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After a season cut short, Memphis baseball players hoping to get games this summer

By , Daily Memphian Updated: May 03, 2020 4:00 AM CT | Published: May 03, 2020 4:00 AM CT
<strong>Memphis&rsquo; Hunter Goodman drives in a run against Ole Miss during their baseball game at Oxford-University Stadium in Oxford, Miss., on March 3, 2020.</strong> <span><strong>This season Goodman was second on the team in batting average (.357) and led the Tigers with eight home runs and 31 runs batted in through 17 games.</strong>&nbsp;</span>(Bruce Newman/Special to the Daily Memphian file)

Memphis’ Hunter Goodman drives in a run against Ole Miss during their baseball game at Oxford-University Stadium in Oxford, Miss., on March 3, 2020. This season Goodman was second on the team in batting average (.357) and led the Tigers with eight home runs and 31 runs batted in through 17 games. (Bruce Newman/Special to the Daily Memphian file)

Coronavirus shut down the college baseball season and is causing some summer leagues to cancel their season. That means some University of Memphis players may be scrambling to find a place to play, or sitting out yet again.

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Don Wade

Don Wade

Don Wade has been a Memphis journalist since 1998 and he has won awards for both his sports and news/feature writing. He is originally from Kansas City and is married with three sons.


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