FAYETTEVILLE — With Major League Baseball in a work stoppage, former Arkansas catcher James McCann brought his family on a last-minute weekend trip to Arkansas.
McCann, the New York Mets catcher who played for the Razorbacks from 2009-11, was in attendance for all three of Arkansas’ games against Illinois State at Baum-Walker Stadium. It was his first time he and his wife, Jessica, came back to Fayetteville since they moved away to Franklin, Tenn., in 2017.
McCann said he first broached the idea of coming back when the players union received a proposal from MLB owners last weekend.