The 2007 Rascals finished last in the league in both fielding and pitching and offense suffered after the team lost first baseman Bobby Mosby in a trade to the Northern League and outfielder Phil Laurent, who was signed by the San Diego Padres.

The Rascals are a member of the West Division of the Frontier League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball.

During their period of greatest celebrity, the band's influence on aspiring R & B-flavored white acts was without equal, especially in the northeastern U. S. Notable bands that incorporated ( sometimes to the point of parody ) the Rascals ' full-on stage demeanor and energy as well as the intense, hyper-dramatic vocalizing, drumstick-spinning gyrations and heavy bottom-end rhythm also achieved some prominence: the Vagrants ( featuring Leslie West, later of Mountain ), the Rich Kids, and the epitome of over-the-top funky psychedelia, the Vanilla Fudge, all owed their styles to the Rascals ' synthesis of show-biz and soul.

In addition to various Spielberg films, Amblin has produced movies by other directors such as Joe Dante ( Gremlins, Small Soldiers, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Innerspace ), Robert Zemeckis ( the Back to the Future trilogy, Who Framed Roger Rabbit ), Brian Levant ( the Flintstones duology ), Matthew Robbins (* batteries not included ), Penelope Spheeris ( the 1994 film remake of The Little Rascals ), Brad Silberling ( Casper ), Don Bluth ( An American Tail, The Land Before Time ), Clint Eastwood ( The Bridges of Madison County, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Hereafter-except for the last named the Amblin logo does not appear on Eastwood's films, or on Schindler's List & True Grit ), Gil Kenan ( Monster House ), Martin Campbell ( The Mask of Zorro, The Legend of Zorro ), Richard Donner ( The Goonies ), Jan de Bont ( Twister ), Barry Sonnenfeld ( the Men in Black trilogy ), Martin Scorsese ( Cape Fear ), Joe Johnston ( Jurassic Park III ), J. J. Abrams ( Super 8 ), The Coen Brothers ( True Grit ), and Simon Wells ( An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, and We're Back!

The band was formed by David Jaggs and Richard Nicholson in 2007 under the name The Rascallies, but they later decided to change the name to The Ragamuffins due to fellow North West band The Rascals.

The Rascals began play in 1999 in the Western Division of the Frontier League under manager Jack Clark, pitching coach Greg Mathews, and first-base coach Dick Schofield Jr., all previous Major League Baseball players.

In 1993, in collaboration with Rincom Children's Entertainment, Jennings recorded an album of children's songs, Cowboys, Sisters, Rascals & Dirt, which included " Shooter's Theme ", a tribute to his 14-year-old with the theme of " a friend of mine ".

The Rascals beat the Dubois County Dragons by a score of 6-5 by rallying from a 5-1 deficit with William Black scoring on Tim Still's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning.

In the Frontier League Championship Series the Rascals won the first two games of the series before Lake Erie Crushers rallied with three straight wins.

The Rascals ended the 2009 season with a franchise record 56 wins and Parker was named Frontier League Coach of the Year.

Hal Roach Studios / Qintex, the studio responsible for the Our Gang ( Little Rascals ) short films series of the 1930s, was also involved with KI.

The band would bill themselves as the Young Rascals for the last time with the single release of " It's Wonderful "; they would be known thenceforwards as simply The Rascals.

Search and Nearness would be the Rascals ' last album for Atlantic Records, with Cavaliere and Danelli taking the band to Columbia Records in mid-1971.

After appearing at Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary Celebration on May 14, 1988, the Rascals reunited ( with Cavaliere, Cornish, and Danelli ) for a brief reunion tour in 1988 ;

The New Rascals lasted only a short time but toured again in 2006 with two new members, Bill Pascali ( formerly of Vanilla Fudge ) on vocals and keyboards and Charlie Souza on bass and vocals.

The pair were so impressed by the swinging sound and floods of organ of The Rascals they decided to form their own band with Martell and Rick Martin's drummer, Joey Brennan.

They also had a substantial hit with their cover of The Rascals ' “ Groovin '”.

On the boat trip, the Young Rascals ' " Good Lovin '", the Del Vikings " Come Go with Me ", and The Ink Spots ' version of " I Cover the Waterfront " are heard.

After a lengthy hiatus, Finch re-entered the music industry in 2006, producing numerous Indie artists out of his " Production Kitchen " studios in Ohio, including 2008 " Top 35 " contestants from America's Got Talent, The Memphis Rascals who, in addition to original songs, rerecorded the Casey / Finch hit, Boogie Shoes-and Hawthorn, NV band " Nevada "-who, along with Finch were included on the first round submission ballot for the 2010 Grammy Awards.

* Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears cartoons that are based on Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, and Mork and Mindy are owned by CBS Television Distribution, along with The Little Rascals cartoons co-produced with King World and Harlem Globetrotters ( although WB / Turner owns The Super Globetrotters, though both Globetrotters series have been less frequently seen in recent years due to intellectual property issues ).

The Good Old Naughty Days ( French title: Polissons et galipettes – " Rascals and somersaults "), released in 2002, is a compilation from over 300 recently discovered re-edited by director Michel Reilhac, with a new soundtrack by Eric Le Guen.

Pete the Pup ( who played Tige ) and director Gus Meins were both later associated with the popular Our Gang ( Little Rascals ) comedies.

They had previously worked with a company called Rascals which promoted the use of Australian Workplace Agreements.

In 2011, Rampal made a small appearance with a supporting role in David Dhawan's Rascals opposite Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn and Kangana Ranaut.

Not only do the boys have trouble with girls, but also with the neighborhood bullies especially after they steal " The Blur ", which is the Rascals ’ prized go-cart.

After declining attendance and a number of seasons without a winning record Malliet hired former Cincinnati Reds farmhand Toby Rumfield as the Rascals ' manager for the 2007 season.

But his first real gig was at the Rascals Comedy Club as part of the TV show The Rascals Comedy Hour on October 18, 1990.

He also appeared in a 1979 pilot for a revival of The Little Rascals as Stymie.

Some well-known male US vocal quartets include The Statler Brothers ; The Ames Brothers ; The Chi-Lites ; Crosby Stills Nash & Young ; The Dixie Hummingbirds ; The Four Aces ; Four Freshmen ; The Four Seasons ; The Four Tops ; The Cathedral Quartet ; Ernie Haase and Signature Sound ; The Golden Gate Quartet ; The Hilltoppers ; The Jordanaires ; Mills Brothers ; The Rascals ; and The Skylarks.

In 1992, Canadian hip hop group Rascalz released their debut album under the name Ragga Muffin Rascals.

Gargan later founded " Throw the Hypocritical Rascals Out " ( THRO ), which Ross Perot supported.

The series took the slot over from another black and white classic, Our Gang ( aka Little Rascals ) and was probably the last Black and White show to feature regularly in Spanish TV schedules.

Historically, the Bull Terrier mix Nipper and Petey from the Little Rascals, are the most well known.

Krabappel's name was chosen by early Simpsons writers Wallace Wolodarsky and Jay Kogen as a play on the fruit " crabapple " and as a reference to the teacher Miss Crabtree from the 1930s The Little Rascals TV series.

Moe ( left ) as " Smelly " in The Little Rascals.

In " Radioactive Man " ( 1995 ), he is depicted as having been one of the original Little Rascals.

The Our Gang shorts were later syndicated to television as The Little Rascals.

The show included a studio audience and appearances by other celebrities such as James Arness, and it ran Little Rascals shorts.

He also traveled the country doing speaking engagements and lectures about his movie roles and his days in The Little Rascals.

Chicago ( Joliet Slammers, Schaumburg Boomers and Windy City ThunderBolts ) has 3 teams and St. Louis ( Gateway Grizzlies & River City Rascals ) has 2 teams while Cleveland ( Lake Erie Crushers ), Cincinnati ( Florence Freedom ) and Pittsburgh ( Washington Wild Things ) each have one.

The River City Rascals are a professional baseball team based in O ' Fallon, Missouri, in the United States.

From the 1999 season to the present, the Rascals have played their home games at T. R.

On Tuesday, October 27, 1998, O ' Fallon Mayor Paul Renaud announced the new name of the team to be the " River City Rascals.

" Initial ownership of the Rascals consisted of a local group headed by Ken Wilson.

River City Rascals game in June 2011.