The independent Frontier League’s Joliet Slammers have two overarching goals: they want to win games and move players up to affiliated clubs, and to entertain fans and create an affordable family-friendly atmosphere to draw people who’d like to enjoy a night out that isn’t the standard dinner and a movie.
Both the baseball and business sides have to overcome challenges to reach their objectives during the season that runs from May to September. The baseball side has to compete for players and convince them - most who were undrafted college athletes or looking for a way back into a big-league team’s pipeline - that playing for the Slammers is the right path for their careers, and the business side is recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic and working to draw people back to large public gatherings while fighting a sluggish economy and a crowded sports market.
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