North American League

[MJHankel]

[quote=""LaVidaLoca""]Steelheads...does Lake County still have a mgr? I heard they are looking.[/quote]

Tim Johnson

[LaVidaLoca]

Awesome...the old Toro's skipper...good man...he managed a few friends a while back and was a great players mgr. The beer will be flowing!!

[ca]

potential club owners may want the fl the ones who pay the bills (the fans) may not . as for the fielders park at least you have a park that the loop/ mgmt wants to be in unlike a certain fl club which might be why the fans in joliet dont want the fl

[hawksfan29]

ca...there is nothing wrong with the FL. it is a much more stable league then the NAL or for that matter the GBL, ULB, & NL. only the AA and the FL are smart options for joliet.

almost all the jackhammer fans are not upset about going into the FL because almost all the jackhammer fans do not care what league they are in. they are there for fun and entertainment. they come out 1 to 3 times a year. when the go to a hammers game it is becasuse of fireworks or a giveaway. not because they are playing the flyers, thunderbolts, or t-bones.

if the jackhammers go into the FL than that is a good thing, and almost all of the fans will not even notice any difference. you will notice. i will notice. but almost everybody else, who is not a diehard, will not notice.

also i do not understand you last sentence. what do you mean about the fielders and a certain FL team?

[ca]

contraction as well so they arent without their woes

[rangerfan]

The ULB is a scam. The GBL doesn't seem much better. This may last one season.

[hawksfan29]

every league has their dud teams, including the FL. oakland county and kalamazoo are the main duds right now. the point is that just like AA, the FL is very stable as a whole. kalamazoo is in trouble. they can not survive at their current park. they need a new facility and there has been no talk of it. oakland county needs their park to have a "real" groundbreaking. one way or another, it is pretty clear that the FL will stay at 12 teams (or more) for 2011. monday is a big day for the league, and everything should be more clear next week. (at least you hope)

[ca]

may have put the d in dud and if they have 12 clubs next year the commish may need a sanity test

[Ken, Steelheads fan]

This is like chess. The city of Joliet opened with the Frontier League. The JackHammers countered with the NAL. The city of Joliet is pressuring both Rooks with more specifics on their Frontier League plans.
City: Frontier League will take new Joliet baseball team

The deal in the works would sell the JackHammers to a group headed by one of the team’s minority owners, Alan Oremus. But the ownership would change.

“It’s not the JackHammers going into the league. It’s a new team,” Thanas said.

Still too confusing to capture a Rook though. Why should Oremus bother to buy the JackHammers if the JackHammers aren't going to be the Frontier League team? Protection from future lawsuits?!?

[ca]

means less payroll , less travel and most of all no past debts . btw joliet cruisers anyone assuming kzo returns and what does this all mean for the nal ?