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A legendary Clinton High School, University of Iowa and NFL football player will be memorialized in a statue in the town where his career began.

Clinton LumberKings Join Prospect League The Clinton LumberKings have announced the new league they will be joining in 2021. On Wednesday, officials from the Clinton LumberKings baseball organization announced their new league that they will play in this year. The LumberKings will be joining the Prospect League. Google View LumberKings General Manager Ted Tornow said in the press release, “We are looking forward to playing baseball in the Prospect League. LumberKings’ fans will see player...

Radio Iowa You are here: Home Cut from MLB’s minor league, Clinton and Burlington join Prospect League The Burlington Bees and the Clinton LumberKings will play ball this spring as part of the Prospect League, which features college baseball players. In December, Major League Baseball cut ties with 42 of its minor league teams, including the two along Iowa’s eastern border. Ted Tornow says the Clinton team will still be called the LumberKings. “Someone had asked me on an email, you know: ...

By: Jake Seiner Jackson Generals boss Marcus Sabata had a surprising reaction when he learned his Double-A Southern League franchise had been officially booted from the affiliated minor leagues: He felt relieved. Major League Baseball announced this week 119 of the 120 teams that have been formally invited to remain as minor league affiliates, chopping 40 franchises in a move that’s been anticipated for over a year. News of MLB’s hopes to shrink the minors first emerged during negotiations ...

Forgive us for using a term from a different sport, but Major League Baseball delivered Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois a split decision this week, as it announced its plans to restructure the minor leagues. We were gratified to see, as expected, that the Quad-Cities River Bandits were included among the 120 teams to be affiliated with Major League clubs beginning next season. The Bandits are now a part of the Kansas City Royals farm system, and the Midwest League, which will be downsized fro...

By Julia Bertino Dec 10, 2020 The Quad Cities River Bandits are among 11 other Midwest League teams moving up one level of play. Major League Baseball made the announcement Wednesday that the River Bandits have been promoted from Single-A to Advanced-A baseball. This puts the players just below Double-A and one step closer to the major leagues. The River Bandits announced the team has been invited to become the Advanced-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. Within the next two weeks, the team...