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The River Bandits Survive the Flood

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published September 27, 2019 at 8:00 AM CDT

On Midwest Week, how the long spring flood affected the Quad Cities River Bandits and a look back at their mostly successful season.

Herb Trix's guest is Steve Batterson, sports reporter for the Quad City Times.

You can also hear Midwest Week Fridays on WVIK at 6:20 pm during All Things Considered. 
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Sports Quad Cities River BanditsMidwest LeagueModern Woodmen ParkMississippi RiverfloodSteve Batterson
Herb Trix
A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.
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