By BARRY LEWIS Sports Writer on Jan 4, 2013, at 2:53 PM Updated on 1/04 at 2:54 PM
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Roy Oswalt has finished his stint at the Colorado Rockies' extended spring training in Scottsdale, Ariz., and is set to join ...
Former Oklahoma State lefty Tyler Lyons will make his major league debut for the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday at San ...
The San Diego Padres have signed former Booker T. Washington outfielder Mike Wilson to a minor league contract and assigned ...
The Tulsa Drillers are accepting video appplications from individuals and groups interested in singing the National Anthem before games this season.
Applicants can e-mail a video to entertainment@tulsadrillers.com or send a DVD to: Tulsa Drillers, Attn: National Anthem, 201 N. Elgin Ave., Tulsa, OK 74120. Entries must include a name, daytime phone number and e-mail address. The entry deadline is Feb. 4. Finalists will be invited to an audition on Feb. 9.
“This will be the second year we have used the video application process,” Drillers game entertainment manager Justin Gorski said in a press release. “We hope to receive even more talented submissions this season. We want to have the best Oklahoma has to offer showcased in front of Drillers fans in 2013.”...
It appears the closest any major league caravans will get to Tulsa this winter is about 100 miles away. The Kansas City Royals Caravan will stop at 11:30 a.m. on Jan. 21 at the Holiday Inn in Springdale, Ark. Players participating are Bruce Chen, Danny Duffy and Will Smith. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at 479-927-4900.
There is a Texas Rangers Caravan stop at Academy Sports in Oklahoma City at 7700 S. Walker Ave (at I-240) at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 14.
The St. Louis Cardinals Caravan will visit Missouri Southern’s Taylor Performing Arts Center in Joplin at noon Jan. 19. The Caravan will include Shelby Miller, Oscar Taveras, Seth Maness, John Mabry, Alan Benes, Cal Eldred and Al Hrabosky. For information call 417-625-9777. Autographs will be available only to fans age 15 and under...
Former Oklahoma State infielder Rusty Ryal signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ryal, 29, batted .257 with 41 RBIs in 92 Triple-A games between Reno and Gwinnett in 2012. He played in 134 major league games with Arizona in 2009-10...
Colorado signed two minor league pitchers who could wind up with the Drillers at some point in 2013 -- Tim Gustafson and lefty Erick Threets. Gustafson, 28, was 7-9 with a 5.39 ERA split between Double-A Pensacola and Triple-A Louisville in 2012. Threets, 31, was 6-4 with a 2.79 ERA in 52 appearances in Triple-A between Albuquerque and Sacramento...
First baseman Mark Hamilton, the last player to hit three homers in a game at Drillers Stadium with Springfield in 2007, signed a minor league contract with Boston. Hamilton has a .197 career batting average in 47 major league games with St. Louis...
Remember outfielder Adam Greenberg, who was signed by Florida to a one-game contract in October so he could get a full major league at-bat after being struck in the head on his first appearance in 2005? Greenberg signed a minor league contract with Baltimore...
The Rangers have rehired former Drillers third baseman Scott Coolbaugh to be their hitting coach at Triple-A Round Rock after dumping him as their major league hitting coach, a position he held in 2011-12. Texas led the majors with 808 runs in 2012.
Former Drillers manager Bobby Jones returns as Round Rock’s manager. Former Drillers infielder Steve Buechele returns as the manager of Texas’ Double-A Frisco affiliate and so does former Drillers pitching coach Jeff Andrews in that role.
-- Barry Lewis
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