The ink had hardly dried on Cody Atkinson’s contract to coach Centralia College baseball before he began shaking hands and cataloging new names and faces around the Twin Cities. Officially hired last Sunday, Atkinson immediately began making the rounds at Ed Wheeler Field in order to catch a glimpse of the talent pool at the American Legion “AAA” state tournament taking place at the Trailblazers home field. As Atkinson soon learned, news travels quickly in local baseball circles and the introductory interactions have followed him away from the field as well. Not that Atkinson is complaining. “This is a community with a lot of pride. You can really tell that they care about baseball, about...
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