The Lucky Horseshoes and other collegiate summer leagues and teams exist to give top college players professional-like experience without affecting NCAA eligibility.

Springfield won the CICL Regular Season Championship with a 30–17 record, leaving the 2nd place team 4.5 games behind.

The Lucky Horseshoes play in the Prospect League's Western Conference – Northwest Division along with the Burlington Bees, Clinton LumberKings, and Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp.

The Springfield Redbirds would serve as the Triple-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals for four seasons, winning an American Association championship in 1980.

The Rifles played their home games at Lincoln Land Community College for all but one season, and suffered from extremely low attendance.

[13] During the 2016 season, the Sliders announced that an in-game promotion during their June 22 game against the DuPage Drones would feature a 50/50 drawing for a choice of several guns.

[14] The promotion drew attention and anger from a number of fans in the local community, given the short amount of time between the giveaway and the mass murder of 49 people at Pulse nightclub in Orlando.

[15] The team's owner and General Manager, Todd Miller, told local media outlets that he gave thought to cancelling the giveaway, planned well in advance of the terrorist act,[16] but instead chose to go forward with the promotion.