oswalt’s quest

The record for MLB wins by a Mississippi-born pitcher is 176, held by Aberdeen’s Guy Bush. Roy Oswalt, No. 2 on the list, took a step toward resuming that record chase on Thursday when he signed a minor league contract with Colorado. Oswalt, from Weir, has 163 W’s. He picked up four last year pitching for Texas but otherwise was not very effective. He had a 5.80 ERA, became a free agent at season’s end and went unsigned through the off-season. The 35-year-old right-hander reportedly is a few weeks away from joining the Rockies – if he gets back to the big leagues at all. He’ll go to extended spring training, then to Double-A. The Rockies, off to a good start in 2013, will decide then if Oswalt can help them. P.S. Whatever happened to Tim Dillard? The former Saltillo High and Itawamba Community College star, who pitched in 73 games over four years with Milwaukee, is now toiling in the independent Atlantic League. At last look he had not allowed a run in six appearances for the Lancaster Barnstormers.