Normal update

Last night the Normal (IL) city council and the board of Heartland Community College both approved a contract finalizing a Frontier League team and a ballpark, beginning next season.

Read the article here.

The Normal group now has a website.

Artist's rendering of the ballpark. Looks like it has a 360 degree concourse. I'm a big fan of those.

Finally...

I've just uploaded the last of the team history updates. Only the 2008 season recap left to go!

Prospect League Elects Officers

The Prospect League has elected its first slate of officers. The group has been chosen during the American Baseball Coaches Association Convention that went through January 2nd and 3rd. The Prospect League's first president is none other than current Chillicothe Paints General Manager and Vice President Bryan Wickline. Jesse Bolder, Owner and President of the Springfield Sliders will serve as the league's Vice President. League Commissioner Frank Pergolizzi will serve as league secretary. The first treasurer will be Duke Ward, the Director of Business Operations for the yet to be named Richmond, Indiana team. Rob Ebbing, General Manager of the Quincy Gems, is slated to join the league executive committee. Duke Ward will also serve as part of the committee.

In other news, the Prospect League expects to announce its 2009 schedule shortly. There will be a monkey wrench thrown in alittle bit because of the fact that there are an odd number amount of teams. The league has 11 members for its opening season, so I suppose 1 team will have to sit out for a few days, sorta like the way football teams take bye weeks. The odd team not playing takes a few days off, while the other 10 teams play on. I would have to believe that every team is going to take a turn in sitting out a few days. This is only my guess as to how an 11 team league will manage the schedule.

Latest website updates

Team histories for clubs that were in the West Division in 2008 have been updated.