Take Me Out to the Ballgame - In Normal
Hey, this would be cool:Multiple investor groups have expressed an interest in bringing an independent minor league baseball team to Normal, according to consultant Mike Thiessen. Thiessen is discussing with potential investors a stadium that would seat 3,500 to 4,500.
The Frontier League and Northern League are really low leagues - it's where you play if no major league team drafts you into its farm system. But baseball is baseball.
A Normal baseball team would likely play in either the Frontier League or the Northern League. Both Northern League commissioner Clark Griffith and Frontier League commissioner Bill Lee have expressed interest in having a Normal team join their league, possibly as early as 2009.
Apparently they're looking at building a stadium near Heartland Community College, which wants a decision by April 1. So we'll know something soon!
1 comment:
Evansville has a team in the Frontier League. I went to a lot of games for a couple of years during college. It's about on par with low A ball and it's a pretty good time. I'd like to see it, but I don't wat to see any public money going into it.
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