Baseball

Rockford University breaks ground on new turf softball and baseball fields

November 28, 2023 @ 1:17 pm

By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — Rockford University on Tuesday celebrated the start of construction of new turf...

Block party at Beyer Stadium to precede USA Baseball Women’s National Team gam...

July 24, 2023 @ 12:25 pm

From news release Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — The USA Baseball Women’s National Team is coming to play in Rockford...

New indoor baseball and softball training grounds coming to Machesney Park

April 24, 2023 @ 2:58 pm

By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app MACHESNEY PARK — A new indoor training complex along Burden Road is designed to...

World-renowned architect Jeanne Gang to design future Women's Baseball Center in...

March 17, 2023 @ 6:00 am

By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — World-renowned architect and Belvidere native Jeanne Gang will design the future International...

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Life-changing Rockford baseball program featured in national Dick's Sporting Goo...

March 13, 2023 @ 4:38 pm

By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — A new commercial from Dick’s Sporting Goods sets out to highlight how...

New fan trail guides you to key local places for the Rockford Peaches

August 4, 2022 @ 1:57 pm

By Kevin Haas Rock River Current Get our mobile app ROCKFORD — There’s a new way for Rockford Peaches fans and historians to experience...

Play Ball! Opening Day With The Rockford Rivets is June 1st!

May 28, 2021 @ 1:53 pm

Baseball is back in Rockford! Opening day with the Rockford Rivets is June 1st when they take on the Kenosha Kingfish at 6:05!...

Get Paid to Eat Hot Dogs and Watch Baseball

April 12, 2021 @ 11:22 am

It sounds too good to be true, but if getting paid to eat hot dogs and watch baseball is your dream job you’re in...

Chicago To Allow Limited Fans At Cubs And Sox Games

March 8, 2021 @ 3:34 pm

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Monday that both the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox will be allowed a limited number of in-person fans...

Freeport Charity Pays For Little League Registration

March 8, 2021 @ 11:57 am

From the good news file….. Parents in Freeport received a nice surprise when they signed their kids up for little league baseball over the...

WATCH: Chicago Cubs 2020 Season Documentary

February 26, 2021 @ 10:47 am

2020 was not a fun year for anyone, the least of which Cubs fans. The team started off the short 60 game season hot...

NIU Baseball Season Opens Friday

February 18, 2021 @ 10:33 am

The Huskie baseball team opens the 2021 campaign when NIU travels to Memphis, Tenn. for a weekend series with the Memphis Tigers. There will be a...

Cubs Sign Outfielder Joc Perderson

January 29, 2021 @ 10:19 am

The Cubs have finally made free agent news that doesn’t involve someone leaving Wrigley Field. They have agreed to a one-year, $7 million deal...

Rockford Peaches Special Edition AAGPBL Bobbleheads Unveiled

January 7, 2021 @ 7:19 am

January 7th, 2021 was National Bobblehead Day, and to celebrate, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled six officially licensed, limited-edition Rockford Peaches AAGPBL...

Push for an International Women's Baseball Center in Rockford

January 5, 2021 @ 8:29 am

A former player in the All-American Girls Baseball League is pushing to bring a women’s sports museum to Rockford. While she wasn’t one of...

Exciting Changes for Beloit Snappers Baseball in 2021

December 10, 2020 @ 8:14 am

The Beloit Snappers received a formal invitation from Major League Baseball to become the Advanced-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins on Wednesday. The prospective...

Miami Marlins Invite Beloit Snappers to Become Affiliate

December 10, 2020 @ 8:03 am

The Beloit Snappers have been invited to become the Advanced-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins. This move will bump the Snappers up from Class-A...

What Recent Moves Mean for Future of White Sox

December 9, 2020 @ 4:30 am

Whenever a team like the Chicago White Sox, who have been collecting prospects and draft picks for a few years, decides to trade one...

Illinois Ump working the World Series

October 21, 2020 @ 10:18 am

Mark Carlson, who lives just down I-90 in Joliet, will be umpiring the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Tampa Bay...

Low Budget Versus No Budget World Series

October 19, 2020 @ 12:07 pm

Lost in a weekend of College and NFL football were two MLB playoff game 7’s. On Saturday it was game 7 of the ALCS...

Cubs vs. Cardinals and Brewers Rivalry Bobbleheads Unveiled

April 1, 2020 @ 11:15 am

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled officially licensed, limited edition dual bobbleheads celebrating the Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs vs....

Bus Trip to The Crosstown Classic

July 7, 2019 @ 10:00 am

The South Side of Chicago is taking on The North Side of Chicago in one epic baseball event....

Champ Dixon Heads All-Big Northern Baseball Team

June 10, 2019 @ 11:53 am

The Dixon Dukes, who went 19-1 in conference play and finished fourth in the state in Class 3A, had six players recognized on the...

Replay Booth: Hononegah's Statler Drafted By Cardinals

June 6, 2019 @ 10:30 am

Pitcher Tyler Statler became the fourth Hononegah baseball player to be drafted by the Major Leagues when he was chosen in the 14th round...

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Interviews

Replay Booth: Randy Rapier's K-Cancer Program a Great Cause Run By Kids

June 5, 2019 @ 9:51 am

K Cancer Softball – and K Cancer Baseball – is an amazing program that has young softball/baseball teams working to raise money and awareness...

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Interviews

Statler, Hononegah lead All-NIC-10 Baseball Team

June 4, 2019 @ 9:35 am

Senior Tyler Statler, the area’s most dominating pitcher, was named the NIC-10’s Most Valuable Player after leading Hononegah to a 17-1 conference title. He...

Rockford University Pitcher Jones Adds All-American Honor

May 30, 2019 @ 10:08 am

Junior right-handed pitcher Zack Jones can now add All-American to his many honors after a stellar season for the Rockford University Regents....

Rockford U.'s Jones Named NACC Pitcher of Year

May 15, 2019 @ 9:39 am

Rockford University junior Zack Jones, a Harlem gradutate, was named the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Pitcher of the Year, highlighting Rockford’s two all-conference selections....