How former Mitty baseball star found a new home shortly after Boise State cut its program
(WorldNews Sport)

The text arrived last Thursday morning as Archbishop Mitty baseball coach Brian Yocke was teaching a summer class. “Boise State dropped its baseball program.” Former Mitty standout Joe Yorke — the older brother of recent Boston Red Sox first-round pick Nick Yorke — was on the other end of the correspondence. Joe Yorke was a freshman first baseman at Boise State this past spring, hitting .275 in 12 starts before the coronavirus pandemic brought the season to a sudden end. “I can`t just text back, ‘Bummer,`” Yocke said of that moment when Joe gave him the news. “I waited until there was a break in my class, and I immediately called him back. “He`s obviously devastated.” Yorke was...