Mizzou in the Minors: Hunter Mense now PITCHING for KC T-Bones

I saw a couple of news clips over the past couple of weeks and ignored them, thinking there must be two minor league ballplayers with the same, as much as that seemed unlikely given the name is Hunter Mense. It couldn't be the same Hunter Mense we know from Mizzou Baseball. Our Hunter Mense is an outfielder. This guy with the T-Bones is a pitcher.

But it's true: the wild ride of David Hunter Mense through his minor league baseball career has indeed landed him in Kansas City, with the independent Northern League T-Bones. He was given his release from the Florida Marlins organization after his final game July 12th. On July 28th, the KC T-Bones signed him, listing him as a LHP.

■ Hunter Mense bio at tbonesbaseball.com

■ List of instructors at All Star Sports Center in Liberty, MO:

Hunter Mense is back home, ready to provide pitching, hitting and fielding training! The Marlins loss is All Stars gain. Hunter spent 4 years in the Florida Marlins organization and is currently playing with the KC T-Bones.

Hunter, we're all pulling for you to follow in the path of fellow Tiger alum Justin James, who went from a journeyman career in the affiliated minor leagues to the Kansas City R-Bones and now is in Triple-A ball.