahoma City RedHawks. Technically, MLB and MiLB teams cannot be discussing affiliation shifts until the end of the year. And we’re not suggesting that anything formal has been […]
Drillers, Rockies extend PDC
The Tulsa Drillers and the Colorado Rockies are extended their player-development deal through 2014. “The Drillers are extremely pleased to be able to continue our affiliation with the Colorado Rockies,” said Drillers President Chuck Lamson. “We joined their organization at the right time in terms of their focus on player development, and we have seen […]
Dell Diamond / Round Rock Express
ll you really need to know about the Dell Diamond is this: it feels like it’s in the middle of a former pasture. Whether the site was a pasture in the past or not is fairly irrelevant; the more important point is that the home of the Round Rock Express benefits from a bucolic setting. […]
Dickey-Stephens Park / Arkansas Travelers
If you’re going to replace a legendary ballpark, you had best make sure the replacement is a worthy successor. In the case of Dickey-Stephens Park, the new home of the Arkansas Travelers is a worthy successor to Ray Winder Field, the team’s longtime home. FAST FACTS Year Opened: 2007 Capacity: 5,288 fixed seats; berms […]
Arvest Ballpark / Northwest Arkansas Naturals
Arvest Ballpark is a ballpark that proudly eschews the trends in ballpark design over the last decade. There are no retro qualities to Arvest Ballpark: it’s thoroughly modern, featuring lots of glass and no exposed steel. FAST FACTS Year Opened: 2008 Capacity: 5,500 Cost: $50 million for entire project, including road work Owner: City of […]