McAlester Rockets Crewneck Sweatshirt - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Oklahoma Owensboro Distillers then joined the Class B

then joined the Class B Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League for the 1959 season as a Cincinnati Reds affiliate

a disputed loss to the visiting Jeanerette Blues left two umpires assaulted

winning a second Carolina League title that year at 78-71

only to be swept by Wilson in the best-of-seven playoffs

and in 1952 the team settled on "Lookouts"

McAlester Rockets Crewneck Sweatshirt - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Oklahoma Owensboro Distillers then joined the Class BThe McAlester Rockets, based in McAlester, Oklahoma, were the most successful franchise in Sooner State League history, winning five league championships in seven seasons as a New York Yankees affiliate, capturing the title in 1947 and then four consecutive years from 1950 through 1953. The Rockets played at Jeff Lee Stadium, drawing between 40,000 and 63,000 fans per season, strong attendance for a Class D market. The franchise's most enduring piece