Baseball News


March 27th, 2024 - Belleville doubles up!
In a hard-fought series, the Leprechauns outlasted the heavily favored Waterloo Dinosaurs and took both the Cup and Legends title this season. Belleville posted 4 wins versus 2 losses in the series with the final game score of 4-3 -- the eventual winning run scored on a ground out by Eddie Keith. For the series, the Leprechauns got good pitching and enough offense to overcome the Dinos. The playoff finals MVP was Joe Grayson who posted a .357 batting average and a .951 OPS. Congratulations to knor12 and the Belleville Leprechauns!

March 24th, 2024 - Legends League Playoffs
Humm Baby -- the playoffs are here again! The Legends League playoffs feature the cup winner and one of the best historical clubs (by league record). The Belleville Leprechauns (#10 Rank, 84-76, +94, PI 103.6) from the West will try to get lucky against Waterloo Dinosaurs (#1 Rank, 112-48, +361, PI 101.8) from the East. Waterloo won 28 more games than Belleville and have much better pitching (by ERA), but will the Leprechauns have the luck of the Irish? As always, anything can happen in the playoffs. Good luck to both clubs!

March 11th, 2024 - Belleville finds their Cup of Gold!
The Leprechauns had a relatively easy time in the cup finals, posting two wins and scoring 11 runs to 3. In the final game, Mateo Melendez pitched eight strong innings and Luis Delgado came in for the save. The offense managed four runs and that was enough for a 4-1 win and the cup title. Congratulations to knor12 and the Belleville Leprechauns on the first cup title!

March 9th, 2024 - Cup Final!
The cup final is on Monday and it’s truly a mythical match-up pitting the Leprechauns vs. the Dragons. The #5 ranked Belleville Leprechauns (Legends, PI 103.5) will try to conquer their lower-level opponent the #55 ranked Dallas Dragons (III.4, PI 103.8). The Belleville bats have been really crushing the Legends league, can they do the same to the Dallas pitching? Who will win it all? Find out Monday!


Press Releases


March 27th, 2024 - 2063 Season of History in the Books!!! - Jacksonville Jets
The 2063 season proved to be one that Jets fans will remember for a long time. The team will be moving up into League 3 for the 2064 season for the first time in franchise history behind 99 wins and the most dominant pitching performance in team history. This year not only brought great team success but also saw historic milestones for several players:

Chuck Bonds - All-time Saves record (301)

Reed Carrera - Single Season ERA record (2.55), Single Season MVP record (13),

Josh Emery - T-Single Season Shutout Record (3)

Edgar Zarate - T-All-time MVP record (56)

Salvador Becerra - T-Single Season MVP record (15)

The Jets ultimately lost the League Championship 4-2 to the Appleton Foxes but are still excited to go League 3.
  - gmat14

March 27th, 2024 - Legend - Makakilo Eruption
Eighteen seasons ago, Jobywan got off a plane in Hawaii and asked himself, "What have a I done?"

An LL6 club in the shadow of an active volcano with little support and little hope-- the faint smell of sulfur lingering in the air. And yet the build began, and so did the climb. He knew it would be hard to sell a dream to top Free Agents, so focused on the draft and built a home-grown core.

With Legends in sight this year, he pulled out all the stops and inserted half-a dozen prime veterans into his homebuilt squad, and it all came together.

Legends, here we come.
  - Jobywan

March 24th, 2024 - Big changes, demotion - Pittsburgh Pirates
After a disappointing season finishing 72-90 n ranking 4th in our division we have been demoted back down. Last season marked our first promotion in over 8 seasons and it only lasted for one season. As a result, manager Ivan Corley was dismissed after 5 seasons on the job. We wish him the best elsewhere.

34 yr old Tom Bennett was promoted from 3rd base coach to manager after only one season on the staff, he excelled with pitchers n player development. He’s got great leadership qualities and can manage a pitching staff, something we lacked last season. We look forward to what Bennett brings to our team as we shift into a rebuild.
  - Bennett11