in 2016 the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball team won the World Series for the first time in 108 years. State Farm Insurance sponsored a Trophy Tour so all the Cubs fans could enjoy seeing the trophy. Images are from a January 18th, 2017 stop in Bloomington Illinois. #MLB #CUBS #CHICAGOCUBS #TrophyTour #ALPHOTO513

Brock Stewart is a Normal Community High School and Illinois State University Alum who went from single A minor leagues to Major League Baseball in a single season with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2016.

Old Hoss Radbourn chainsaw carving from an old oak tree in Evergreen Cemetery in Bloomington Illinois. The carving is near the grave of the same. Old Hoss was a major league baseball player for the Boston Red Sox. He was born in New York, but raised in Bloomington Il and called it home. The carving was created by chainsaw artist Bill Baker of Top Notch Chainsaw Carvings of Naperville IL.