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Sunday, October 24, 2004 Another CICL Alumnus Makes Debut in MLB

Another CICL alumni made his debut in the Major Leagues this past September. Dan Meyer, who played for the Quincy Gems in 2000, was called up at the end of the year by Atlanta. He made his big-league debut on September 14 and wound up making two relief appearances down the stretch for the Braves. Cotts Meyer was primarily a starting pitcher for the Gems in 2000, making 10 starts and 11 appearances overall. He led the Gems in ERA at 2.74 and had 68 strikeouts in 65-2/3 innings while compiling a 4-5 record. Gems teammate Neal Cotts had a 2.75 ERA amd 4-4 record that same year and made his Major League debut late in the 2003 season. Posted by Mike @ 11:35 AM

Monday, October 18, 2004 Welcome to the Latest Edition of CICLBaseball.com!

The CICL, an Official NACSB Member As you can see, our webpage has gotten a major facelift. The goal of the renovation was to improve accessibility, give a more professional image, and offer the best website of all the NACSB summer leagues. We think the new design has accomplished each of those aims and more. We truly feel we have achieved a design worthy of such a great league. Go ahead- take some time to explore the new options of the website. The new structure should be easy to pick up. After you've looked around, please consider registering with CICLBaseball.com. You can read why you should here. As always, we're very interested in hearing what you have to say. Give us your opinions about the new look. Let us know if something should be easier to get to. This work was done for you- let us know how to improve! Send us an email by clicking here or the link at the bottom of every page. Thanks for visiting the new CICLBaseball.com! Posted by Joe @ 12:02 PM

Thursday, October 7, 2004 New CICL Big-Leaguers

End of season roster expansion enabled three more former CICL alumni to make a Major League debut. Ryan Howard, a first baseman in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, singled in his first Major League at-bat on September 6 against the Atlanta Braves. He went on to get a total of 39 at-bats, collecting 11 hits including 5 doubles and 2 homers for a .282 batting average for the Phillies. Howard played for the Decatur Blues in 1999, batting .319 with 11 homers, leading the league in long-balls that year. On September 8, right-handed pitcher Aaron Rakers made his debut in the first of three relief appearances for the Baltimore Orioles. Aaron pitched a total of 4.1 innings for the Orioles, had no decisions and a 4.15 ERA. Rakers played for the Bluff City Bombers in 1998 compiling a 3.27 ERA in 11 innings pitched. And Justin Knoedler got his first Major League at-bat for the San Francisco Giants on October 2 against Los Angeles Dodgers, flying out to center field. Knoedler, a catcher, played for the Springfield Rifles in 1998 and 1999, batting .252 with 8 homers and 48 RBI over that span. This brings the total to 153 former CICL players who have played in Major League Baseball. Posted by Mike @ 2:14 PM

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