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MILWAUKEE Right-hander Jordan Zimmermann, the pride of Auburndale, Wis. and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, who made a pair of All-Star teams with the Nationals, twice garnered National League Cy Young Award votes and once led the NL in wins before struggling to shoulder the expectations of a $100 million contract with Detroit, decided to retire from professional baseball this week.
It might have been the shortest retirement in history.
“I think I was retired for about two hours,” Zimmermann said.
In a turnaround straight out of a movie script, Zimmermann is continuing his professional career with the team he cheered for as a boy. He told the story of this dramatic turn of events on Friday, a day after the Brewers called Zimmermann to the big leagues and put him on the cusp of becoming the 11th Wisconsin native to wear the uniform in a regular-season game.
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In August 2018, two months after graduating from high school, Kalena Clauer wrote some goals in her paper running log. Make a college team. Run personal bests at distances from 800 meters to the 5K. Try new things: the steeplechase, a half marathon, a 20-miler.
Her mantra scrawled in purple marker was “Do more with less!” Underneath, she elaborated: “Faster w/ less organs.”
For years, Clauer’s primary goal was survival. In August 2015, a congenital condition required surgery to remove half her left lung. Then, in 2017, she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and had that gland taken out, too.
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Mark Henry Weddig went to join our heavenly Father unexpectedly on April 26,2021 He as born on December 26, 1962 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin to Henry and Caroline (Brabender) Weddig. He was predeceased by his maternal and paternal grandparents (Hattieand Henry Weddig and Sylvia and Eugene Brabender), his mother Caroline and sister Sandy. He is survived by his wife of 10 years Colleen (Sander) Weddig, father Henry Weddig (Patti Moeller), daughter Anna (Peder) Kling of Ash Fork, Arizona, stepsonMarine Gunnery Sergeant Ian W. (Heather) Merritt of Hubert, North Carolina. His five grandchildren were the treasures and joy of his heart. William (5), Nathanial (3), Micah (17 mos.) Kling, and Isabell (10) and Jersey (7) Merritt. His face would light up and pictures would be shown as soon as anyone asked about them. He is also survived by his close and wonderful family,