Hello again. Thanks for stopping by. I (Mary) took quite a bit of time off OA due to burnout and other mental health issues. I’ve followed baseball gleefully for 30 years, but when I felt like I had to write…
Category: College
Davis Schwab, a left-handed pitcher, finished his career at Missouri State University in 2019 and was drafted by the Atlanta Braves that in the 37th round in June. Last summer he played rookie ball in the Gulf Coast League in North…
Welcome back. I was supposed to be on a plane today but postponed my flight because I had a cold and didn’t want to fly to the PNW considering certain factors. Besides, American Airlines will call you back in a…
I haven’t cried this much in a Starbucks since I had to work at one starting at 5 a.m. every day. It wasn’t so bad as long as the Seahawks won, and of course Howard Schultz visited. But here in…
I sat down with Jack Duffy last spring. Soon after, my computer crashed. After rewriting my term papers, I finished my Master’s and moved to Alaska to work for four months. This year I also dealt with a few episodes…
A few young players worth watching while you still can (for cheap – and at beautiful Hammons Field in Springfield, MO). Now they’re competing against a new group of classmates. Some have transferred. Some have graduated. Some have burned…
The player in the top photo, Brooks Zimmerman, just had surgery. I hope he comes back. He’s a senior, but maybe he can stretch his eligibility. The third player depicted, shortstop Robbie Merced, transferred to Fort Scott Community College, in…
I wonder if these coaches like where they are, or if they just want to step a little bit higher, have a little more responsibility, and attract a little bigger crowd. Maybe it’s everything. A former colleague tripled his pay…
Mason has transferred to Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri, just 81 miles west on I-44. I imagine he will play more. Maybe the crowds will be the same. Maybe he liked the feel of the place more than Hammons Field…
Whatever happened to Austin Knight, we will ask. He had the long hair and it hurt to watch him throw because his shoulder looked like it was displaced by each pitch. When things didn’t go well I heard him yell,…