Football season is less than two weeks away. Basketball is closing in on three months.
But baseball? Folks, baseball is always in season, especially in the late summer.
As we prepare to ramp up into full-football mode in the coming weeks, it’s a good time to look back on the summer for Mizzou sports. One of the undoubted highlights was the first week of June, when six Mizzou Tiger baseball players were selected in the MLB First Year Players Draft. It was a bittersweet time for the program as all six opted to throw themselves into the world of professional baseball, likely putting some pressure on next year’s roster.