EX-DMACC BASEBALL PLAYERS ADVANCE

     In the edition last Saturday, we mentioned we had received a lengthy email from Larry Lindmark, BHS-63, with many interesting memories. We used some of the material that day with the promise we would use other portions later.
     Here's more of Larry's email, "I was sorting through my recent purchase of 2018 Topps Heritage (done in the format of the 1969 cards) baseball cards and saw, "Boone, Iowa" on the back of a card listed as the hometown of the player pictured. It was #131, Scott Schebler of the Cincinnati Reds. I didn't recognize the name, thinking that he might have been on one of the recent Boone teams that earned a berth in the state tournament. Shebler's first year in the minor leagues was 2010. I looked up his name on the web and found that he had graduated from Cedar Rapids Prairie HS and then went to DMACC in Boone. So, I guess, Boone gets to claim him since it was listed as his home town."
     The Kornerman is well aware of the fact that way back in the early 1900's, Jimmy Archer, was a major league player who had played ball in the Boone area, eventually was married to a Boone lady and, as a result, spent time in Boone. In addition, Jerry McNertney, who became a major leaguer with several teams, was born in Boone, although he spent most of his lifetime in the Gilbert area.
    Here's the story on Schebler who has been hampered by injuries in the early part of the current major league campaign. Yes, he was a star player at DMACC right here in Boone, Iowa. Later, he had a rather short stint in the minor leagues, went to the major leagues with the Los Angels Dodgers for a short time and was traded to Cincinnati where he has developed into a very good, young player. He hit 20 home runs while playing for the DMACC Bears and had a 20-homer season last year for the Reds, who expect him to continue to be a major contributor to their offense in the years to come.
     He's not the first Bear player to earn a major league berth. Corey Koskie played for Coach John Smith at DMACC in the early 90's and eventually played nine seasons in the big leagues, mostly with the Minnesota Twins, although  he also spent a short time with both Milwaukee and Toronto. A severe concussion ended his baseball career.
     While we're at it, here's another DMACC player to keep in mind. In his two years on the Boone campus, Jake Adams slammed 42  home runs. He went on to the University of Iowa, where he earned Big Ten Player of the Year and Big Ten first team all-conference honors. Drafted by the Houston Astros, he is now in his second minor league season as a member of the Quad City River Bandits team of the Midwest League. He, very well, could be the next former DMACC player to earn a position on a major league team.
     EDITOR'S NOTE:  I guess I, the Kornerman, is still one of those wide-eyed youngsters (ha) who look up to highly qualified achievers. Hard to imagine that right here in little old Boonetown, I might have been picking up milk at a local store at the same time a future major league player was. Wow!
     Back to Larry and his email. He wrote, "Kristen and I attended our fifth Olympics in February. We had tickets for 16 events in seven days so that kept us hopping.We saw lots of figure skating, some ski jumping, aerials, cross country skiing, the women's hockey semifinals, speed skating and curling. Did lots of pin trading. We were in a hotel with parents of the USA women's hockey team and it was fun visiting with them at breakfast. One such family was the Brandt's from the Twin Cities area. They had one daughter on the USA hockey team and another daughter on the Korean hockey team. We visited the DMZ zone and also went through one of the tunnels that the North Koreans had built through the mountain during the Korean conflict."
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     BOONE CONNECTED DEATHS: Madge Crowell Silvers, 88, Boone. Formerly of Perry. She grew up in Perry and moved to Des Moines in 1969 where she worked for an insurance firm. Moved to Boone in 2009. Boone area survivor is a son, David Springer, of Boone. Two other sons and a daughter also survive..........Shirley Saddler Winters, 90, Boone. Was a homemaker and day care provider. Six children, three boys and three girls, survive.
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