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C-ville, TRCC alum pitches tonight for Giants
Posted Saturday, August 16, at 4:59 PM Southeast Missouri native Matt Palmer makes his big league debut tonight in Atlanta. Palmer graduated from Caruthersville High School and played at Three Rivers Community College. We hope to talk with him sometime this week but in the meantime, here's the story we did last summer during our Catching Up With series.
UPDATE: Here's something from the Associated Press: The Giants lost for the fifth time in six games. They have allowed 39 runs in the five losses. San Francisco right hander Matt Palmer gave up seven hits and six runs in 2 1-3 innings in his major league debut. Palmer (0-1) started for Jonathan Sanchez, who was placed on the disabled list because of a strained left shoulder. "Matt's game is command and getting ahead. It wasn't there for him," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "Whether nerves played a part, I don't know. But that was a rough night for the staff. It makes it a little more difficult when your long man starts and we had to go get him early." Palmer is the club-record 15th rookie to make his major league debut with the Giants this season. The last team to have 15 players appear in their first major league games before September was the 1954 Philadelphia Athletics, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Back to school Since today (Monday, Aug. 11) is the first day for area prep teams to practice for the fall sports season, I’ll be going around to see how things are going for the five new Mules coaches which were featured in Sunday’s DAR. At the end of that story was a note that there would be more here online, however, after the paper went to bed I quickly followed with an illness. I hope to have that updated here soon...
Mules have new helmet The Poplar Bluff Mules football team will sport new logos and uniforms this fall. Last season the Mules had "Bluff" on the side of the helmet while two years ago it was "PB" on just the right side. You can see examples here of the recent logos and I'm hoping to do a story on the history of Poplar Bluff's logo as we get ready for the football season...
Mules post schedules; The ESPY goes to... … Tim Tebow. The Florida quarterback beat out Tyler Hansbrough and Kansas State's Michael Beasley for the top male college athelte at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday night. The show will air at 8 p.m. Sunday on ESPN. Poplar Bluff High School has a new Web site for the athletic department. The fall schedules are also now online at pbmules.com....
Hansbrough up for ESPY Poplar Bluff native Tyler Hansbrough is up for an ESPY. The North Carolina senior-to-be and National Player of the Year is one of three finalists for best male collegiate athlete. Hansbrough, Florida's Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and Kansas State basketball player Michael Beasley are also nominated for the award...
Remembering Bob Sechrest Poplar Bluff native and former Mineral Area College men's basketball coach Bob Sechrest died Thursday. The Daily Journal in Farmington will have a tribute written by Leroy Sigman, a long-time sports and news reporter who is now retired, later today and here is our story from today's DAR:...
PB Sports Hall of Fame Class of '08 Tracy Edington and Mary Kalich will soon have their plaques hanging in the Poplar Bluff Sports Hall of Fame. The pair make up the Class of 2008 after the voting process ended this week and will be enshrined this fall. “Mary was such a competitor, she’s probably as tough an athlete as I’ve ever seen — you had to beat Mary,” said Sam Giambelluca, president of the Sports Hall of Fame...
Drag Boat crash update This photo by Paul Davis is all over the internet and TV this week (it will be on ESPN SportsCenter's segment tonight) and it seems that the driver seen "walking" across the water is doing fine (or as well as expected after being thrown from a boat traveling over 100 mph). You can read more here...
Boat races on for this weekend. It's been a busy week with baseball districts at Three Rivers and it's about to get more fun around here in Poplar Bluff. The 20th annual Drag Boat Nationals are a go for this weekend at Wappapello Lake. The races are held Saturday and Sunday at Redman Creek, just southwest of the dam. Admission is $6 for adults and children under 12 are free. Gates open at 9 a.m. both days...
Dave Porter retires Dave Porter, who coached the Poplar Bluff Mules from 1978-85, is retiring as coach at Lafayette in St. Louis. Porter was 124-66 in seven years at Poplar Bluff as the Mules won two district titles. You can read more about Porter here. ...
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Hot topics C-ville, TRCC alum pitches tonight for Giants(0 ~ 4:59 PM, Aug 16)
Back to school
Mules have new helmet
Mules post schedules; The ESPY goes to...
Hansbrough up for ESPY
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