Chillicothe, Richmond together again

They will be playing baseball – in the same league - again this summer in Richmond, Ind., and Chillicothe, Ohio.

Richmond, Chillicothe and Slippery Rock – all former locations for Frontier League franchises – have landed spots in the newly formed Prospect League, a an 11-team wood-bat league for college players that will have teams from Pennsylvania to Missouri.

The Prospect League absored six teams – Quincy, Ill., Hannibal, Mo. and Springfield, Ill., Danville, Ill., DuBois County, Ill., and DuPage County, Ill. – from the Central Illinois Collegiate League. DuBois County is based in Huntingburg, Ind., and was home to the DuBois County Dragons of the Frontier League. Those teams will form the Prospect League's West Division.

Five teams in the East Division will be Richmond, Chillicothe, Slippery Rock, Butler and Lorain, Ohio. A sixth team could be added within a week.

The Chillicothe team will be known as the Paints. Slippery Rock will play at Slippery Rock University and Butler will play its home games at Pullman Park. Richmond will play at Don McBride Stadium (pictured), the former home of the Richmond Roosters.

Teams will play a 54-game schedule with all but four against division foes.

The Central Illinois Collegiate League has a rich tradition, having produced 175 major leaguers, including Ryan Howard, Jonathan Papelbon, Kirby Puckett and Mike Schmidt.