Archive for April, 2008
Still addicted after all these years
It’s cardboard crack and I’m addicted. It’s been that way since my youth when pulling a Darrell Porter card from a pack of 1983 Topps baseball cards meant more than finding a Tony Gwynn rookie card. Heck, I would have traded a mint condition Gwynn rookie for a Porter, a George Hendrick or a Keith [...]
Palmyra fills coaching vacancies
The Palmyra High School administration will formerly introduce its new varsity coaches at a 2:30 p.m. press conference in the high school gym. Jason Keilholz will be named the head football coach, replacing Par Pitts, who is headed to Odessa, Mo. Meanwhile, former South Shelby coach and administrator Kent O’Laughlin has agreed to become Palmyra’s [...]
The power to vote
On the menu to the right, you will find this week’s poll asking who you think the toughest pitcher to face in the area is. Below it, you can read the second installment of the Faces of the Game series featuring Payson Seymour catcher Justin Oberling.
Quincy’s baseball showdown postponed
Monday’s meeting between the Quincy High School and Quincy Notre Dame baseball teams, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the QND field, has been postponed. QHS has to reschedule its Western Big Six Conference doubleheader at Rock Island Alleman, which was originally scheduled for Saturday but postponed because of weather. Per WB6 rules, conference schools agree [...]
Looking at Faces of the Game
Every game I attend, I walk away impressed. It’s not always with the headlining act. It could be a catcher who is adept at smothering pitchers in the dirt. Or a lead-off hitter who works the count so his teammates see more pitches. Or the batter who grounds the ball to the right side of [...]
Stay true to your heart like the Old Fan
Somewhere in the fine print on every diploma bestowed upon a graduate of the University of Missouri, there supposedly is a line every true son and daughter of Ol’ Mizzou is expected to abide by. It reads, “Never, ever root for Kansas.” Now, if you actually inspect a diploma, you might have a hard time [...]
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