MLB Rookies eligible for IAL 2011 draft
Players Player TEAM POS G AB C 1B 2B 3B SS OF G Sanchez FLA 1B 151 572 0 149 0 0 0 0 I Davis NYM 1B 147 523 0 146 0 0 0 0 J Smoak SEA 1B 100 348 0 94 0 0 0 0 K Ka’aihue …
Hall of Fame Candidate: Kenny Lofton
This is the third in a series of articles about candidates for the Illowa League Hall of Fame. It’s always difficult to predict how leadoff hitters will do in IAL Hall of Fame voting. Kenny Lofton was one of the best for about six or seven years, but like Craig Biggio …
Hall of Fame Candidate: Shawn Green
This is the second in a series of articles on candidates for the Illowa League Hall of Fame. Shawn Green played 13 seasons in the Ilowa League, splitting time between the Bunchies. He had a slow start to his career, not really breaking out and playing full-time until his fourth season, …
Hall of Fame Candidate: Craig Biggio
This is the first in a series of articles about candidates for the Illowa League Hall of Fame. Craig Biggio came into the IAL in the expansion draft of 1997, taken by the State Street Sluggers. He was immediately dealt to the Aurora (now Three Rivers) Gamblers. Despite missing what …
2010 Hall of Fame Voting
I’ve been going over the Hall of Fame for the 2010 ballot, and it looks like this year will be a good one! Eligible players for this year include, among hitters, Craig Biggio, Jose Cruz, Jr., Juan Encarnacion, Shawn Green, Kenny Lofton, Mike Piazza, and Jose Valentin. Among pitchers we …
Chuck Remembers
Manager Lucas brought his Northside Hitmen over to Crackerjack Park adding another chapter in the ongoing battle of APBA that has been going on for decades. Being a History Major, Luke remembered one of the first times he came to my place to play shum APBA, it was circa 1977, …
Champs Stay Hot in July
The Chicago Champions record stood at 56-22 heading into July, mostly due to beating the teams in the West, we were below .500 (8-10) against Eastern teams. This did not bode well facing the Three Rivers Gamblers, with the most explosive lineup in the IAL. Things didn’t look good when …
Photos from IAL’s 2010 June weekend
Here are one photos from our June get together. See all the photos that I (and John) took here or watch the slideshow. Friday Night Saturday
The Impossible Has Happened
Two people with very full schedules were able to coordinate a Friday night early in April in which to play shum APBA. Keith Smith would be bringing his Kentucky Kernels to Crackerjack Park for a nine game series, our first in-area series of the year. Keith had just sent an …
Beanos pitching beat up on T-chix Offense
The Thunderchickens got the best pitching in a series in recent memory. We still lost six out of nine. John Lackey and Scott Olsen both pitched shutouts for two of our wins. In Game 2, Jeff Niemann gave up three runs to the Bamm Beanos in the second inning …