In addition to its music programming, KMRY is the radio home of the Cedar Rapids Kernels of minor league baseball's Midwest League.
In 1976 the Midwest League contracted from ten teams to eight when teams in Danville and Dubuque were eliminated.
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Six teams – the Belleville Stags, the Centralia Cubs, the Marion Indians, the Mattoon Indians, the Mount Vernon Braves, and the West Frankfort Cardinals – began operating as the Class D Illinois State League in 1947.
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The following year he was promoted to the Mets A-league team, the Wausau Mets of the Midwest League.
In 2013, Christenson was a manager in the Oakland Athletics minor league farm system for the Beloit Snappers of the Midwest League.
Plouffe spent 2005 with the Midwest League's Beloit Snappers, where he was again recognized as one of the league's top prospects, this time ranking 12th overall.