Joliet Patch visited the sacred grounds of the Old Joliet Prison on Monday as contractors were working to get the ball diamond spruced up.

A Big House Ballgame at the Old Joliet Prison, made famous by the “Blues Brothers” film, kicked off Route 66's centennial ...

The Joliet Slammers played a historic "Big House Baseball" game inside the Old Joliet Prison, marking the first game there and kicking off Route 66 Centennial celebrations. The prison, closed since ...

The Joliet Slammers' name and primary logo, a guard tower flanked by barbed wire-topped walls, is an homage to Old Joliet ...

Against the backdrop of prison watchtowers and barbed wire, the celebration of Route 66 in Joliet featured three hours’ worth of pregame festivities, including 15 food trucks serving delicacies as ...

The inmates are still gone but baseball is coming back to the Old Joliet Prison. The Joliet Slammers will play on the historic grounds against the Gateway Grizzlies of Sauget, Illinois, in an ...

The Frontier League's Joliet Slammers are leaning into their nickname after announcing that they will play an exhibition game at a local prison next season. Old Joliet Prison, which was open from 1858 ...

Inmates used to play on the field up until the facility closed in 2002 and now the Joliet Slammers will take on the Gateway Grizzlies. It's a prison with an historic past now celebrating America's ...

Actor Bill Murray, who is part of the ownership team, also was present at the exhibition game that returned baseball to the ...