Tanner Sears pounds a pitch for a run-scoring double during the Chillicothe Mudcats baseball team’s June 7, 2022, home victory over eventual MINK League repeat champion St. Joseph. After a stellar offensive season with the Central Methodist University Eagles – a NAIA school at Fayette, Mo. – this spring, Sears will join right-handed pitcher as third-year members of the Mudcats this summer. Five other members of last year’s Mudcats also are on the team’s planned 2023 roster for the season which will begin next Tuesday at Carroll, Iowa. (BUTCH SHAFFER/LCL FILE PHOTO)
By PAUL STURM LCL Sports Editor psturm@ cherryroad. com A week from last night, the 21st season of Chillicothe Mudcats college-level summer baseball is due…