Mizzou in the Majors: Ian Kinsler

■ Rangers' Kinsler made impact Mizzou in one season as Tiger (kansascity.com)

The coach watched the future all-star take three ground balls — and it was all he needed to see.

Mizzou baseball coach Tim Jamieson had traveled down to Arizona to find the Tigers’ next shortstop. And as he stood off to the side of a field near Tempe, Ariz., watching the young kid smoothly glove ball after ball from the dirt, there was no question: Jamieson had to make sure this Arizona kid named Ian Kinsler ended up in Columbia.
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“There’s no question that his performance in the big leagues has helped our recruiting,” Jamieson says. “His legacy [at Missouri] has continued and will continue.”