With all of the Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma City talk with the NBA. Maybe this is an indication that the NBA will choose Oklahoma City.


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So it's not actually a name change.

Exactly. It's much like them wearing the 'throwback' 89ers uniforms on Sundays last year.

What were they thinking in the first place?

There is at least a flimsy argument for a broad-based geographic name in major league sports, but AAA baseball?

Were they trying to reach out to all those Tulsans that are excited to drive two additional hours to see a minor league team one notch up from their own?

Was this a Bob Funk decision?

Redhawks drop bombshell with drastic name change
Journal Record

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The name of one of Oklahoma’s minor-league baseball teams will be changed to include the word “city.”

Oklahoma RedHawks managing partner Scott Pruitt announced Thursday that the team will become the Oklahoma City RedHawks.

The team also will unveil a new color scheme for its uniforms and merchandise and a new logo. The RedHawks, a Triple-A team affiliated with the Texas Rangers, have used the same color scheme and logo since the team was founded 10 years ago.

The changes will be unveiled before the Triple-A championship game on Sept. 16.

drinking the kool-aid and eating the tacos and everything old is new again, well, almost. they kept the Redhawks part

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I liked the old logo with the Redhawk better than the new one with the hawk, but the others without it have a throwback feel to them and look good.

I'm happy that they decided to name it Oklahoma City Redhawks. I wonder what the Tulsans have to say about this? I can't wait when it comes a time when the national weather services start showing OKC over Oklahoma on the weather map instead of Tulsa. I don't see why they chose Tulsa over OKC.

For example, during the past Hurricane Ike coverages, all the media stations, when they was showing the map of all the states and big name cities, I had seen Tulsa, not OKC.

I doubt Tulsa's gives two sh--s about our Triple-A ball club.

Just like I don't give two sh--s about their Triple-A ball club.

Fixed!

Eh, I view all the Pro baseball teams the same.

Redhawks is not in MLB? If not, then something isn't right. I'll still think of them being in MLB.

I definitely see your point, but in the case of Hurricane Ike, Tulsa was more in the path than OKC was. Also, and not to get too far off topic, a lady on the Weather Channel (Kelly Cass, I think) completely blew off the whole state at one point, saying something to the effect of "Ike will move through Texas and into Arkansas and Missouri later today"...uh, hello?

Isn't the Texas League double-A?

I like the throwback feel of the new look.

Great new logo!

Random as that was...



When they do put Tulsa instead of OKC, it's because they can't put the state name and OKC in the same spot. Purely an aesthetic thing.

Oh you mean like New York, even though the map above uses it for NYC? J/K

I second this opinion.

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Who were the designers of the Logo? It looks like we are the COK Redhawks???? Most other logos like that have the first letter of the initials as the Larger letter. Same team that did the thunder logo??

Then the logo would like it said Kansas City.

I think it would be easier to hide the "KC" with a big "O" than hide the "COK". unless we are all dyslexic.....

No not like that. If you are putting "Oklahoma" on the state, it goes right in the middle and covers the spot that could otherwise have Oklahoma City labeled. Not the case with NYC at all.

Does that read "YN" to you as well?