Starting with an article I published last month from Murray State University’s Steve Adkins, I will be sharing other baseball writer’s baseball news from around the (their) baseball world in 2026 and beyond. To date, I have mostly written, photographed, researched, and published my own stories. However, there are so many great tales to share that I feel that this is a perfect time to begin to promote the great work of others. So, you will see the baseball news other writers write beginning with the following intro – “Sharing Baseball News” – and then the article itself or link to the article. Many if not all of the articles will have some personal connection to a story or stories I have covered in the past. The baseball news I share – The author and source will get full credit of course. Here is today’s sharing baseball news…

Sharing Baseball News: Joliet Slammers — owned by Veecks, Bill Murray — to play in prison from ‘The Blues Brothers’

This past summer on some personal time from a work trip to Chicago, Illinois, I took the short drive west from my hotel in Schererville, Indiana to Joliet, Illinois to experience the Joliet Slammers. As luck would have it, I got to shake hands with Bill Veeck and his son, Night Train, and chat with the two of them briefly. I stayed for a good portion of the game and walked the perimeter of the Joliet Slammers Stadium. It was a memorable afternoon and I was so psyched to have had timing and opportunity on my side that day. I follow the Joliet Slammers on social media and recently found this article about an upcoming event in 2026 that caught my eye. Here is MILB writer Josh Jackson with his article entitled, “Joliet Slammers — owned by Veecks, Bill Murray — to play in prison from ‘The Blues Brothers’.”

To paraphrase a few key pieces of the article, “Before the Frontier League’s 2026 season kicks off, the Joliet Slammers are going to play an exhibition at their namesake slammer — the Old Joliet Prison. The team has announced “The Big House Ballgame” will take place on April 30, giving fans a chance to see baseball in a correctional facility where it was played by inmates for 88 years.” And, “The event is scheduled as the official kickoff for the centennial celebration of Route 66, the historic highway from Chicago to Los Angeles, and the venue is era-appropriate for bringing the early and middle of the 20th century to life.“

To view the article, click on this link here – Joliet Slammers Prison Game – or head over to http://www.milb.com to find the Josh Jackson, Joliet Slammers article.