DECATUR — Reliever Miles Froese shut down a Decatur Commodores rally in the ninth inning to record a save as the BNBA 18 Gold held on for a 5-3 baseball win Tuesday night. The Gold (23-4-2 ...

Also competing in Bloomington-Normal this weekend is the Decatur Commodores 16U team. It will play in the eight-team 15U-16U portion of the tournament, which began Thursday.

Decatur had a minor league team from 1901 through 1915, from 1922 through 1932, and during the 1940s. In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s the Commodores played in the Mississippi-Ohio Valley League, re ...

It's been nearly 27 years since Decatur's love affair with minor league baseball faded into the distance. First came the final game for the Decatur Commodores, Aug. 19, 1974.