It was not too long ago (about two years ago) that the minor league baseball team in Joliet was sold. The team’s name was “The Joliet Jackhammers.” The new team owners re-named it “The Slammers,” an appropriate enough name for … Continue reading
In Sunday’s Chicago Sun-Times, the City of Zion took a big hit for all the screw-ups from its minor league baseball team. McHenry County College managed to avoid such a fiasco, but its Board majority censured the two members who … Continue reading
Note the clever play on words in the title of this press release from Algonquin resident Joe Sta ROCKFORD FORESTERS ANNOUNCE SENATORIST NIGHT Wisconsin Senators who were once tourists in Rockford are invited back on Saturday, July 16 ROCKFORD, IL … Continue reading
The McHenry County Board’s Finance Committee decided to award millions of dollars of Federal Stimulus Bond authority on a “first come, first served” basis. The first two private entities in line were sports related. One was Mark Houser’s EquityOne’s baseball … Continue reading
I continue to be amazed at how McHenry County Blog is used by people as a research tool. Sometimes comments are left on articles that were written a long time ago. Here’s a commentary from someone who lives on McConnell … Continue reading
Algonquin’s Joe Stefani, president and majority owner of the Rockford Foresters, is interested in bringing a amateur college baseball players who would not be paid. The NCAA won’t let college players be paid. Stefani started a team in Rockford this … Continue reading
The Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water has made votes by McHenry County Board members up for election available to the public. So, if the local newspapers didn’t ask the question you think is important, you might find some direction … Continue reading
In two senses. If they were an animal, their necks on on the chopping block. In economic terms, there are for sale. That’s what the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday. Why do I keep bringing up a Will County minor league … Continue reading
When the McHenry County College Board was relieved of its possibility of building a minor league baseball stadium that would be financed by its taxpayers if the team didn’t succeed. The Board did not do that on its own. It … Continue reading
As I do in the Matt Murphy piece below, the Algonquin Library Board member is a baseball entrepreneur in Rockford. Joe Stefani just unveiled the logo for his new team, the Rockford Foresters. You see it here. … Continue reading
The team was named the “CornBelters.“ Nice play on words. The “Corn Crib” is what the stadium will be called. I wonder if it will be decorated like South Dakota’s Corn Palace. It’s covered with murals made out of corn … Continue reading
McHenry County Blog reported on August 9, 2007, the Northwest Herald seemed to have made an arrangement with baseball promoters to run a team naming contest. That’s what McHenry County College minutes said. I see that the contest started the … Continue reading
