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2 In our 4 th annual Community Impact Report we highlight the community aspects, economic impact and overall contribution the Joliet Slammers have made as tenants of the Joliet Baseball Stadium in The Slammers continue to provide affordable family fun and entertainment not just to Joliet, but to all of Will County and the surrounding communities. The Slammers take great pride in being an asset to the community and you will see in this report how we have proven to have a positive impact on the City of Joliet. We will highlight just how synonymous the Slammers have become with the culture of Joliet & Will County through: Events hosted Returning events and new events at the ballpark Participation in community events outside the ballpark Relationships built with local organizations Local organizations the Slammers are involved with Groups we work with in planning summer events Corporate business partners The economic contributions to Joliet/Will County Wages paid to employees Payments to government Purchase of outside goods and service Donations Fundraising groups

3 The Slammers stadium has become a multi-use venue with a full calendar of events each year. From baseball at all levels, to concerts, 5K walks/ runs, beer festivals, family movie nights and more there is always something going on that appeals to all demographics. In 2016, we hosted the following events: 48 Slammers home games University of Saint Francis Fighting Saints games Three youth baseball skills camps Illinois High School State baseball finals Class 3A/4A (recently won bid to host through 2021) Slammers 15U baseball tournament Easter candy run Family movie nights Hopstring Fest-Craft beer and music fest Halloween trick-or-treating at the stadium Family Fun Fest Chicago Bandits vs Slammers softball game Guns N Hoses charity softball game Multi chamber networking events Andre Dawson night at the Slammers NEW Hyundai Car Care event in conjunction with JJC, D Arcy, and Hyundai Motors Aurora NEW Miracle League games Annual College Fair SWILA All Star & Championship Games Will County Watch Party for Cubs playoff run Holiday Party and open house to fans Home Depot Softball Game Mount Zion Baptist Church Service NEW Red Carpet Corridor Open House NEW Stand up for Blue Night NEW Great American Railroad Journeys (a BBC travel documentary series featured the Slammers)- NEW Hosted a premier for the new Fox series Pitch NEW

4 The Slammers have woven themselves into the social fabric of Joliet and all of Will County by reaching fans far beyond the confines of the ballpark! The organization is committed to providing a positive influence through community efforts and charitable work on and off the field. Community Initiatives Include: Spikes Super Students Reading program: education incentive program in 150+ area schools, libraries, daycares etc Slammers Kids Club: 1,000+ members receive Slammers perks for joining Fundraising with the Slammers: The Slammers helped raise X in 2016 working with area non profits Chamber involvement: The Slammers are active in 10+ area chambers through parades, expos, & networking events Community nights: Help raise funds for organizations in your community, and recognize individuals and business 1

5 Former Cub Andre Dawson visits the Slammers Chicago Bandits vs. Slammers Mt. Zion Worship at the Cross Slammers Holiday Open House & toy drive for the Boys and Girls Club of Joliet Slammers youth skills camps

6 The Slammers have woven themselves into the social fabric of Joliet and all of Will County by reaching fans far beyond the confines of the ballpark. The organization is committed to providing a positive influence through community efforts. In 2016, the Slammers participated in the following community events: MLK Jr. Day of Service Andrews High School Career Day Opening Day Ceremonies Spanish Community Center Expo at Washington Jr. High Disability Mentoring Program Trivia Contest-Joliet Kiwanis Lagag Family Home Run Derby Salvation Army Bell Ringing Joliet Chamber expo Kids Fair-Troy Middle School Walsh School Assembly Sator Sanchez School Assembly Career Day-Jonas Saulk Elementary Career Fair-Brooks Middle School Senior Citizen Expo-Joliet Junior College Grundy County Family Fest Keith Elementary Expo Plainfield Parade Manhattan Irish Parade Mokena Chamber Expo Cunningham Grade School Assembly Braceville Grade School Assembly Custer Park Grade School Assembly Indian Trails Middle School Career Day Grundy County Career Fair Oak Forest High School Career Fair Tinley Park High School Career Day Morning Star Mission Thanksgiving Meal Distribution Joliet Library Star Wars Days Downtown Joliet Farmers Markets Race Fan Rally Nitro Night Chicagoland Go Green Event Silver Cross Hospital Carnival Day YMCA player visits Joliet Easter Parade Joliet Lights Parade...and more!

7 Volunteering Morning Star Mission Silver Cross Hospital visit MKL Day of service Community Expo YMCA visit 5

8 The Slammers work with hundreds of fans and families, businesses, schools, local organizations and more every year. Our job is to maintain great relationships in the community by providing value to our fans. In return, it is with the continued support of the community that allows us to look back on successful seasons. Organizations we are active in: Joliet Noon Lions Joliet Old Timers Baseball Community Service Council Pitch & Hit Club Will Buy Local Joliet Rotary club City Center Partnership Chambers we are active in: Grundy County Tinley Park Joliet Lemont Homer Glen Mokena New Lenox Plainfield Bolingbrook Orland Park Our own community initiatives: Slammers Kids Club (1,000+ members) Community nights at Slammers games USF Spikes Reading program (140+ schools)

9 Groups we host at the ballpark: 12u Whiteford Bulldogs 22nd Century Media Trade 22nd Century Media Trade A O Marshall School Aaron's Abundant Life Fellowship Access Sports Media Aeropres Plant-Morris Agreliant Amazon American Heritage Girls American legion Post 52 Americas Styrenics LLC Anagnos Door Company Anna McDonald Elementary Aroma Park Little League Aspire Gymnastics Associated Ophthalmologists Associated Orthodontists ATI Physical Therapy Aunt Nancy's Baker & Taylor Bandits PAC 12U Girls Softball BDA Dance Bickus Plumbing Blue Ribbon Products BNSF Railway Bolingbrook American Cancer Soc. Bolingbrook Angels Boy Scout Group 382 Boy Scouts of Am. Rainbow Council Morris Bradley Central School Student Council Braidwood Athletic Association BRW Blast Cabinet Works Inc. Caton Commercial Real Estate Central City YMCA Century 21 Channahon Baseball by Troutman Excavating Channahon Park District Channahon United Methodist Church Channahon/Minooka Rotary Club Chic. Southland Assoc. of Health Underwriters Chic.Southland Assoc. of Health Underwriters Chicago Street Pub Christian Motorcyclists Association CITGO Clubland of Joliet Coacl City High School Color Guard Coal City Community Unit #1 Coal City Cub Scouts Coal City Methodist Church Community Services Foundation Compassionate Friends Construction By Camco Inc Cornerstone Services Country Financial CPAAR cub scout pack 237 Cub Scouts Pack 13 cubs 12u fastpitch Delco financial Dirksen Junior High School Discovery Childcare Don / Jo An Christmas Event Dr. Julian Rogus Elementary Dupage Township Senior Center Dustin White Dwight Rebels Softball Easter Seals Joliet Region Edge 8u Baseball Elite Dance Academy Elwood Athletic Boosters Elwood Baseball/Softball Assoc. Elwood Community Church Elwood Energy Equipment Service Professionals Exel Supply Exelon Projects Department Ferrara Candy Company First Christian Church First Midwest Financial Network Forest Park School Fox River Academy of Music & Art Frankfort Baseball Frankfort Fire Protection Dist Frankfort Girls Softball Freedom Run Friends for Scouting Gardner Community Night/GSW HS Girl Scout Troop Godley Park District Day Camp Goldstar Academy of Dance Gompers Junior High School Grahamville Rescue and Sanctuary Green River Lines Gustafson Family Hands of Hope Happy 8th Birthday Preston Cooper Harding Grade School Harrah's Casino Hartman Recreation Center Heartland Cardiovascular Ctr Heartland Service Dogs Heritage Corridor Convention Herman Family

10 Groups we host at the ballpark: Hickory Farms Hickory Hills Kiwanis Home Depot Warehouse Home Depot/ D48 Merchandising Homer Glen Chamber of Commerce Homer Lady Heat 12U Homer Township Fire Protection Hopstring Fest Hufford Jr High School-District 86 Ignite Cheerleaders IKO Midwest Illinois Hawks 11u Illinois spina-bifida association Illinois Valley Industries Inc International Transload Logistics Irine King Elementary School Issac Singleton-District 86 John F Kennedy Middle School John Kramer Joliet American Legion Band Joliet Community Hospice Joliet Dirt Devils Softball Joliet Fire Department Joliet FOP Joliet Housing Authority Joliet Junior College Joliet Kiwanis Joliet Montessori School Joliet Moose Lodge 300 Joliet Public Library - Black Road Branch Joliet School District Joliet Ski Club Joliet Township 204 Joliet West High School Band Judson Memorial Baptist Church Just Fix It!! Inc Kankakee Valley YMCA Keigher Academy of Irish Dance Kid Country Day Care Kiddie Academy Kindercare - Naperville King Middle School La Danse Academie La Petite Academy Lagunitas LCSRA Lemont Chamber of Commerce Lewis University Admissions Lily Cache Special Recreation Lincolnway High School Lincolnway Special Rec. Association Lincolnway Special Rec. Association Lincolnway Swimmers Association Living Waters Childrens Center Lockport Boys Baseball Lockport Rotary Lockport Township Park District Lockport Vipers Lutheran West Lynne Thigpen Magnuson Group Inc Mako Metals Manteno PTO Manteno United Methodist Marshall Klein Foundation Matteson Elementary Meadow View Elementary School Merchants & Manufacturers Bank Minooka River Cats Mk Orthopaedics Surg & Rehab Mokena Chamber of Commerce Monee Chamber of Commerce Monticello Thunder Morning Star Mission Morris Community YMCA Morton High School Mt. Zion Men's Choir Murph's Minions Relay for Life Mutual of Omaha NAMI Naperville Park District Atlanta Braves NECA Neighborhood Gathering New Lenox Kiwanis New Lenox Power 12 U New Lenox PTO New Lenox Rotary Oak Park park district Old Renwick Trail Home Owner's Association On Broadway Dancers Operation Christmas Child Orland Park Chamber Oswego Outlaws Softball Ottawa Central Elementary School Ottawa Recreation Department Ottawa YMCA Summer Day Camp PAC Bronco Champion Giants Pack 476 Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Parkview Christian Church PAWS Animal Shelter Peace Chapel Assembly of God Peotone High School Baseball Plainfield Athletic Bronco Division Plainfield Athletic Club 12U Softball Plainfield Drive Baseball 12U Plainfield East HS Dance Team Plainfield HS Cheerleaders Plainfield Jr. Cats Plainfield Navy Twisters 11U Plainfield South High School Band Plainfield South HS Cheerleaders

11 Groups we host at the ballpark: Plainfield Twisters PPG Providence Catholic Men's Club Reed Custer Intermediate School Relay for Life Walgreens Resurrection Lutheran Church Rev. Michels Knights of Columbus River Valley SRA Rockdale Rogy's Learning Place Romeoville Cub Scouts Romeoville Fire Auxillary Romeoville Revolution Softball Romeoville Rotary Club Romeoville Storm Romeoville Tumbleweeds Romeoville Yankees Romeoville Youth Football, Cheer Rotary Club of Bolingbrook Rotary Club of Joliet-Club #78 Rotary Club of Lemont-Homer Glen Rotary Suite Sandra Cisneros School Sauk Elementary School Show Choir Seating Concepts Inc. Seneca Village Park Board Senior Star Shelby Scholars DayCare Shepherd Middle School Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church Shorewood Glen Shorewood Grade School Choir Silver Cross Hospital Small Town Theatre South Suburban Chihuahua South Suburban Water Works Assoc. Southwest synergy Dance Spartan Dugout Club Spencer Crossing Elementary St Mary Immaculate Parish St Paul Lutheran Church St. Dennis Church Choir St. Joes Pony Baseball St. John's Good Timers St. Joseph's Academy St. Louis Cardinals Romeoville Park Dist. St. Mary's Knights of Columbus 6993 St. Pauls Drama Club Stagehands Local 124 Step By Step Childcare Stepan SWILA Baseball Taylor Street Realty The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints The Estate Planning Council of Greater Joliet The Learning Experience Lemont The New Lenox Power 12U The Salvation Army Thrivent Financial Thrivent Kankakee Thrivent New Lenox Timber Ridge Middle School Tinley Park Bulldogs 11u Tinley Park Bulldogs 11u Tinley Park High School Poms Tower Choral Group Trinity Services Triple R Childcare Triple R Childcare-New Lenox Troy Jr. High Band Trubich Reunion U7 Frankfort Boys Baseball Rangers United Gymnastics Academy United Methodist Church New Lenox United Methodist Cross Roads of Faith University of St. Francis University of St. Francis Alpha Phi Victory Baptist Church Victory Baseball Warehouse Services Inc. Wayne Hummer Investments WCSJ/WJDK Radio West Towns Chorus Westside Children's Therapy Westside Family Dentistry Whiteford Baseball Will Buy Locally Alliance Will County Farm Bureau Will County Mothers of Twins Wilmington Middle School Wings Dance Wojtulewicz Woodridge Park District World Kia Joliet Yokohama Tire

12 The Slammers aim to be a value-added partner to help our sponsors grow their businesses in Joliet and beyond. Each season, we work with different corporate partners at various levels of investment with the team. The choice for area businesses to invest with us, and to see the value in what we can provide, is a true testament of the Slammers appeal. Corporate business partners: 160 Driving Academy 22nd Century Media Aaron's Access Sports Media Alfresco Booth Andy's Frozen Custard Associated Orthodontist ATI Physical Therapy Barvian Realty Beaver Creek Golf Carts Big Frog Naperville Blue Ribbon Products BNSF Brown Forman Brown and Brown Insurance Chicago Computers Chicago Dough Company Chicago Street Pub Chicken and Spice Cinemark City Center Partnership CJ Wilson Mazda Clean Car Connexion The exposure of having our name and signage at the ballpark has been a smart investment for us and is also a nice way of supporting the community which we serve. When we inquire about how a new customer has heard of our firm, we are surprised that so many heard of us from our sign at the ballpark - Larry Jungles Vice President Brown and Brown Insurance

13 Corporate business partners: College of DuPage NEXLAB Comcast Xfinity Country Financial Mark Hunt Country Thunder Curdtown Cowballs Daily Journal DeVry Dippin Dots D'Orazio Double D Pig Roasts Drop Zone Edward Jones Firehouse Subs First Midwest bank Foodie 5K Gatto's Restaurant Gordon Food Service Greater Joliet Area YMCA Green River Lines Hampton Farms Harrah's Casino Holy Cross College Hollywood Casino IL Corn IL Fire Chiefs Association Johnsonville Joliet Junior College jump zone We have partnered with the Joliet Slammers for several years now and have appreciated the value of our sponsorships of the Slammers each year. The Slammers team has been easy to work with and always willing to explore ways to maximize our exposure with the public, and Slammers fans specifically - William Vanderbilt Vice President Vanderbilt s Firehouses, Inc. West Bend Mutual Insurance World Kia Zip Fitness Tucker's Doggie Delights Trader Magazine University of Saint Francis Voyager Media WCSJ/WJDK Radio Window Works Windy City Lake Shake West Flooring Just Fix It Knockerball Chicago KSKJ Life Liberty Mutual Live Nation Precision Repair Raging Waves Ragusa's Promo Advertising Red Wing Shoes Sam Adams Same Day Tees Silver Cross Hospital Spooky Beverages Sport's Authority Sports Clips Streamline Investigations SWILA Baseball Taylor Street Realty Times Weekly Lagunitas Lakeshore Beverage Lumina Pyrotechnics Magic, Music, More Mancuso Cheese Meijer Merchants & Manufacturers Bank Merchant Solutions MK Orthopaedics Milano Bakery Mulligan's Pub NECA/IBEW Noodles and Company Oak Lawn Children's Museum Odyssey Fun World Pace Bus Pepsi Peter Rubi Play it Again Sports

14 - Over 13,000 fundraising tickets sold - Over $60,000 raised through fundraising tickets - $5,000 given to Silver Cross Foundation - Over $14,000 in ticket donations

15 The Slammers donated tickets and other Slammers gear to over 300 non profits in Donations were made to the following groups: Sgt. Donald D. Griffith I A Foundation St Joseph School Homewood Flossmor Fine Arts St. Benedict School Chicago Bread LLC- Make a Wish Covenant Classical School N I U Public Interest Law Society St Mary's School Palos Baseball Organization Northlawn Jr. High School St. Joan of Arc School Merrionette Pack 12U Express Baseball St Jude School Joliet West Band Boosters Homer Athletic Club Homer Heat 9U Cardinal Joseph Bernardine Catholic Easter Seals SRRC Southwest Chicago Christian School Julia's Legacy of Hope Crises Center of South Suburia Lambs Fold Center for Woman & Children K of C New Lenox Council Greater Joliet Area YMCA McHenry Pigtail Softball Oaklawn Baseball 12U Oaklawn Lightning Humphrey Middle School Helping Hands Fly High Foundation NFP Aquinas Catholic Academy Child Network Minooka H.S. Band Boosters St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Coal City Polar Coalers Dwight Economic Alliance Cub Scout Pack 3337 Guardian Angel Community Services RMSBO 12U Renegades Valley View Educational Enrichment Foun. Minooka Baseball & Softball Association Morris H.S. Baseball Boosters PAWS Chicago Troy Baseball Center Cass District 66 PTO Lockport Police Dept. Benevolent Fund Kiwanis Club of Tinley Park New Lenox School District 122 Foun. Troy Band Boosters Ardmore Elementary School PTA Center for Disability Service St. Baldricks Foundation Fire Station Cooperation Central Athletic Boosters Club Minoka High School Band Glenwood Academy United Gymnastics Academy Edison Elementary School ADV & SAS Minooka Intermediate School Done With Drugs Foundation Plainfield Jr. Womens Club Brooks Middle School Lemont HS Band Parents Association Oswego Cobras Baseball Club Nettle Creek Elementary School St Thomas of Villanova Catholic Church Kids & Company Preschool Woodridge Athletic Association Kendall County Rebels Will County 4-H Youth Foundation Our Savior Luthern Preschool St. Tarcissus School Our Lady of Loretto Chicago Comets Baseball NEP Junior Achievement Chicago Resource for Community Living Knights of Colombus 4400 Shorewood Church of God Plainfield Central Elementary PTA Dwight D. Eisenhower High School Will County Elite Baseball Elim Christian Services Troy Hoffer Elementary Muscular Dystrophy Association St. Lawrence High School Autism Speaks 1st United Methodist Church Union Ridge School Joliet Montessori School Jefferson Elementay School PTO Westin Hotel and Resorts Crossroads of Faith United Methodist Hoky Scholars Judson church Grundy County Farm Bureau Foundation Holy Family Assoc. Noonan Academy Pontiac FFA Pontiac Township High School Pattie A. Powlowski Benefit Fund Dwight High School FFA Alumni Relay for Life Grande Park Elementary PTA Dalzell Grade School PTO Citizens Police Academy Alumni Marquette Major Baptist Academy Will County Humane Society Alleluia Lutheran Church Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce Joliet Catholic Academy Channahon Music Boosters Minooka Baseball Softball Association ASA of Will County Robert C. Hill Elementary School MS Run the US Inc. Congress Park PTO St. Bede Academy Baseball Team Good Shepherd Center

16 Donations were made to the following groups: Lambsfold Center for Women & Children Kids Benefit Inc. Eagle Point Elementary PTO Judson Church Wounded Warrior Action Post 1977 Wilmington School District 209U Foun. Dupage County Historical Museum Shorewood Glenn Bunco Club Lakewood Falls School PTA Shorewood Area Chamber of Commerce Orland Hills T-Ball Baseball-Softball Marquette Academy Will Grundy Medical Clinic NIU Athletic Training Student Association GFWC Illinois Foundation of Womens Clubs Naperville St. Baldricks Lady Knights of Itasca Girls Softball Alvernia Manor Senior Living Illinois Valley Community College Foun. Serena Grade School PTO Woodland High School S. Suburban Council Alcoh. Drug Abuse Friends of Rickover Naval Academy Wilmington 10U Travel Baseball 2018 Bridges to a New Day Team Make a Difference Shorewood-Troy Friends of Library William J. Butler School PTO Knights of Columbus Council #6090 Corner Stone Services Inc. Friends of New Lenox Library Summit Hill Education Foundation Joiet Township High School Foundation Meadow View Elementary Lincolnway West Band Boosters Troy Choir Boosters Manhattan Irish Fest Westmore Elem PTA Homer Athletic Club Holy Family K of C Council #15732 Special Olympics of Illinois Francis Field Youth Foundation Plainfield North Band Boosters St George School Pleasant Lane Elementary School PTA Catholic Charties Diocese of Joliet St.Joseph School American Cancer Society Cub Scout Pack #42 St. Jude Catholic School Joliet Childrens Museum OakLawn Friends of Plainfield Park District Channahon Pony Baseball St. Florian School Trinity Services Inc. Sunrise Center North Therapuetic Riding Romeoville HS Athletic Booster Club Mendota Area Senior Services Inc. Hopeful Tails Animal Rescue Dwight Rebel Travel Softball Association of Horizon Lewis Univ. Vet. of America Assoc. Arianna's Wings Catholic Charties of Joliet Coal City Chaos 2017 Ill. Probation & Court Services Assoc Pontiac Christian School Tri-City Wolverines Youth Football Nami Will-Grundy Turning Pointe Autism Foundation Kankakee Co. Against Sexual Assault TNT for St. Jude Mokena Community Park District Tinley Park High School Joliet Area Community Hospice Operation Support our Troops America Homer Athletic Club Lincoln Way West Music Boosters Kids Fit Foundation Saint Bede Academy Joliet Area Historical Museum Homegrown Clovers 4-H Club Grass Root Homeschoolers Christian Youth Center of Morris Ardryanals Charities DuPage County Chiefs Police Assoc. Mokena Chamber of Commerce VFW #7452 Auxiliary DeLaSalle Institute New Lenox Rebels Lakeland College Athletics LaSalle Co. Farm Bureau Foundation Center for Performing Arts Bremen High School Alumni Assoc. Embers Elementary School American Cancer Society Suburban Access Tinley Park Lioness Crete Monee Education Foundation Limestown Middle School River Valley Youth Baseball League NIU Athletics Presence St. Joseph Medical Center Tender Loving Care Animal Shelter PCHS Band Boosters Mosaic Lutheran Church Christopher Dillon Education Fund Rockdale Schools University of St. Francis Avon Breast Cancer Phil's Friends March of Dimes The Jack Pribaz Foundation Cota for Jase Snevely New Lenox Park District Chicago Family Directions Spanish Community Center Mammo Strong Inc. Ron Schaper Memorial Golf Outing Phantom Ranch Bible Camp Tinley Park Park District Little City Foundation

17 Donations were made to the following groups: Hazel Crest Fire Department American Cancer Society Relay for Life Kiwanis Club of Shorewood Lockport Township HS District 205 Foun. Channahon Three Rivers Festival Mothers Against Drunk Driving Lemont Public Library Gigi's Playhouse St Lawrence High School DuPage Habitate for Humanity Girl Scouts Troop Joliet Central High School Pat Clark Memorial Foundation American Cancer Society Fundraiser Colbie Riblet's CDH/CDLS Journey Benefit Tinley Park Public Library Deerfield Park Fountation Orland Park Law Enforcement OPLEO Coal City Library Manhattan Elwood Public Library Cass 63 Foun. for Educational Excellence Jons Last Ride Plainfield South Cougar Boosters Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Boy Scouts of America Lincoln Correctional Center Folds of Honor SIU Womens Golf Team Mokena Intermediate School John Simpson Memorial Golf Outing Joliet Township High School Foundation One Love Global Wellness Foundation Troy Township Firefighters Association Midlothian Public Library Nickkotcharty for TBI Stepping Stones Inc. Friends of Lockport High School Romeoville Chamber Troy Township Firefighters Association March of Dimes AM 560 The Answer Individual Advocacy Group Will-Grundy Center for Indep. Living Heart Haven Outreach Shady Oaks Cerebral Palsy Camp Mazon Volunteer Fire Department St. Turibius Parish Community Service Foundation Center for Disability Services Chicago Southland Chamber Illinois Police Association Tee Up For Youth Lincolnway Special Recreation Assoc. Fox Valley Park District Channahon 12U Team Stand Up for Spencer Braidwood Police Department Grundy Three Rivers Habitat for Humanity USO of Illinois Mt Moriah Baptist Church Bob Jahn Memorial Scholarship Fund Joliet Area Community Hospice

18 Offering creative promotions, terrific play on field, unique menu items, affordable pricing and the Slammers commitment to the communities they serve, its hard to stay out of the limelight! Here s a look at some of our top stories from 2016: THREE Slammers earned post-season awards for Manager of the Year, Trainer of the Year, and Pitcher of the Year Slammers sent six players to the Frontier League All-Star game in Florence, KY, including Slammers Manager Jeff Isom who coached the East Division Team The Slammers signed four players in 2016 to MLB contracts Slammers earned the title of East Division Champs.

19 Slammers were featured on ABC 7 Chicago for the Cubs viewing parties Slammers were featured on ESPN s top plays during the IHSA tournament. Featured on Great American Railroad Journeys a BBC travel documentary

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21 The true testament to the Slammers hard work each season is feedback provided by fans. Here is what our fans are saying: