Major League Baseball

Joliet Slammers — owned by Veecks, Bill Murray -- to play in prison from 'The Blues Brothers'

The Veeck family is at it again. Before the Frontier League's 2026 season kicks off, the Joliet Slammers are going to play an ...
The Times Weekly

Joliet Slammers to play pre-Season exhibition game at Old Joliet Prison

The Joliet Slammers will kick off the Route 66 Centennial Celebration with a one-of-a-kind exhibition game at the Old Joliet ...

Joliet Slammers to host 'Big House Ballgame' at Old Joliet Prison in April

Old Joliet Prison, which was open from 1858-2002 and featured in the 1980 movie "The Blues Brothers," will host "The Big ...
The Dispatch–Argus

Man who escaped custody now residing in Stateville Correctional Center

Convicted murderer Johnell Smith III, who fled the custody of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice on Nov. 12 is now ...

The Big House Ballgame: Joliet Slammers to play one game at old suburban prison

The Joliet Slammers will play one game only this spring, appropriately titled "The Big House Ballgame." Greg Peerbolte, the ...
Ballpark Digest

Slammers to hit the slammer in 2026 Big House Ballgame exhibition

In one of the more unusual exhibitions we've seen, the Joliet Slammers will be locked in the gates of the Old Joliet Prison for the Big House Ballgame.