Bandits to honor DiGregoria

The Chicago Bandits will honor Jim "Didi" DiGregorio with a ceremony before the start of their game against the New England Riptide on Aug. 11. DiGregorio, coach of the Lemont Rockers softball teams, suffered a heart attack and died Wednesday on the field during the Rockers game at the ASA Nationals Tournament in Moline.

"Didi was one of my best friends. He was the true definition of the word coach," said Bill Sokolis, owner of the Chicago Bandits, co-founder of the Lemont Rockers and long-time friend of DiGregorio. "He coached kids to make their way in life through hard work. He coached people around him to succeed in the tough situations he faced in life. That was what he knew how to do 'coach' and he did it well."