The Quincy Gems were a collegiate summer league baseball team located in Quincy, Illinois .
5-729: The Gems were originally a part of the Central Illinois Collegiate League and joined the Prospect League with several other CICL teams prior to the 2009 season. The team's original owners, the Quincy Civic Center Authority, sold the Gems to its current owners in September 2014 for $ 120,000. On August 29, 2023, the team announced that they would not return for the 2024 season and will seek relocation The franchise
10-459: A baseball team in Illinois is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Adams County, Illinois location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Central Illinois Collegiate League The Central Illinois Collegiate League ( CICL ) was a collegiate wooden bat summer baseball league. It was composed of five teams from Illinois and Indiana . The CICL
15-550: Was also is one of four summer college baseball leagues supported by Major League Baseball . The Springfield Sliders ran away with the CICL's final Championship Title. The Sliders won the First Half, Regular Season and Playoff Championship. The 2008 season was the inaugural season for the Sliders and the final season of the CICL. On November 11, 2008, the CICL announced it was merging with
20-510: Was founded in 1963 as a charter member of National Collegiate Athletic Association certified summer baseball. Although the NCAA dropped Summer baseball program in 2005, The CICL is one of ten summer collegiate baseball leagues affiliated with the National Association of Summer Collegiate Baseball (NASCB), which now takes over the duties of the NCAA and follows all NCAA requirements. The league
25-574: Was later sold & relocated to Hendersonville, Tennessee and rebranded as the Full Count Rhythm, playing it's home game at Drakes Creek Park The Gems will be replaced in Quincy by an expansion team set to begin play for the 2025 Prospect League season The Gems played at QU Stadium , a 2,500 seat facility owned and operated by Quincy University . The facility was built in 1938 and is located at 1800 Sycamore Street in Quincy. This article about
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