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Why did Lamson sell his Drillers stake?

Chuck Lamson, majority owner of the Tulsa Drillers since 2006, has sold his ownership shares back to longtime owner Went Hubbard. Hubbard owned the team from 1986 to 2006, retained a minority interest after selling to Lamson, and now has sole ownership once again. Lamson played for the Drillers in...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 27, 2010 11:45 PM

Recreating baseball: Tulsa Oilers broadcasts in the '70s

I received an email of appreciation about the BatesLine entry on Radio's Online History Resource, and I was asked how I find this stuff. In this case, I had done a Google search for Hal O'Halloran -- his name had come up in an email conversation among a group of...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 8, 2010 9:53 AM

The old Tulsa ballpark

An e-mail from Tulsa baseball history expert Wayne McCombs led me to this Digital Ballparks feature on Oiler Park, home of Tulsa minor league baseball from 1934 to 1976. It's a sequence of historic photographs accompanied by text setting out the history and highlights of the park and the players...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 30, 2008 12:36 PM