juco pride

The NJCAA is proudly trumpeting the fact that it has 28 alumni on the postseason rosters of the eight MLB teams still playing. Among those are four MACJC products: Meridian’s Cliff Lee (Texas), Holmes’ Roy Oswalt (Philadelphia), East Central’s Marcus Thames (New York Yankees) and Itawamba’s Desmond Jennings (Tampa Bay). Jennings, the fleet outfielder with the football background, played only a handful of regular season games for the Rays; his inclusion on the postseason roster was something of a surprise. Maybe that means he’ll do something memorable.
P.S. For the second straight year, Jarrett Hoffpauir was a waiver claim. The former Southern Miss infielder was snapped up by San Diego after Toronto took him off its roster. The Blue Jays, who snatched him from St. Louis after last season, didn’t give Hoffpauir much of a shot. … Vicksburg’s Taylor Tankersley apparently cleared waivers with Florida and was assigned to its Triple-A club. Tankersley, a lefty reliever coming off surgery in 2009, didn’t pitch well in a brief big league stint this year.