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Former Southern Miss standout Brian Dozier will play in the Arizona Fall League’s Rising Stars Game on Saturday. The game — a sort of all-star game for all-stars — will air at 7:10 p.m. on MLB Network. Joining Minnesota Twins prospect Dozier in the game will be former Mississippi Braves pitcher J.J. Hoover and future M-Braves Joey Terdoslavich and Christian Bethancourt. Uber-prospect Bryce Hunter (Washington) is in the game, too.
P.S. Chris Maloney, the Jackson native and Mississippi State product, has a big strike against him in his bid to land the St. Louis Cardinals manager job. As his career .520 winning percentage as a minor league manager attests, Maloney knows how to run a game. But he didn’t play in the big leagues — A-ball was as high as he got — and he’s never coached at the top level, either. That makes it tough, especially with the likes of Terry Francona — a two-time World Series champion manager — also in the running.