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Celebrating the legacy of baseball benefactor Cecil O’Brate

Oklahoma State University lost the man whose name dons Cowboy baseball's new home on Jan. 20 when Cecil O'Brate died at the age of 95.
Celebrating the legacy of baseball benefactor Cecil O’Brate
Celebrating the legacy of baseball benefactor Cecil O’Brate

Wed, May 8, 2024

Oklahoma State University lost the man whose name dons Cowboy baseball's new home on Jan. 20 when Cecil O'Brate died at the age of 95.

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Unfinished Business: Ventura graduates more than three decades after illustrious OSU baseball career

Tue, May 3, 2022

After 1,182 hits, 16 years as a player, six Gold Gloves, five years as a manager, two All-Stars and a World Series appearance, Ventura did look back. For all his baseball success, something still nagged at him: he never graduated.

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First Black Cowboy baseball players honored at O’Brate Stadium

Sun, May 16, 2021

The two trailblazers Freddie Moulder and Donkor Khalid returned to Stillwater on Saturday night to throw out the first pitch before the Cowboys' game against Baylor. In the 56 years since they met, the game of baseball has expanded beyond those

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