Slammers’ late comeback deals blow to ThunderBolts’ playoff hopes
The Frontier League season will end in a few weeks for most of the 12 teams. Windy City's Ransom LaLonde is confident the ThunderBolts will not be one of those...
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Rain makes playoff hopefuls ThunderBolts, Slammers play waiting game
With a month left in the regular season, the ThunderBolts are working to stay in the Frontier League playoff race while the Slammers are trying to join it. Two teams...
Duke Von Schamann, Slammers ready for Frontier League playoff push
August is going to be "Frontier League Standings Awareness Month" for the Slammers. Starting Tuesday, the defending East Division champions will play 15 games in August against Windy City and...
Slammers second baseman Melvin Rodriguez takes pride in iron man status
Melvin Rodriguez is in a class by himself this season on the Slammers. Joliet's second baseman is the only player on the team to have been in all 62 games,...
Ex-major leaguer Joseph Ortiz hits comeback trail with Slammers
Many pitchers in independent baseball have probably dreamed of striking out Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera, but Joseph Ortiz lived it. The Slammers' left-handed reliever appeared in 32 games for the...
Camping out: All-Star Danny Zardon, Slammer teammates pay it forward
A four-hour game that was followed the next day by a 10 a.m. first pitch wasn't enough baseball for several Joliet Slammers. All-Star third baseman Danny Zardon and five teammates...
Stars come out as Frontier League’s premier players face off in Joliet
Chaz Meadows, Joliet's 5-foot-7 shortstop, took pregame groundballs alongside Traverse City's Will Kengor, the 6-foot-4 starting shortstop for the East Division in Wednesday's Frontier League All-Star Game at Slammers Stadium....
Joliet police, fire to compete in Frontier League’s Home Run Derby
The idea to include a Joliet policeman and fireman in Tuesday's Frontier League Home Run Derby came from a late-night encounter at Slammers Stadium. "We do walk-throughs of the stadium...
First baseman Rock Shoulders delivers power, defense for Slammers
Slammers manager Jeff Isom has heard the talk about first baseman Rock Shoulders. "We go on the road, and I hear people behind me at the third-base box," Isom said....
Road trippin’: Winning makes long bus trips easier for teams like Slammers
The same night when the Slammers hit the road for their longest bus ride of the year, they were scheduled to play 13 innings against Schaumburg. Mother Nature stepped in...