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General Manager. John Wilson. Media. Gold-Mine-Slot-Machine.jpg' alt='Arizona Gold Miners Game' title='Arizona Gold Miners Game' />WHET 9. FM, Marion Daily Republican, The Southern Illinoisan. Websitesouthernillinoisminers. The Southern Illinois Miners are a professional baseball team based in Marion, Illinois. The Miners are a member of the West Division of the independent Frontier League. Since 2. 00. 7, the Miners have played their home games at Rent One Park. The Miners name refers to the Southern Illinois regions history of coal mining. Windows Vista On My Mobile Nokia N73 Price. The Miners games are broadcast on four Withers radio stations as part of the Southern Illinois Miners Radio Network. The flagship station is 9. WHET FM in Marion. The Miners radio broadcaster and media relations director is Jason Guerette. The Miners won their first Frontier League Championship in 2. HistoryeditThe city of Marion had not hosted any professional baseball team since the departure of the Marion Indians after the 1. The Indians played for only two seasons in the class D Illinois State League. John Simmons, an Illinois lawyer, proposed the Marion ballpark originally for an affiliated professional minor league baseball team, but that request was rejected by the Midwest League. However, Simmons remained interested in bringing professional baseball to Marion, so he petitioned several independent leagues for membership. In August 2. 00. 6, Marion was officially announced as an expansion franchise of the Frontier League, to begin play in 2. The regions close proximity near existing teams made Southern Illinois a natural fit for the Frontier League. Inaugural SeasoneditThe Miners began their inaugural season on May 2. Gateway Grizzlies, with the franchises first home run hit by Tim Dorn that same night. Six days later, they would play their first home game against the Evansville Otters, winning 9 6 in front of a crowd of 6,2. The team set a new Frontier League attendance record by hosting 2. Gateway in 2. 00. The Miners also became the first team in Frontier League history to average over 5,0. Southern Illinois Miners fans also contributed heavily to supporting their lead mascot Big John to become the record setting overall winner of the Best Logo in Minor League Baseball, awarded April 2, 2. CNBC following their largest online poll ever. Season First Playoff AppearanceeditAfter going 4. Miners made their first playoff appearance in 2. Led by postseason all star outfielder Joey Metropoulos who hit. RBIs and Frontier League Pitcher of the Year Ryan Bird who went 1. ERA and league best 1. Southern Illinois went 5. On September 8, they won their first playoff game in team history, defeating the Windy City Thunder. Bolts 4 2 at home. They ultimately fell in the Division Series round to the eventual league champion Thunder. Bolts in four games. Season Record Setting Winning Streak, All Star Game, First Division TitleeditThe 2. Season was historic season for the Miners as they set a Frontier League record with a 2. June 9 June 2. 8, and with 6. That year, Rent One Park hosted its first ever Frontier League All Star Game, with the Miners sending 1. Thanks to a league best 6. River City Rascals three games to two. Season First Frontier League ChampionshipeditAfter again making the postseason in 2. River City in the Division Series, Southern Illinois made the playoffs as a wild card entrant at 5. Windy City and the Schaumburg Boomers. The Miners would face the Traverse City Beach Bums, who finished with the leagues best record at 6. In Game 1 on the road, the Miners shut out the Beach Bums 1 0 behind a solo home run by postseason all star outfielder Javier Herrera acquired in a trade with the Rockford River. Hawks earlier in the season and eight shutout innings from ace right hander David Harden. In the second game, Traverse City scored three runs in the first inning and led 4 0 in the sixth before the Miners came back with three runs in the sixth and a game tying RBI single by Cory Harrilchak in the eighth inning. With the score still tied at 4 4 in the 1. Ken Gregory hit a go ahead solo home run, which eventually proved to be the winning run in a 5 4 Miners extra inning victory. Southern Illinois would complete the sweep of the favored Beach Bums by winning Game 3 at home 4 3, sending the club to their first ever Frontier League Championship Series. Frontier League Championship SerieseditIn the Championship Series, the Miners took on the Florence Freedom, who had beaten the Gateway Grizzlies in a five game series three games to two. Again, the Miners opened the series on the road, and again they took the first two games of the series. In Game 1, trailing 1 0 in the third inning, Southern Illinois got back to back home runs by catcher Chris Anderson a two run shot and second baseman Cannon Lester to take a 3 1 lead. Florence would rally to tie the score with two runs in the sixth, but two Freedom errors in the seventh brought home the eventual winning run. The Miners added an RBI double in the eighth by Gregory to complete the scoring as they won 5 3. In Game 2, Southern Illinois used home runs from Gregory, Lester and shortstop Jake Kaase to jump out to a 5 2 lead after six innings. Florence made it a one run game with a two run seventh inning, but the Miners responded with four runs in the eighth, including a three run home run by outfielder Chad Maddox, to pull away and win 9 4. Florence denied the Miners a clean sweep of the postseason with a slim 4 3 victory in Game 3 at Rent One Park, setting up Game 4 on September 1. After taking a 3 0 lead thanks to a three run fourth inning that included a two run blast by Maddox, Florence rallied to tie the game with two runs in the seventh and one run in the eighth. The game remained knotted at 3 3 into extra innings, with neither team being able to break through until the bottom of the 1. With the bases loaded and two outs, Kaase drew a walk from Florences Brent Choban to force in the championship winning run as the Miners claimed their first league title in team history. Lester, who hit. RBIs in the series, was named the Championship Series MVP. Continued SuccesseditAfter the Miners missed the playoffs in 2. Southern Illinois finished with a 6. East Division title on September 3 the second to last day of the regular season with a road victory over the Lake Erie Crushers. It was the second divisional championship in team history. That year, they also retired 3. Frontier League MVP Joey Metropoulos, the first retired number in team history. Ace left hander Matt Bywater won the teams second Frontier League Pitcher of the Year award. In 2. 01. 5, the Miners finished with the second best record in team history, going 6. They also won their second straight East Division championship, clinching it in memorable fashion on August 3. Steve Marino against Traverse City. Right handed starter Adam Lopez went 1. ERA to become the second straight Miners hurler to win the leagues Pitcher of the Year award. The Miners also retired 1. Ryan Bird in 2. 01. In 2. 01. 6, the Miners celebrated their 1. Arizona Wildcats Team Page with Schedule and ATS Results.