The Highlanders and Gamblers have announced a major trade: the Gamblers receive Adrian Beltre and the Highlanders get Scott Kazmir. Adrian Beltre has been a fixture at the hot corner for the Highlanders since being drafted in 1999. He was one of the slew of slick-fielding thirdbasemen that the team …
I’ll post some updates on the Highlander-Gamblers series, as it has playoff implications. We started at 1 pm, and the Gamblers took game 1; the Highlanders have since taken games 2, 3, and 4. I’ll post updates in the comments!
Mike has sent us updated 2010 IAL team rosters for the league (as of Jan 7). Here is the download link for the Excel file. thanks Mike!
The end of this season is really shaping up to be a down-to-the-wire affair. 5 games separate 2nd place from 6th place, with 5 teams fighting for 3 spots – the Champions have first place wrapped up. The Gamblers have 82 wins, the Bamm Beanos 81, the Marauders 80, the …
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everybody! December had the 2 series for the Gamblers – the Kernels and the Hitmen. First up were the Keith Smith and the Kernels. The Gamblers came out of the gate hitting scoring twice in the first and once in each of the …
Larry Walker played for 3 teams over his 16-year IAL career, hitting .291 with a .377 OBA and .554 SLG. The only player who played longer and slugged higher was Barry Bonds, and only 4 players played longer and had a better on-base. He hit 407 homer, drove in …
Although we had an eight game lead on first place, with 18 games to play, anything can happen, so we were wary as Rob Moore brought his Highlanders to town. Luck was on our side as the Champs jumped out to a 2-0 series lead, then dropped the next two, …
1982 ILLOWA LEAGUE W L PCT GB Manager 1 Twin Cities Thunderchickens 93 68 0.578 0 Dennis Jennings 2 Chicago Champions 92 69 0.571 1 Tedd Mallasch 3 Northeast Cardinals 85 76 0.528 8 Tom Reisdorph 4 Davenport Fire 83 78 0.516 10 Don Smith 5 East Moline Bombers 82 …
1981 ILLOWA LEAGUE W L PCT GB Manager East Moline Bombers 93 68 .578 0 Mike Bunch Merrionette Park Rocket-Fire 90 71 .559 3 Dale Smith Quad Cities Thunderchickens 89 72 .553 4 Dennis Jennings Northside Hitmen 84 77 .522 9 Chuck Lucas Northeast Cardinals 82 79 .509 11 Tom …
1980 ILLOWA LEAGUE W L PCT GB Manager Quad Cities Thunderchickens 103 58 .640 0 Dennis Jennings Maquoketa Cardinals 90 71 .559 13 Tom Reisdorph Davenport Fire 87 74 .540 16 Don Smith Merrionette Park Rocket-Fire 84 77 .522 19 Dale Smith East Moline Bombers 83 78 .516 20 Mike …
