CornBelters’ Chirino named Frontier League post-season All-Star

Posted on August 31, 2017

By WJBC Staff

NORMAL – The Normal CornBelters have placed infielder Santiago Chirino on the Frontier League post-season All-Star squad.

Chirino is in his ninth professional season and fifth campaign with the CornBelters. He currently leads the Frontier League with a .361 batting average. His 137 hits also tops the circuit. Chirino is a repeat member of the post-season squad, earning honors in 2016.

Chirino, 26, is a native of Punto Fijo, Venezuela. He began his professional career in 2009 in the Texas Rangers organization, reaching High-A Myrtle Beach in 2011 and 2012 before joining the CornBelters in 2013.

The CornBelters are two and a half games out of a playoff berth with four games remaining. The Belters conclude a series tonight in Evansville before finishing the regular season in suburban Cincinnati with games Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoon against the Florence Freedom.

Blogs

Labor Day – Expanding voting rights for all

By Mike Matejka Because of COVID, there is no Labor Day Parade this year.  It’s always a great event for our everyday workers to march proudly down the street and enjoys the festive crowd. If there had been a parade, this year’s Labor Day theme was to be “150 years of struggle: your right to vote.” …

Is federal mobilization the answer?

By Mike Matejka As President Donald Trump threatens to send federal marshals into Chicago, over the objections of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, recall another Illinois Governor who protested the incursion of armed federal personnel into the city.   Those federal troops, rather than calming, escalated the situation, leading to deaths and violence. Illinois poet Vachel Lindsay…

In these troubled times, to my fellow white Americans

By Mike Matejka Our nation is at a unique watershed in human relations. African-Americans have been killed too many times in the past before George Floyd, but the response to this man’s death is international and all-encompassing. I was a grade-schooler during the Civil Rights 1960s. I watched Birmingham demonstrators hosed and the Selma – Montgomery…

Workers’ Memorial Day – Remember those whose job took their life

Looking around our community, when we say employer, most will respond to State Farm, Country, or Illinois State University.   We too often forget those who are building our roads, serving our food, or our public employees. COVID-19 has made us more aware of the risk.  Going to work every day for some people means…