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Jim Wosman no longer coaches baseball at any level at Quincy High School, but being a lifelong seamhead, he’s never far from the game. So it was no surprise when he walked up behind me at a QHS game in the spring and asked if he could saddle up next to me on the wooden…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Dick White hadn’t returned to his hometown since … well, it’s been so long the 65-year-old couldn’t remember exactly when the last time was. “I could blame the pandemic for it,” the Hannibal native said. “But that would just be an excuse. I haven’t been back here in a long time.” So…
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Neither Mariano Rivera nor Trevor Hoffman’s mark on baseball can ever be erased. And I’m not talking about their save totals. The Hall of Fame closers — Rivera holds the MLB record with 652 saves, while Hoffman is second with 601 saves — became as recognizable for their entrance music as they were for their…
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Muddy River Sports editor Matt Schuckman and Quincy Notre Dame athletic director Bill Connell reunite on the tailgate of Schuckman’s pickup truck to reminisce about the origins of the post-practice tailgate interviews and discuss everything from Connell’s football coaching career to the impact COVID had on athletics over the past year to his son battling…
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QUINCY — The moment produced goosebumps. Maybe a few tears, too. Seeing Kevin Costner emerge from the corn during the pregame ceremony before last week’s Field of Dreams game near Dyersville, Iowa, grabbed you deep in the feels. As the players from both the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox followed the legendary actor…
Read Full Article QUINCY — Maybe with a little forethought, our opening day celebration could have included some of the nuances which make the kickstart of the Major League Baseball season so unique. Maybe we could have brought the Clydesdales to town to circle our newsroom. Maybe we could have hung red, white and blue bunting from our…
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QUINCY — High temperatures and humidity which meteorologists turn into the better-take-note-of-these heat indexes greeted high school athletes for the official start of the fall sports season. Don’t think for a moment that turned into an excuse to take a play off or slug through a drill. Quincy Notre Dame football coach Jack Cornell drove…
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QUINCY — Cooper Dinkheller is astute enough at 13 years old to understand professional baseball is a business and a majority of decisions are based on revenue and cost above loyalty and trust. The reality of that hit home Friday. And it hurt. In less than 24 hours, the Cubs’ front office traded away the…
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