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Rob Moore Pilots Highlanders to First Pennant

Congratulations to Manager Rob Moore for winning his first World Series. His Chicago Highlanders who were fourth overall in the regular season with a 83-79 record, defeated the Green Rock Bombers to capture the title.

Photos of the IAL World Series and Draft weekend are here.

Congrats, Rob!

IAL First round draft pick Ryan Braun

Infielders are key in early first round

Ryan Braun, Troy Tulowitski and Dustin Pedroia were the first three picks in the 2008 IAL rookie draft. Braun was picked by the Three Rivers Gamblers.

You can see the full rookie draft list here

Tedd's Report Card

An Illowa tradition, Chicago Champions manager Tedd Mallasch comes out with his annual rookie draft report card and his off-season trade analysis. Two good reads, if not for humor value (j/k Tedd).

Final 2008 Standings

2007 ILLOWA LEAGUE	W	L	PCT	GB	PP
Green Rock Bombers	96	66	.593	0	0
State Street Sluggers	89	73	.549	7	1
Moline Upperdeckers	84	78	.519	12	0
Chicago Highlanders	83	79	.512	13	0
Northside Hitmen	81	81	.500	15	0
Chicago Champions	81	81	.500	15	0
Molly Putts Marauders	79	83	.488	17	0
Twin Cities Thunderchickens	76	86	.469	20	1
Three Rivers Gamblers	75	87	.463	21	0
Rising Bamm Beano's	66	96	.407	30	27

Player	AVG	Tm
Mauer, J.	.340	UP
Tejada, M	.327	CH
Soriano, A	.318	GB
Jeter, D.	.316	TR
Martinez, V	.312	CC
Howard, R.	.309	SS
Damon, J	.309	CH
Berkman, L.	.304	CH
Suzuki, I	.293	MP
Guerrero, V	.293	MP

Player	HR	Tm
Howard, R.	56	SS
Jones, C	47	UP
Dunn, A.	46	TR
Berkman, L.	45	CH
Crede, J	45	TC
Jones, A	45	UP
Soriano, A	44	GB
Pujols, A	42	TC
Teixeira, M.	41	BB
Utley, C	39	NH

Player	ERA	Tm
Webb, B.	2.81	SS
Glavine, T	3.10	TC
Garcia, F	3.29	TC
Oswalt, R	3.35	CH
Olsen, S.	3.51	TC
Sabathia, C.	3.52	TR
Verlander, J.	3.61	UP
Young, C.	3.61	GB
Robertson, N.	3.70	TR
Jennings, J	3.81	MP

Player	W	Tm
Hernandez, L	20	GB
Smoltz, J	18	NH
Zambrano, C	17	GB
Oswalt, R	16	CH
Duke, Z.	16	BB
Pettitte, A	16	UP
Webb, B.	15	SS
Robertson, N.	15	TR
Maddux, G	15	CC
Penny, B	15	NH

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New IAL Photo Gallery

I've scoured our web for all our photos from past IAL events and organized them in this new online Photo Gallery. Take a look.

I'll be adding more photos as I find them and will add even more for future events.

IAL Online Register Updated

I finally got around to updating the Illowa APBA League Register. For the past 32 years, we have stats for every hitter and pitcher that played in our league. Thanks to Tedd Mallasch and Mike Bunch who have been instrumental in making this possible.

For more IAL history, check out IAL All-Time Leaders, our IAL Hall of Fame and the IAL Season Spotlights (the Season Spotlights is a work in progress.

IAL and APBA links
Season Spotlights	this is a project to help preserve some of the 30 year history of the IAL. For each year, there are standings and leaderboards (and maybe a bit of summary). It's still in the works as I work on it when I have time.
IAL Forum	The IAL's interactive forum. If you're a friend of the league, stop by.
IAL News Archive	Links to past IAL news stories, photos, past newsletters, and other interesting stuff.
APBA Game Web Site	the company that puts out the APBA Baseball Game.
The Baseball Zealot	Check out the baseball blog a few of us write for.
Baseball Zealot Radio	Tom, Tedd, Chuck and Todd are on a weekly baseball podcast. Take a listen!

this website was last edited on 04/19/2008