Mizzou Baseball Quotes: Loose ends

■ Gregg Culp, RHP from Edwardsville, IL, will NOT be a Missouri Tiger. He has signed to pitch for Murray State. Culp is the younger brother of former Tiger Nathan Culp. At Murray State he will be joining his former Edwardsville teammate Eliot Frey (brother of former Tiger Evan Frey). Another teammate, Dane Opel, is signed to join Mizzou this coming season.


■ Matt Nestor files the obligatory end of the season story with After bad start, journey got better for MU (Columbia Tribune)

According to the old saying, it’s not the destination that matters, but the journey.

There’s no Part 2 of the saying about what happens when the first step of the journey is off a cliff.
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“To be able to finish third place in the league says a lot about the depth of the staff but not necessarily the quality of the staff,” Jamieson said. “That’s something that we’re going to have to address in the offseason.”

■ Work should be starting very soon on renovations to Taylor Stadium that are slated to be ready for the start of the 2010 season. MUTigers.com has a Photo Gallery of the building plans.