Slammers Playoff Tickets On Sale Friday

With the first place Joliet Slammers up by 6.5 games in the East Division with 16 games to play, the Frontier League of Professional Baseball has given the team permission to begin selling playoff tickets on Friday.

Fans can begin purchasing tickets at 10:00 a.m. on Friday by stopping by the Box Office or calling (815) 722-2287. Fans can also by tickets online at www.jolietslammers.com. 

All playoff games will start at 7:05 p.m. Central Time. The Frontier League’s playoff schedule can be found here.

Tickets to the Slammers’ home playoff games will cost $11 for a reserved seat and $6 for a spot on the lawn.

The tickets will be undated as the exact days of the Slammers’ Frontier League playoff games have yet to be determined. Tickets for the Divisional Series are identified by the letters A, B, and C.

Regardless of the date of the first game the Slammers host, whether it is September 7 or September 10, that ticket is “ticket A.”

The same rules apply for ticket B and ticket C. Fans can purchase tickets for all three potential games and if one or more is not played they can come to the team Box Office and exchange it for credit towards tickets for next season.

Fans can also get a refund if they choose. However, if a fan purchases a ticket for a game that ends up being played, no exchanges or refunds are available.

If the Slammers finish first in the East Division, Joliet will host games in the best-of-five Divisional Series onWednesday, September 7 and Thursday, September 8. They would also host an if-necessary game onMonday, September 12.

If the Slammers finish second in the East Division, Joliet will host games in the best-of-five Divisional Series on Saturday, September 10 and (if necessary) Sunday, September 11^th.

Tickets for the Frontier League Championship Series are also on sale starting Friday. They are identified as tickets D, E, and F, regardless of the date each game ends up being played.

The same exchange policy for the Divisional Series holds for the Championship Series.

If the Slammers face the Southern Illinois Miners in the best-of-five championship series they would host games on Wednesday, September 14 and Thursday, September 15^th.

Joliet would also host an if-necessarygame five on Tuesday, September 20^th.

If the Slammers face the River City Rascals in the championship series they would host games on Saturday, Sept. 17^th and (if necessary) Sunday, Sept. 18^th.   

The Joliet Slammers are members of the Frontier League of Professional Baseball. The Frontier League is the oldest continuously operating independent professional league, in its 19th season in 2011.

For more information about the Frontier League visit www.frontierleague.com.