The American Association is a league of 12 independent baseball teams, not affiliated with any major-league organization, including clubs in the major markets of Minneapolis-St. Paul, Kansas City, Milwaukee... and Chicago, where the Chicago Dogs (named after the edible variety, the hot dog, not the canine version) began play in 2018.
I’d been meaning to get out to a Dogs game in Rosemont since the team was created and Wednesday seemed the perfect time. Not only were the Cubs and MLB continuing the All-Star break, so there was no big-league ball to follow, but the Dogs were playing a scheduled, single-admission doubleheader against the Gary Southshore Railcats.