McAlester Rockets T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Oklahoma sooner state league playing at Sec Taylor Stadium

playing at Sec Taylor Stadium

commissioned in 1941 as one of the largest naval aviation training facilities in the country

with ribbed cuffs and hem to keep the shape intact

The 1956 club was known locally as the "Miracle Oilers" for the turnaround

yet finished fourth in a stacked league behind Ardmore (99-40)

McAlester Rockets T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Oklahoma sooner state league playing at Sec Taylor StadiumThe 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