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Conner Greene, pitcher (Cards)

Posted by olabner on September 24, 2018October 9, 2018 in Minors, Springfield Cardinals

Conner Greene was sent up to Triple-A Memphis, and won the AAA National Championship with the Redbirds. Now he’s playing in the prestigious Arizona Fall League, still throwing as hard as he can, as he once told me, breathlessly, after…

Mason Dickemann, pitcher/infielder

Posted by olabner on August 27, 2018October 9, 2018 in College, Missouri State, Photos

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…

Austin Knight, pitcher

Posted by olabner on August 20, 2018October 9, 2018 in College, Missouri State, Photos

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,…

Nate Witherspoon, pitcher

Posted by olabner on August 6, 2018October 10, 2018 in College, Missouri State, Photos

Well. Nate the Great. No words needed; only his warmup song. The greatest, and way better than Jake Burger’s.   by

Logan Wiley

Posted by olabner on July 30, 2018October 9, 2018 in College, Missouri State, Photos

Missouri State pitcher, ca. 2018. I’ve checked, and he hasn’t transferred. Thank God. Don’t let this guy walk off the mound and into someone else’s dugout. He’s only a junior, so he will be here for a bit longer. by

My liege: ode to King Felix Hernandez

Posted by olabner on June 26, 2015April 27, 2017 in AL, Fan, Seattle Mariners

Felix, I thought you’d be better. I had a chance to sit in your throne as I wandered the halls of Safeco. Clearly, it was unoccupied. I mean. You were pitching and all. Not well. But. You’ll pitch again. Your…

Scherzer’s Final Four

Posted by olabner on June 20, 2015June 20, 2015 in NL

Second baseman Danny Espinosa lunged for a bouncing ball and fired it to first. Runner Pedro Alvarez stretched for the base, foot on bag just barely after the throw. Good thing; Max Scherzer, former Mizzou Tiger, is now three outs…

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