The CHAOS team was a Northside team that started playing together at Oriole Park in the 1990s. They came to be one of the premier women’s teams on that side of the city. Behind a core of 8 players who played over 20 years together– each year they would have a team that would go out and […]
Created in 1980 by a group of young men from the Dearborn Homes section of Chicago, they began their rise by playing in the tournaments around their neighborhood such Avalon, Ogden, Hamilton, and Washington Parks. The next year a few Gypsy Stars players were added and played in tougher tourneys and leagues including the 75th
In 1969 a bunch of childhood friends thought it was time to stop watching the great softball games at Amundsen Park (Park9) at night and start playing ourselves. After all, as young teenagers, we thought we were pretty good after winning back to back City of Chicago Softball Championship Tournaments. After a few years of
The Scorpions Softball Club began play in1980 with 15 talented players in their early 20’s from Green Briar Park on Chicago’s far north side. While the roster did change somewhat over the years, new players were also typically neighborhood guys rather than ringers who could upset team chemistry. It was this decision that limited the
Louis Watkins, the owner of Louis’s Lounge located on the southwest side, sponsored the Patio Players to play competitively in 1979. The guys were always at the Lounge in the back on the patio, hence the name (Patio Players). During the early years, they never had a particularly strong program. Then the team began a
Six of the original softball players started in little league together when they were in Braeside School, in 1973! In 1983 they played in a competitive Highland Park league which at the time had 24 teams with three levels, A, B and C leagues. The team moved up from the C League to the A League in 5
Initiated in the 1960s, men’s 16-inch softball immediately became a significant program at Veterans Park District’s (VPD) Bulger Park located in Melrose Park. Thanks to the vision of former VPD Executive Director George A. Leoni and his staff, members of the community have been able to experience the excitement of the game and participate in
CJ’s from Cedar Rapids, Iowa played from 1995 -2018 . They were sponsored by Punch and Connie Vasquez who owned CJ’s Sports Bar & Grill. Danny Arenas and Jody Beltram with family and friends established the team at Kirkwood Complex. As they started to have success, eventually, Greg “Termite” Mara took them to the next
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The Break-A-Ways started in 1989 when a group of friends combined from other teams to play softball, hence the name Break- A-Ways. They started playing 12-inch at Janura Park in Berwyn and 16-inch at Hawthorne Park in Cicero winning many times. Playing ball together and hanging out at the sponsor after was what everyone looked
