By Woodrow Carroll The city of Joliet has a long history of minor league baseball. True, the Major League Baseball product in Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox probably is foremost in the minds of most Will County residents. Still, pro teams at different levels have made their marks in...
A boy throws out the first pitch on opening day of Aurora Neighborhood Baseball League Saturday at M.L. King Park in Aurora.
Aurora Lions Club will sponsor a bus trip to the Chicago White Sox vs. Milwaukee Brewers baseball game June 2 in Milwaukee. The public is invited. Included will be transportation, game admission, and potluck tailgate party. The outing is a “Kids Need Glasses” fundraiser by Aurora Lions Club. The event...
By Woodrow Carroll It is enjoyable to take a look at the best regular-season records in Major League Baseball, then check to see how well the teams did in the postseason. Memorable as these regular-season campaigns may have been, ultimate success is in championships aka a World Series trophies. Both...
CubsSun, March 10, at Texas, W 5-1Tue, March 12, vs. Milwaukee, W 6-5Wed, March 13, at Cleveland, W 8-3Thu, March 14, vs. Oakland, W 3-1Fri, March 15, at Chicago Sox, L 3-2Sat, March 16, vs. Kansas City, W 7-6Sat, March 16, at Los Angeles, W 4-3Sun, March 17, vs. Texas,...
Wed, Aug. 23vs. Cleburne, L 2-1Thu, Aug. 24vs. Cleburne, W 6-1Fri, Aug. 25vs. Cleburne, W 8-5Sat, Aug. 26vs. Cleburne, W 4-3Sun, Aug. 27vs. Cleburne, L 6-5Tue, Aug. 29vs. Milwaukee, W 10-2Wed, Aug. 30vs. Milwaukee, L 4-0Thu, Aug. 31vs. Milwaukee, L 7-6Fri, Sept. 1vs. Lincoln, L 4-3Sat, Sept. 2vs. Lincoln, L...
New this year, the Naperville Park District will have separate registration dates for the Fall and Winter sessions of the Naperville Youth Basketball League. Registration for the Fall Youth Basketball League will begin at noon Tuesday, Aug. 29 for residents and at noon Thursday, Aug. 31 for nonresidents. Resident Winter...
By Woodrow Carroll A Manager of the Year candidate in the American League would have to strong consideration go to the Texas Rangers’ Bruce Bochy. Entering Monday’s game at home against the L. A. Angels, the Rangers were 70-48 and locked in a heated battle with the defending World Series...
By Woodrow Carroll We all like stories with a twist. Former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, Milt Gaston, gives us just that. A native of New Jersey, Gaston played in the big leagues for 11 seasons, 1924-1934. Gaston broke in as a pitcher with the New York Yankees in 1924....
East Division Team W L PCT GB Milwaukee 45 30 .600 – Chicago 38 36 .514 6.5 Kane County 38 37 .507 7.0 Lake Country 37 37 .500 7.5 Cleburne 37 38 .493 8.0 Gary 32 42 .432 12.5 West Division Team W L PCT GB Kansas City 43 30
Sat, July 29at Lincoln, L 4-1Sun, July 30at Lincoln, W 11-6Mon, July 31at Lincoln, W 7-0Tue, Aug. 1ar Cleburne, W 9-7Wed, Aug. 2at Cleburne, W 5-3Thu, Aug. 3at Cleburne, L 6-5Fri, Aug. 4at Cleburne, W 7-6Sat, Aug. 5at Cleburne, W 4-1Sun, Aug. 6at Cleburne, L 9-3Tue, Aug. 8, 6:35 p.m.at...
West Division Team W L PCT GB Gateway 28 16 .636 – Schaumburg 27 18 .600 1.5 Evansville 26 19 .578 2.5 Florence 21 25 .457 8.0 Joliet 21 25 .457 8.0 Windy City 20 25 .444 8.5 Washington 19 26 .422 9.5 Lake Erie 19 27 .413 10.0 East...
East Division Team W L PCT GB Milwaukee 27 18 .600 – Cleburne 26 22 .542 2.5 Chicago 24 23 .511 4.0 Kane County 23 24 .489 5.0 Gary SouthShore 20 28 .417 8.5 Lake Country 19 27 .413 8.5 West Division Team W L PCT GB Kansas City 30...
Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association (AARTA) will be host to Strike Out Hunger, bus trips to Chicago Cubs and White Sox Major League Baseball (MLB) games to benefit Aurora food pantries. Dick Schindel, AARTA president, said the public is invited. Tailgate parties are included. Attendees are asked to bring a...
Kane County Cougars players salute an honor guard opening the Cougars' baseball season Thursday , May 11 at Northwestern Medicine Field in Geneva.
By Woodrow Carroll Three games into the Frontier League season, the Joliet Slammers held a 1-2 won-loss record through Sunday. The Slammers, an independent professional minor league team, had given up only five run, but, scored only four runs! Up against the Sussex County (the most northern of all New...
By Woodrow Carroll If the Houston Astros come away as World Series champions in 2023, it will end a drought going back to 2000. Not since the New York Yankees made it three straight in World Series championships, 1998-2000, has a team repeated as World Series champions. The Yankees just...
February 15, 2023Dear editor; Even as the world may be going to hell in a hand basket, as Grandma used to say, and at the risk of sounding frivolous, millions of Americans will share at least a temporary respite March 30 when Major League Baseball’s Opening Day takes place across...
By Woodrow Carroll The Joliet Slammers defeated the visiting Florence Y’Alls, 4-3, in a Frontier League minor league baseball game Sunday, Aug. 7 in a game delayed two hours by bad weather. In many instances the game would have been postponed to the following day and made up as part...
By Woodrow Carroll The defending World Series champion Atlanta Braves have an opportunity to test themselves this week. Three games the early part of the week with the New York Mets will be followed by four games with the Washington Nationals. Results should reveal Braves’ pennant position. Brian Snitker, 66,...
