Little Cubs Field

01/01/2026

From all of us at Little Cubs Field...
Merry Christmas!!🎄🎁🎅☃️🤶🎉
and Happy New Year!!! 🥂🍾🍷😀
to ALL of you!!!

05/24/2025

Having a great time at our 17th annual PeeWee Classic 8U Tournament!!

The kids are hitting one home run after another!!
So fun and exciting for them!!

Homerun Derby is happening tonight around 6pm. Come on out and join in! Everyone is welcome!!!

See you soon!! 💙❤️⚾️❤️💙

04/16/2025

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Weeghman Park, Chicago, IL, April 1914 - Its hard to believe that Wrigley Field was first built for anyone other than the Cubs, but indeed it was.

In 1912, a new upstart league hoping to challenge the American and National League was formed and called itself the Federal League. As expected it had a Chicago team and it was owned by businessman Charles Weeghman, who knew that to have any chance to chip away at the Cubs and White Sox fanbases he would have to make a big splash, like say a new steel-and-concrete ballpark at the cost of $250,000.

Ground was broken on the single-deck ballpark on March 4, 1914 and seven weeks, 160,000 bricks and $250,000 later, Weeghman Park was ready for opening day.

It also took 45,200 cubic feet of concrete, 1,900 cubic feet of hollow tile and 1,700 yards of plastering and it was designed by architect Zachary Taylor Davis, who also designed Comiskey Park years earlier.

The Federal League would fold after just two seasons and the following year (1916) the Cubs would move in and Weeghman Park would be renamed Cubs Park.

In 1927 they would add an second deck increasing the seating capacity from 18,000 to 32,000 and about the same time it would take the name we know it as by today, Wrigley Field.

-Ron A. Bolton

07/24/2024

10/10/2023

The Madmen and Amity's Attic need your help this Thursday, October 12th at 8 am, we will be helping move stock,fire brigade style, from the second floor to the first floor of Amity's Attic in Freeport, at 22 West Main Street in Freeport. We should be done by 930 am and a great breakfast follows, provided by the ladies of this wonderful Freeport Charity. Bring a friend!

08/29/2023

I have a friend who wants to learn to play pickleball, but does not know where to go to get some experience. Is there a time and place where people are playing that he can just walk on and learn as he plays some doubles? He is a good athlete but never played that sport. Is there a spot for beginners to learn on the fly? He lives in Freeport. Thanks!

06/29/2023

This Saturday July 1, there will be the Grand Opening of the Generations Brewing Disc Golf Course. There will be rounds of disc golf played from 11 am to 7 pm with demonstrations of the sport during the day, discs to throw, instructions on the game from experienced players, and more.

There will be a long distance driving competition from 2-3 pm and a putting challenge from 3-3:30. Come watch or throw a round, with prizes and games. Food truck will also be on hand. Beer all day and you can even take a Generations Beer on the course with you as you play their new 12 disc golf hole course. This is the first disc golf course on the grounds of a craft brewery in Illinois and the only one within 300 miles. Watch one of the fastest growing sports in the world, disc golf. The course is open free to all ages from dawn to dusk each day. The course is shorter than most disc golf courses, perfect for new players, but with some challenging holes and the signature #8 hole, which is unique in all the world. Stop in any time. Portable baskets will be in place all day to learn the game, with discs to use. Experienced players will be on hand to teach and give pointers. The best score of the day wins a prize and has bragging rights to a new official course record.

Generations Brewing is located at 1400 S Adams, Freeport, IL 61032. Phone is 815-616-5941. Open Saturday, July 1 from 11 am to 11 pm.

06/26/2023

Take some time this coming Saturday July 1 to attend the Grand Opening of the Generations Brewery Disc Golf Course. This is a 12 hole disc golf course that is free to play from dawn to dusk all year long. The Grand Opening will be from 11am to 8pm Saturday July 1. It will feature demonstrations of disc for all ages interested in learning or improving the skills needed to play the sport, a tournament that anyone can enter free from 11 to 7. Players can shoot up to 3 rounds any time and turn in scores to see who will have the new course record. Prizes for the winning scores in experienced and novice divisions. Long distance driving contests from 2 to 3 pm. Putting contests all day. Food truck. Free instruction in disc golf skills from experienced players. Other games and prizes with random drawings for prizes from all participants. Portable disc golf baskets to practice and learn on. Discs to examine and use for those who do not have any. Trick shots demonstrated. Ring of fire competitions all day for prizes. This is the first Disc golf course on the grounds of a craft brewery in Illinois and the only one known within 300 miles. Learn one of the fastest growing and fun sports in the world. See you Saturday at Generations Brewery!

06/01/2023

The 2023 Home Run Derby winner is
Chase Greuel from the 8U Barnstormers Rebels!!
This young man took home $135 for his efforts!
CONGRATULATIONS Chase!! ⚾️🎉🏆