During the winter months the MSL will be holding their combine and  practice for all MSL menbers at the Rosemont Sports Dome. 27 Jennie Fitch Way, Des Plaines Il. We have 11 batting cages, a full 90ft infield, and the ability to do fly balls for outfielders. a quality pitching instructor, for 2 hours every Sunday night 9-11 pm check in 8:30. $15 fee per player. Pitching instruction additional fee. This is a full workout at all positions. No other facility can you do this. New players come to combine to get a spot on a team.

1/20/2020 Rosemont Dome 34 Jennie Fitch Way, Des Plaines, IL. Sunday Nights  9:00pm -10:00pm, with a $15 fee is required. All players wanting to join the MSL need to come to these tryouts to be assessed at what level we can place them. We have 3 levels of play A,AA,AAA. We will put you thru full infield and yes outfield drills, hitting will also be assessed. Msl teams also invited, here is the schedule:

Jan. 26^th 9:00pm-11:00pm

Feb. 16^th 9:00pm-11:00pm

Feb. 23^rd 9:00pm-11:00pm

March 8^th 9:00pm-11:00pm

March 15^th 9:00pm-11:00pm Cancelled

March 22nd 8-10pm Cancelled

01/01/2020 Renovation at Lake Park High School is moving right along with their all turf infield. We will continue to partner with Lake Park in helping in anyway we can. The MSL will add a red  crushed warning track to match the new infield. We will also help sponsor their Florida Spring trip.

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04/12/2018 People ask who or what is the MSL? We are starting our 22^nd year as the top amateur baseball league in the Chicago area. We attribute our success for 22 years to the names in the panel above. They are the managers who make the MSL the success that it has been for many years. It’s their hard work that puts the Face on the League. They have to collect money, order uniforms, set up practice, get players to the game, fill out a roster etc. Without those names in that panel, some of which have been with the League 5, 10 and even 15 years, the league would not exists. The League has also put in some features to help with its success, 3 tier talent levels, stadium games for every team, individual achievement awards, MVP, Cy Young, Silver Slugger, and Gold Glove, All Star Game, Championship series for all Levels in a Stadium, and Finally World Series Rings. But again over the years we average 50 teams, 1200 players, all put together from those names above. The MSL thanks those managers who work hard every year to put a team in the MSL and making this League the best in all of the Midwest. Coming soon the first annual manager’s burger and brew appreciation day to be held at a venue TBA.

"Sometimes you just gotta be your own hero...and just save your own little heart  Because the people you can't imagine living without, can't actually live without you."

A hero of his own story...that describes our son, Billy, as he battled stage 3 Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma this last year.  He was diagnosed on December 10 of 2016 and we are still in disbelief that our young son was faced with such an incredible challenge as such a tender age.  His tumor presented as a lump in his neck and it was thought, for several weeks, to be an infection of some kind and was prescribed two different antibiotics.  When the lump didn't respond to the meds AND he developed a growth on his tonsils...the truth about his condition was revealed.  Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma is one of the most aggressive and fastest growing childhood cancers so Billy's chemotherapy treatment began almost immediately.  By December 23 we were checked into Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago, Christmas tree twinkling in an empty corner, loving and carrying Billy through his first of four rounds of chemotherapy.  Each round involved 7 days in the hospital on a 24/7 drip of various chemotherapy and then 14 days at home on some additional meds that continued to battle the disease.  Billy endured four rounds between December 23 and March 3.  Part of each round was a spinal tap in order for the chemo to treat his spinal and brain fluid.  Billy was a champion.  There is no question that he ROSE UP to meet the challenge he was presented with...and carried us all through the ordeal with his bravery and unwillingness to feel sorry for himself.  He never once asked, WHY ME?  Instead...when he learned he had cancer his comment, almost immediately, was..."OK, so I am going to beat cancer in my lifetime."  Remarkable  Billy has been in remission since March 3, 2017, and we are eternally grateful to God and the hands and hearts of His physicians that made our prayers a reality.

Billy's Bombers is a team Billy's older brothers put together as a tribute to Billy's battle and bravery.  His brothers John, Andrew and Peter Montesantos (along with father, Bill) committed to playing to show Billy just how proud they were for the way he fought lymphoma.  When their friends heard about the team and the significance of the name and up-coming season...they were eager to be a part of the movement.  It wasn't long before the team was compiled...all friends that the Monte boys had either grown up with or worked with.  I, for one, am in awe of it all.  Beginning with Billy and his battle...to the my older sons support THROUGHOUT Billy's journey...to the inspired play of all the boys that make up BILLY'S BOMBERS this year.  It is an unforgettable testament to the LOVE that lives in all of us...particularly in Billy's family and the community that surrounds them.

In reality...each and every one of us has the potential and the power to be a hero...whether it's your own or someone else's.  Billy's BOMBERS are an inspiring example that we don't need capes to save the world...we just need to care.  I am forever grateful for the love, kindness, prayer and dedication this team has shown our Billy AND our entire family.  God Bless Billy...God Bless Baseball...God Bless the BOMBERS 2017!!!

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