The Gary SouthShore RailCats will host a gala Meet the Team Luncheon, Monday May 10 at the Radisson Hotel in Merrillville featuring Hall of Fame Cubs right-hander Ferguson Jenkins as the keynote speaker, and tickets for the event are on sale now.

Power-hitting veteran Cristian Guerrero, who has hit 27 home runs in the last two seasons, will return to the Gary SouthShore RailCats for a third summer, today agreeing to terms on a contract for the 2010 season. The RailCats also made a trade, sending pitchers Derell McCall and Tyler Meigs to the Atlantic League’s York Revolution in exchange for cash considerations.

The greatest pitcher in Gary SouthShore RailCats history will be back on the mound at U. S. Steel Yard in the summer of 2010 as right-hander Willie Glen has agreed to terms with the ‘Cats on a contract for the upcoming season. The signing was first announced at the RailCats second-annual Fan Fest Saturday.

The Gary SouthShore RailCats have been to five straight Northern League Championship Series since the hiring of Manager Greg Tagert in 2005 and the sixth-year skipper will get at least four more chances to lead the RailCats to another title, recently agreeing to a three-year contract extension that will keep Tagert in his current position through at least the 2013 season. Tagert’s signing was first announced at the team’s annual Fan Fest, Saturday, February 20.

Forty-three teams from Northwest Indiana and the surrounding areas will play 22 games during the eighth annual High School Challenge presented by Saint Anthony Sports Medicine Institute this spring at the home of the Gary SouthShore RailCats, U. S. Steel Yard, it was announced at the event’s annual Media Day.

The Gary SouthShore RailCats are looking for willing and able Northwest Indiana residents to become part of the team’s Host Family program, housing a ‘Cats player for the summer and getting free season tickets along other great perks!

The Nation’s Oldest Family-Owned and Operated Race Track Launches Fall Meet and Hosts a Variety of Special Events to Commemorate a Century of Success in Sporting Entertainment

Just following the October 1st opening of its thrilling new fall racing season, Hawthorne Race Course will publicly commemorate its centennial of family ownership and operation on October 24th by inviting Chicagoland families to the city’s Biggest Family Reunion on the track’s apron.