Here is the text of a question and answer session with team spokesman Alex Freedman.

EastWord: What is the atmosphere around the franchise as this is the first playoff berth since 2010?

Freedman: Very good. Everyone here is excited. Since joining the PCL in 1998, we have never won a title, and the last time Oklahoma City won a baseball title was in 1996 in the old American Association. We finished with the league’s best record during the regular season, and we feel we have a team that can win it all.

On July 19, the Oklahoma City Redha-wks’ home field, Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark, was named one of the country’s best minor league ballparks by USA TODAY’s Travel Media Group.

To celebrate the contest, Eastword News visited the Redhawks home game on July 26 to find out what fans love most about the team and its home stadium.

This week marks the halfway point of the professional baseball season as the Oklahoma City Redhawks take three days of rest during the sport’s All-Star break.

Heading into the break, the Redhawks dropped four of five games from July 11 to July 14 to the visiting New Orleans Zephyrs at the Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. Oklahoma City had won six of nine games to start the month of July.