WASHINGTON — In a story April 21 about the St. Louis Cardinals calling up a pitcher who graduated from the Naval Academy, The Associated Press reported erroneously the former naval rank of the player. Mitch Harris was a lieutenant junior grade, not a second lieutenant.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Naval Academy grad Harris called up to majors by Cardinals
Fastballs Aweigh: Mitch Harris, former Navy officer, called up by Cardinals to join bullpen
By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Sports Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — During his stint in the Persian Gulf on a Navy carrier, Mitch Harris kept his pitching arm — and his hopes of eventually making it to the majors — in shape by tossing a baseball on the flight deck.