Clayton Kershaw to Pitch in OKC Tomorrow Night

Big night tomorrow night as three time Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw is scheduled to pitch four innings for the OKC Dodgers versus Omaha on a physical rehab assignment. The game is a sellout and further proof Oklahoma City sports fans enjoy the whole Bricktown sports experience.

My son and I have been attending Dodger games this summer and have enjoyed it quite a bit. The affiliation as the top Dodger farm team is a good fit for OKC. Older baseball fans like myself got to see some of the best Houston Astro players come through their system back in the 70’s. Players like Caesar Cedeno, Bob Watson, Larry Dierker, and Don Wilson just to name a few.

The Thunder’s success has given Oklahoma sports fans a real taste for major league sports. If OKC were ever to become a city with two major league sport teams—baseball would be the second sport. The NFL wouldn’t work because of the OU-OSU culture. The NHL wouldn’t work because there’s not enough diehard hockey fans in the city who understand the nuance of the game. But baseball could work here. The stadium could be expanded. Ownership could follow the template of the recent World Series champion Kansas City Royals. The NBA and MLB would be a perfect one-two combination for the city to keep Bricktown vibrant as far as traffic and excitement.

OKC will be rocking in Bricktown tomorrow night and it won’t be for an OU football game or a Thunder basketball game. Instead, it will be standing room only to see Clayton Kershaw pitch in person. Who knows, maybe a spark ignites from this and Oklahoma City, like Kansas City, could become a major league two sport town.

We’ve been sitting behind home plate in games we attended earlier this season. But tomorrow night, the only seats we could get were in the grass sections in the outfield. It’s a tough ticket, but that makes me happy, or more to the point, happy for Oklahoma City.

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