Chillicothe Mudcats

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Mike Mariot pitches in the 2009 NBC World Series for the Chillicothe Mudcats.

Former Mudcat now playing for a major league team

By PAUL STURM, C-T Sports Editor

A former Chillicothe Mudcats player now has played major league baseball.
Pitcher Mike Mariot threw two innings in relief in the Kansas City Royals' 10-1 road loss to the Minnesota Twins Friday night, April 11, 2014. That made him the first ex-Mudcat to ever perform in a Major League Baseball game, coming 12 years after the Mudcats played their first season. Mariot was a part of the Mudcats during their postseason appearance in 2009 after playing with a fellow MINK League team in Beatrice, Neb., during the regular season.
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The Mudcats

Team Photo 2013

Welcome to the site of the Chillicothe Mudcats. The 2013 season will mark the twelfth season of Mudcat baseball. The Mudcats participate in the MINK League (a wood bat league) which is affiliated with the National Baseball Congress. The MINK League is made up of teams from Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. Every year the NBC holds a World Series in Wichita, Kansas. In the past eleven years the Mudcats have played in the Series three different times. During the eleven years the Mudcats have always had a winning record. The Mudcats had the second best record in the MINK League in 2012.

The Mudcats organization is run by Grand River Entertainment of Chillicothe. GRE is a non-profit organization whose primary purpose is to bring family type entertainment to the area. The Mudcats have been very successful and the community has been very supportive of the team.

Meet the Coach

2013 Assistant Mitchell To Lead 2014 Mudcats
By PAUL STURM, C-T Sports Editor
Tai Mitchell, an assistant coach for the Chillicothe Mudcats college-level summer baseball team during the 2013 season has been selected by the organization to be its head coach for next season.
Mitchell is a native of Santa Clara,Calif., who played one year at the University of Kansas after two years at De Anza College, a San Francisco-area community college. He will succeed Eric Peterson, who served as head coach for two years.
"I'm excited,Mitchell commented on his appointment. I was blown away this year. We had the best offense in the league and it wasn't even close."
"I can't wait to get back out there."
Commented Butch Shaffer, president of the teams oversight board and fellow Kansas alumnus, he is a worker. He is dedicated to his job and wants to see his players improve. He is always looking for ways to improve his coaching skills and wants to improve the players skills as well. The board is looking forward to working with Tai.
Looking ahead to the 2014 season, the new head coach commented, "I'm hoping to have quite a few returning players. Initial input is there are a lot of guys who'd like to return."
Mitchell also will succeed Peterson as director of baseball operations at the University of Kansas during the 2013-14 school year. Peterson resigned that post after one year to accept the job as assistant pitching coach for Eastern Michigan University.
In two years in Chillicothe, Peterson guided the Mudcats to a composite 59-42 won-lost record.

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Improvements are being made to Shaffer Park

Josh Norris (Chillicothe Park Superintendent also a former Mudcat)
and Kevin Haney are making improvements to the Batters Box and
Pitchers Mound at Shaffer Park. They are using products made
by "Diamond Pro" which are the same materials used by the
Major Leagues.