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Fernando Martinez on the cover of a 2012 Oklahoma City RedHawks baseball program from the Pacific Coast Baseball League

Oklahoma RedHawks / Oklahoma City RedHawks

May 19, 2024

The Oklahoma RedHawks (later the Oklahoma City RedHawks from 2009 to 2014) were a Class AAA farm club of the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros from 1998 through 2014.  Although the RedHawks identity has now passed into history after seventeen seasons, the franchise itself is historic and remains a strong entry in the Pacific Coast League (PCL) to this day. During the RedHawks era, Oklahoma City produced future Major League stars such as George Springer, Michael Young, R.A. Dickey and J.D. Martinez among others.

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Oklahoma City Blazers CHL

Oklahoma City Blazers (1992-2009)

January 21, 2019

The Oklahoma City Blazers were a beloved hockey team of the 1990’s and 2000’s in the “double-A” level Central Hockey League (CHL). The Blazers were one of six original members of the CHL when it opened for business in 1992. Both the Blazers and the CHL itself were nostalgic re-boots of an earlier era of pro hockey: the original Central Hockey League operated from 1963-1984 and included the original Oklahoma City Blazers club from 1965 to 1977.

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