Livin' on Tulsa Time...

[StoopTroup]

from the suites at the new Driller Stadium. Good food. Good fun. Maybe some rain.

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Go Drillers ! ! !

[StoopTroup]

Damn I'm stuffed. That Obama Dawg put me over the edge. I bet Bene would have been pissed if that's all that was on the White House Menu today. Maybe that's what caused all the trouble. :D

[King Crimson]

cheeseburger with a side of chicken breast. meaty.

good Eric Clapton cover of Tulsa time on youtube.

[FirstAndGoalOU]

[QUOTE=StoopTroup;3237117]Damn I'm stuffed. That Obama Dawg put me over the edge. I bet Bene would have been pissed if that's all that was on the White House Menu today. Maybe that's what caused all the trouble. :D[/QUOTE

STOP, :) I bet Netanyahu would have been pissed if that's all that was on the White House Menu today. Maybe that's what caused all the trouble. No the food was great, but somehow Barry was served with...
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_x2PHeo7sDKg/S_5-d-AtSVI/AAAAAAAAAd8/ZxWy6loyJ0o/s1600/EatCrow.gif

[StoopTroup]

I couldn't eat all the burger and the Wife had to eat the chicken. The dawg rawked!

[StoopTroup]

Damn. If I knew there was crow I woulda jumped all over that before fish n game got here.

[StoopTroup]

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[StoopTroup]

Hey Dean and 75! This team we are losing to is wearing Cards outfits. Sorry this pic is so bad. I thing I've drank to much tea or the iPhone zoom is sucking.

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[Penguin]

Tell the dooshbag to put his feet down. He ain't at home on his futon! :D

[StoopTroup]

I think he's had a lot to drink. I'm keeping my video ready in case he falls over the rail. :D

[FirstAndGoalOU]

I thought that was YOU.

[StoopTroup]

I'm drinking tea and being a stellar example of a father before the Rapture. :D

[StoopTroup]

My Wife is being a bad girl and drinking beer

[King Crimson]

My Wife is being a bad girl and drinking beer

glad i didn't post that.

[texaspokieokie]

looks like a really nice park !!

who does tulsa belong to ??

what happened to their "oilers" name???

guess it's been gone a long time.

we went to a few oilers games when i was a kid. my Dad was a great baseball fan.

even saw an exb game between Giants & Indians one year, late 40s or early
50s.
drove up from okmulgee, about 50 miles, back before they straightened out hwy 75.

[King Crimson]

looks like a really nice park !!
even saw an exb game between Giants & Indians one year, late 40s or early
50s.
drove up from okmulgee, about 50 miles, back before they straightened out hwy 75.

wow. you are an old timer.

did you ever see any of the barnstorming teams come through Oklahoma semi-pro leagues after WW II?

Negroe League all-star teams came through? my granddad pitched a game against Satchel Page for the Perry Merchants. he had minor league contract offers from the Cubs and Cards.....after the war.

you probably listened to KMOX and the Cards.

[StoopTroup]

They just played a song from The Weather Girls...."It's Raining Men".

STEP and Howzit would have loved it.

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[texaspokieokie]

wow. you are an old timer.

did you ever see any of the barnstorming teams come through Oklahoma semi-pro leagues after WW II?

Negroe League all-star teams came through? my granddad pitched a game against Satchel Page for the Perry Merchants. he had minor league contract offers from the Cubs and Cards.....after the war.

you probably listened to KMOX and the Cards.

i saw a negro league game. (in tulsa) i THINK it was KC Monarchs & maybe
Memphis Blues. (could be wrong).

there were several minor leagues after (& before) the war. KOM league, Sooner State league & Western Association. WA had muskogee & Joplin.

Mickey Mantle played in Joplin on his way up.

we saw Satchel Page @ a St. Louis Browns game. I think it was about 51 or 52.i can't remember if he pitched that day, but you could see him in the bullpen.


i don't think we could get KMOX in tulsa when i lived there. (left OK in 63).
only baseball you could get, was Oilers or Cards when Oilers were on the road .at least i think that's the way it was. I got to where i couldn't stand Harry Carey. Jack Buck was OK>
TV & air conditioning ruined those lower minor leagues. too bad.

i read once where Okmulgee had a team, but they folded in about 1928. (even i wasn't born then) their name was Drillers.

[StoopTroup]

We are down 6-1 so I started rooting for the Cards and I think if I do that once more I'll be on the news with me screaming "Don't Taze Me Bro!". Lol

[texaspokieokie]

They just played a song from The Weather Girls...."It's Raining Men".

STEP and Howzit would have loved it.

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neat, but i thot sure there'd be some girls.

[StoopTroup]

There are balls all over teh field!

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[StoopTroup]

Fireworks night too!

[StoopTroup]

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[OUmillenium]

Dude, I finally have a free night and don't get an invite to Drillers suite? You gotta do better than that!

I could then hook you up with some Arvest suite tix for the next concert at BOK.

[StoopTroup]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c333/stooptroup/8bda544a.mp4

[StoopTroup]

Dude, I finally have a free night and don't get an invite to Drillers suite? You gotta do better than that!

I could then hook you up with some Arvest suite tix for the next concert at BOK.

I was freeloading with a friend...

:D

Good times but we lost 7-2

[OUmillenium]

Free baseball is definitely good times

[StoopTroup]

Free food and free fireworks and freeparking. I got to use the elevator to so I didn't have to climb the stairs with the little people. ;)

[texaspokieokie]

that park looks a lot like QT park, home of the Grand Prairie Air Hogs.

incaviglia is manager of Air Hogs.

[SoonerofAlabama]

How are they doing so far?

[StoopTroup]

Leading the North

North
TEAM W L PCT GB
Tulsa 23 18 .561 -
NW Arkansas 20 17 .541 1.0
Arkansas 18 19 .486 3.0
Springfield 17 24 .415 6.0


South
TEAM W L PCT GB
San Antonio 28 13 .683 -
Frisco 22 19 .537 6.0
Midland 17 25 .405 11.5
Corpus Christi 16 26 .381 12.5

[Memtig14]

Y'all didn't get to sit in the ONEOK suite???



Peasants!!!

[StoopTroup]

looks like a really nice park !!

who does tulsa belong to ??

what happened to their "oilers" name???

guess it's been gone a long time.

we went to a few oilers games when i was a kid. my Dad was a great baseball fan.

even saw an exb game between Giants & Indians one year, late 40s or early
50s.
drove up from okmulgee, about 50 miles, back before they straightened out hwy 75.

They were gone I think as the oilers and we had good enough crowds that the Rangers decided to keep a Team here and they had it for a long time. Sammy Sosa and Pudge Rodriguez played in Tulsa. A few years ago they sold it to the Colorado Rockies so we are their Farm Team now.

http://tulsa.drillers.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t260

[StoopTroup]

Y'all didn't get to sit in the ONEOK suite???



Peasants!!!

[Crossing Fingers]Not yet....[/crossing fingers]

They look like they have a nice place down the way.

[SoonerofAlabama]

Leading the North

North
TEAM W L PCT GB
Tulsa 23 18 .561 -
NW Arkansas 20 17 .541 1.0
Arkansas 18 19 .486 3.0
Springfield 17 24 .415 6.0


South
TEAM W L PCT GB
San Antonio 28 13 .683 -
Frisco 22 19 .537 6.0
Midland 17 25 .405 11.5
Corpus Christi 16 26 .381 12.5

Looks like a weak division.

[StoopTroup]

Looks like a weak division.

We seem to always do well either way....

I've seen us with weak and tough.

[SoonerofAlabama]

Thanks for the information.

[StoopTroup]

Not a problem

I don't go enough anymore but the new park is teh awesome.

The tickets last night also gave you $10 free play at the Hard Rock Casino and Arby's gave away free sammies. We had 3 cell phones so we got 3 sammies today

[SoonerofAlabama]

Sounds awesome. How many people are usually there?

[StoopTroup]

Sometimes 1,900 sometimes 5,000....

It's usually not many unless it's a good promotion and it's the weekend.

I'm not sure what the new numbers are since they opened the new park.

When OU and oSu play down there they sell out usually

The site says they have had 13 sellouts.

[StoopTroup]

ONEOK Field offers other things too....

http://www.oneokfieldevents.com/

[StoopTroup]

Found this...


DRILLERS FACTS
*The Tulsa professional baseball club is the oldest professional sports franchise in the city of Tulsa. Professional baseball began in Tulsa in 1905 and has now been played for over 100 years.

*The Drillers won Texas League Championships in 1982, 1988 and 1998 and have been in the playoffs 7 times in the past 11 seasons.

*The Drillers are annually one of the highest-drawing seasonal entertainment options in Tulsa.

*The Drillers are the Double A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies.

*Following his dominating performance with the Drillers during the 2003 season, pitcher Jeff Francis was named the Minor League Player of the Year by Baseball America.

*In 2004, the Drillers were recognized as the Organization of the Year in the Texas League. It was the fourth time the franchise has won the award (1988, 1992, 1996).

*The Drillers were presented the prestigious Double A Bob Freitas Award by Baseball America in 2005. It was the second time (1992) that the Drillers were presented with the Freitas Award which recognizes long-term business success and excellence in minor league baseball.

*In 1999, the Drillers won Minor League Baseball's President's Trophy signifying the top franchise in Minor League Baseball.

[SoonerofAlabama]

Who are the Tulsa Drillers a minor league team for?

[SoonerofAlabama]

Nevermind.

[StoopTroup]

The opening night down there was cool....

Here's some shots of that. Had an F-16 fly-over from the National Guard...

My Son caught a foul ball.

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/gen/clubs/t260/photogallery/standard/year_2010/month_04/day_20/cf9437312.html

[SoonerofAlabama]

How many more games do they play?

[SoonerofAlabama]

Down here we have the Huntsville Stars, an affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. They have made the post-season a few times in the past few years, but not much else. They are in the Southern League.

[StoopTroup]

I'm not sure how many folks the stadium holds....The old one was over 10,000 I think...

[StoopTroup]

How many more games do they play?

Lots....the season just started....lol


http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/schedule/index.jsp?sid=t260

[StoopTroup]

Tuesday nights look good. Kraft singles night. Buy one get one free....

[texaspokieokie]

They were gone I think as the oilers and we had good enough crowds that the Rangers decided to keep a Team here and they had it for a long time. Sammy Sosa and Pudge Rodriguez played in Tulsa. A few years ago they sold it to the Colorado Rockies so we are their Farm Team now.

http://tulsa.drillers.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t260

thanx for info. makes me wish (even moreso) that i lived in Tulsa/Okmulgee (my home town) area.

loik to take my Dad to a ball game there. (died in 1980)

i did take him to a game in arlington, Ferguson Jenkins pitched a one-hitter. about 74 i think.

over the years, we saw several games in Saint Louis. made a special trip there from Okmulgee once,about 1953.

enuff of that.

[StoopTroup]

Down here we have the Huntsville Stars, an affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. They have made the post-season a few times in the past few years, but not much else. They are in the Southern League.

If you scroll over TEAMS at the top of the Drillers webpage...it will take you to Huntsvilles link. My Wife's Cousin lives there....they have a really nice place. I know she misses Tulsa and her Family but they are really happy there...

http://tulsa.drillers.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t260

Lots of Pink on Huntsville's site....lol

http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp?sid=t559

Dress like a pirate night...

Wonder if Mike Leach will be there....lol


Argh, mateys! Put on yer breeches and bandanas an' gather up yer crew on Friday for Dress Like a Pirate Night! Join us after the game for a private viewin' o' Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides at RAVE Motion Pictures in Jones Valley...or you just might 'ave to walk the plank! The fun begins at 6 p.m.

Friday is also Pleasures Ladies Night :pop: :hot:

[SoonerofAlabama]

You can probably guess, but Pleasures is a local sex shop in Huntsville.

[StoopTroup]

It was just a shot in the dark.....lol

[soonersponge]

Can someone tell me why the suite has patio furniture?

[StoopTroup]

Can someone tell me why the suite has patio furniture?

if you could see that stuff up close....it's not your average patio furniture. It's pretty comfortable and has been treated with that Bed liner stuff. I'm guessing they can come in after a big night and power wash everything quickly and set up for the next night very easy.

[SoonerofAlabama]

Who is there star player?

[texaspokieokie]

i found out what happened. (brilliant,google) after 1976 season, the late A.Ray Smith moved them to NOLA.

My 1st MIL had season tickets, in 1963.

[StoopTroup]

Who is there star player?

The guy that got called up last week.

We lost 7-2 to Springfield for God's Sake....

Scott Beerer IMO

.368 Batting avg. plus a cool name :pop: :D

Damn aggie though...:eek:


http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=LF&sid=l109&t=p_pbp&pid=456378

[SoonerofAlabama]

What are the levels in baseball? Majors, Minors, ?????, ?????. There are 27 rounds in the raft also right?

[StoopTroup]

The Cards are your Top level Baseball Team and then it really takes a sudden turn south on my Flowchart....

You better ask someone else. I might be somewhat biased.

http://www.komu.com/images/news/sports_busch_stadium_cardinals.jpg

[SoonerofAlabama]

I watched a commercial for the Stars just a second ago. Sunday is Family Day, Friday is Pleasures Day.

[StoopTroup]

LOL

[SoonerofAlabama]

Vendor: "Bring Your Kids, Get a Vibrator for Half off".

Not exactly two things you want associated with each other.