Joliet Slammers
Frontier League baseball team
The Joliet Slammers are a professional baseball team based in Joliet, Illinois. The Slammers compete in the Frontier League (FL) as a member of the West Division in the Midwest Conference. The team plays their home games at the Slammers Stadium, and is owned by Mike Veeck, Bill Murray and the Night Train Veeck company. The Slammers are not affiliated with any Major League Baseball teams and are outside of the Minor League Baseball system.
The Slammers were founded in 2010 and began play in the 2011 season. The team was founded following the departure of the Joliet JackHammers, who were based in Joliet from 2002 to 2010. The Slammers captured their first Frontier League championship in their inaugural season, beating the River City Rascals 3 games to 1. The team name refers to the famous prisons of Joliet and Will County (Joliet Correctional Center and Stateville Correctional Center) as well as a common baseball term. The Slammers are one of the three Frontier League teams located in the Chicago metropolitan area, along with the Windy City ThunderBolts and Schaumburg Boomers.
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The Joliet Slammers were founded in 2011.
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