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The Kansas City T-Bones have re-signed Derek Gordon to a contract for the 2015 season and exercised the option on Casey Barnes for 2015.
Gordon, a 6-foot-6 and 220-pound right-handed pitcher, went 1-1 with a 6.49 ERA in 14 appearances last season after signing with the T-Bones on July 1.
Gordon, who threw 26 1/3 innings, was used as both a starter and reliever for Kansas City. In his first professional start, the second game of a doubleheader against Sioux Falls at CommunityAmerica Ballpark on July 5, Gordon threw a complete-game, four-hit shutout in the seven-inning contest.
“Derek is a second-year rookie and he isn’t coming off his college season, so we look for him to become an impact rookie pitcher,” said T-Bones manager John Massarelli.
Gordon, who is a younger brother of Royals outfielder Alex Gordon, was a four-year starter at Park University, where he set the school record in 2014 for career wins (24) and strikeouts (172).
The T-Bones acquired Barnes, a 6-foot and 180-pound right-handed pitcher, from Long Island of the Atlantic League last season on the Fourth of July.
Like Gordon, Barnes made his first start in a T-Bones uniform as part of the doubleheader on July 5. Barnes scattered six hits and allowed two runs in the win.
He went on to finish the season with a 3-6 record and 6.01 ERA. In 67 1/3 innings, Barnes struck out 47 and walked 14. Originally signed in 2011 by Philadelphia as a free agent out of Kansas Wesleyan, Barnes is 23-24 with a 4.01 ERA in four professional seasons.
“We’re looking for Casey to rebound into the dominant inning-eater that he has the ability to become,” Massarelli said.
The T-Bones open the 2015 regular season at home on May 22 against Lincoln.
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Three students from Kansas City, Kan., are appearing in a theater production at the University of Saint Mary, Leavenworth.
The students from Kansas City, Kan., in the production, “Almost, Maine,” include Anthony Clark, Alyssa Papageorgiou, and Olivia Hatchel.
The student-run production will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, through Saturday, Feb. 14, in Xavier Theatre on the USM main campus at 4100 S. 4th St., Leavenworth.
John Cariani’s romantic comedy “Almost, Maine” includes nine separate vignettes—cleverly exploring love and its perils in the remote northern town of Almost, Maine. This Off-Broadway hit has been praised for its whit, twists, and irony, and has been produced by over 2,500 theater companies in the United States since the premiere performance in 2004.
USM senior Gemma Maliszewski, of Wichita, Kan., is the director of this year’s student production.
For ticket information, call 913-758-6152.