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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Jimmy Garoppolo reported to training camp for the San Francisco 49ers after spending the offseason away rehabilitating his injured shoulder.

For all of the statistical negatives the 2022 Chillicothe Mudcats generated, they played winning ball in front of their home faithful, a first for the organization in five years. By besting the visiting Jefferson City Renegades 10-7 in essentially an exhibition game last Saturday on what became a beautiful – arguably the nicest – evening, weather-wise, of the season at “June” Shaffer Memorial Park stadium, the ’22 Fish finished with an 11-10 home mark, the club’s first time on the high side of .500 in Chillicothe since the 2017 team went 16-10.

CLARINDA, Iowa — Although the timing ultimately made it look that way, the Chillicothe Mudcats – the last-place finisher in the MINK League’s North Division this summer – did not hand the division’s regular-season title and companion top seeding in this week’s divisional playoffs to the rival St. Joseph Mustangs nor deny it to the Clarinda (Iowa) A’s.

ST. JOSEPH, Mo.

ST. JOSEPH — Having learned, unexpectedly, earlier in the day that MINK League officials had declared that – apparently for a variety of issues – no previously-postponed games would be made up on Sunday’s pre-planned, league-wide “rain date nor beyond that, even though they and other teams involved in pursuing league playoffs berths still would have multiple unplayed games by then, the Chillicothe Mudcats somewhat predictably proved easy fodder for the host St. Joseph Mustangs at the Ponies’ Phil Welch Stadium home last Thursday.

Not that it has to be a far-off future. The Royals made a good move a couple of weeks back, trading the No.

Baseball’s trade deadline became a bit more suspenseful recently when The Athletic reported Washington outfielder Juan Soto had turned down a $440 million, 15-year contract to stay with the Nationals.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Two of the St. Louis Cardinals’ best players, third baseman Nolan Arenado and first baseman and current National League Most Valuable Player front-runner Paul Goldschmidt, couldn’t make the team’s trip to Toronto for Tuesday’s and today’s 2-games series with the Blue Jays because they hadn’t received the COVID-19 vaccination.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jim Lynch, the hard-hitting linebacker who helped the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Minnesota Vikings in the 1970 Super Bowl following a standout career at Notre Dame, has died. He was 76.

As time continued working against them, the Chillicothe Mudcats college-level summer baseball club made a smidgen of progress last Monday in trying to overcoming gargantuan odds and qualify for the MINK League’s postseason play this coming week.