This is the latest in a series of stories highlighting the top 30 Mizzou athletes Dave Matter has covered in his time writing about the Tigers since the late 1990s. The series will run every day Monday through Friday.
It’s 12 years ago, nearly to the day. A Friday night at Mizzou’s Taylor Stadium, April 4, 2008. Oklahoma State is in town to face Crow, the junior ace of the Tigers’ staff. The right-hander came into the series having not allowed a run in more than 33 innings.
“The first pitch of the game is a line drive off his pitching arm,” former Missouri baseball coach Tim Jamieson recalled Friday.