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Bob Uecker's childhood friend, George Mustas, says Pat Murphy isn't the only one still getting messages from Ueck. Mustas told me Ueck recently called him and shared he's getting to play baseball in heaven but added there's some bad news. "He said, 'You're pitching tomorrow.'"

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Nothing like a little irony here in Iowa. In a game built, in part, around the story of Shoeless Joe Jackson and his second chance after being banned as part of the Black Sox scandal, there are gambling ads in each outfield corner.

Clemson baseball coach Erik Bakich says he’s going back to Year 1 “culture building” this offseason. Bakich: “Zero nonsense. No BS. Nobody’s wearing their own custom cleats and belts. This is Clemson, this is how we’re doing it and that’s it”

Seth Rogen single handedly making marijuana not cool is probably his single most impressive accomplishment

The school are more notable as powerhouse in nanshiki yakyu (rubber-ball baseball) where they are 14 times national championship winner. One of most notable moment is semifinal 2014 where they went 50 innings against Sotoku HS (Hiroshima). Both pitchers threw 1398 pitches.