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Ban Johnson is Kansas City's Summer Collegiate League...
Where you Catch the Rising Stars!
  Now There's Two!
Milgram Mustangs and UMB Bank are set to square off in Tournament Finals to crown the 2016 Ban Johnson champion.
Click for the schedule.
Notable Numbers  -  presented by Independence Ridge Apartments

League Leaders
Seaboard third baseman Drew Green won the batting championship with a .429 batting average.

Natural Baseball outfield Jack Pauley was the home run leader (7), RBI leader (28) and had the highest slugging percentage (.721)

For the pitchers, Milgram Mustangs righhander Dakota Graham finished with the most wins (6), Regal Plastic righthander Jake Slocum the most strikeouts (47) and NKC Apartments Giants righthander Aurelio Bacling the lowest ERA (0.81), lowest WHIP (0.962) and lowest opponent batting average (.169)

 Check out all of the batting and pitching leaders.
Spotlight -  presented by Salty Iguana
See you Sunday, July 24th at Kauffman Stadium
for the 48th annual Ban Johnson All-Star Game hosted by the Royals.  First pitch is set for 8:30 a.m. with the game concluding by  11:30. 
 Then stay for the 1:15  Royals-Rangers game.

A ticket for the Royals game is required for admission to the Ban Johnson All-Star Game.  Royals officials indicate that a sell-out is possible and advise everybody to purchase tickets prior to Sunday.

Click for complete ticket information.
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The All-Star squads are set.  Click to find out players picked by the team managers as the brightest stars of 2016.
Awesome Performances 
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presented by NKC Apartments
Milgram Mustangs first baseman Dylan Christie hit for the cycle July 17th to help the Mustangs defeat Regal Plastic 10-5.

Check out other performances that helped teams win the last games of the regular season and in the post-season tournament.
Off the Bench -  presented by Steve Stillwell's Blue Valley Bushidokan
Congrats to Scholar-Athletes!

Alumni Cornerpresented by Moe Lago
Bobby Wernes is playing pro ball
And the former Natural Baseball star talks about the opportunities and challenges.