HUNTINGTON òòò½ÊÓÆµ” The Marshall University Board of Governors Tuesday gave the final approval needed for the university to purchase land from the Huntington Municipal Development Authority to build the long overdue baseball stadium.

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HUNTINGTON - Jack Cook paused, his emotions throwing him a curve.

Cook, with 422 baseball victories from 1967 through 1989, is the winningest coach in any sport in Marshall University history. His dream of a baseball stadium for the Thundering Herd came one huge step closer to reality Thursday with the announced purchase of land from the Flint Pigments Group.

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HUNTINGTON òòò½ÊÓÆµ” A new baseball stadium for Marshall University became one huge step closer to reality Thursday with the announced purchase of land from the Flint Pigments Group.

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HUNTINGTON òòò½ÊÓÆµ” Jack Cook walked in, a Louisville Slugger bat for a walking stick, and everyone stopped what they were doing. Cook, 92, commanded respect and elicited love from his former Marshall University baseball players simply by walking into a room Saturday at Joan C. Edwards Stadium where the 1973 NCAA district tournament team was honored.

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HUNTINGTON òòò½ÊÓÆµ” Marshall University took a huge step toward building a baseball stadium Friday when athletic director Mike Hamrick announced the school has hired an architect to design the long-awaited facility.