After playing ball in the 80s with Grand Theft and LA Posse and Peacemakers Mo started umpiring in 1998 at Hamilton Park and Washington Park on the Southside and Garfield Park on the Westside of Chicago, and Blue Island. He worked for Umpires INC. (ASA), BASI (NSA) and USSSA. During his 21 year umpiring career […]
Mike is one of the true gentleman of the sport. He has coached both men and women’s baseball and softball teams at the youth, high school, college and adult levels for more than 30 years. He started the Saints softball team in 1986 with a group of neighborhood athletes from Hinsdale South High School that
Bob was introduced to the game he would love in grammar school. He played first and also pitched later in his career. His first manager’s responsibility was the Normandy Park Crush. In 1988 he would start a new team along with Hall of Famer, Tom Balek by combining players from several successful teams. This team
Jim was a player, manager, and organizer for 16-inch softball on the Southwest side for over 25 years. “Schus” was a pitcher and manager for the ACES from 1974-2000 loaded with St Rita players and future Hall of Famers. The ACES evolved into a powerhouse team in the 70’s and 80’s capturing championships in 11
A staple in the game, Colleen grew up on the Southwest side. She attended Grimes Elementary School and graduated from Lourdes High School. She began playing softball at 7 years of age in the Clearing neighborhood. At the age of 17, she began coaching. She formed a neighborhood team of close friends in the Lawler
Bob O’Malley grew up in Oak Lawn and graduated from Harold L. Richards High School in 1971. He got his first taste of organized softball playing for Andy Frain in the Grant Park League from 1969 to ’72. After that, he joined a group of friends from high school and college and played several seasons
“Cav” began playing 16-inch softball in the mid 50’s when he was 7 years old in the alleys of Chicago at 71st & Racine. Like most kids, he progressed to playing on the street corners at 72nd & Ada using the 4 cornered manhole covers as bases. They played from early morning to late at
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Gary Kirch was one of three original organizers of the Playboys, a northwest side 16” softball team originally organized in 1964. Evolving from a neighborhood team playing at Chicago’s Jefferson and Chopin Parks, the team became a top- tier powerhouse competing at Clarendon, Portage, Forest Park, James and Indian Road, as well as numerous other
Carey Goins was born on the South Side of Chicago. Like so many young people before him, he started playing 16-inch softball in the vacant lots, alleys, and schoolyards of his neighborhood. He graduated from Calumet High School in 1971 (where he was a drummer in the band and played football) and then attended Eastern
Todd Mirrabelli loves softball the way it was meant to be played – Chicago-style with no gloves in park leagues and tournaments throughout Chicago. That’s where he loved to play and where he managed his teams. In the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, Todd’s big brother John used to take him and his brother Garth
