A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT
May 07, 2019
3 minutes
by J.J. COOPER
When Opening Day arrived, the sun was shining. The grass was green. And Modern Woodmen Park, home of the low Class A Quad Cities River Bandits, was ready and waiting. There was only one problem. No one could get into the ballpark.
The flooding that struck the Midwest forced the River Bandits to begin the Midwest League season with a 21-game road trip, even though their home park remained high and dry throughout those three weeks.
The Mississippi River that has long given
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