Wood, Mary Duncan - The Chattanoogan

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Mary Duncan Wood “flew away” to her heavenly home on November 27, 2020. She will always be remembered for the love she showed through her joy and laughter, abundant gifts from her Heavenly Father. 

She was born on Nov. 25, 1936, to Perva and Janie Duncan in Talladega, Al. She graduated from Talladega High School in 1955 and then University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 1976. She was married to the love of her life Robert “RC” Wood for 63 years, and they had two children, Mike and Paula, who were her greatest joys. An elementary school teacher for 25 years, she retired in 2001 to enjoy her life as “MeiMei” to four grandchildren. Beloved by her students and fellow teachers, she earned the Hamilton County Teacher of the Year award in 1994. Mary Wood was a cornerstone in her Port Serena and Ridge Bay neighborhoods and a dedicated member of Middle Valley Baptist Church. 

Mary’s infectious laugh, contagious joy and enduring positivity will always be a beacon of strength for her family and friends. We knew her as gentle and kind, yet steadfast. She was a teacher, tried and true. Her bright light will continue to shine through all who knew her. To know Mary was to love her and to be loved by her. 

Mary was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, her sister Dot, and her infant brother William.
 
She is survived by her children, Mike (Holly) Wood and Paula (Keith) Hall; her grandchildren, Natalie (Blake) Owen, Ryan (Heather) Wood, Lydia Hall, and Alivia Hall; and her great-grandchildren, Lilly, Maggie, and Mary Claire Owen, Cohen and Emmett Wood. 

There will be a private family visitation followed by a public distanced graveside service on Dec. 2, at 3:30 p.m. at Hamilton Memorial Gardens.
 
In lieu of flowers, please donate in Mary Wood’s name to Sarah Cannon Cancer Center.
 
Arrangements are by Hamilton Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 4506 Hixson Pike, Hixson, 423 531-3975.

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MLB launches wood-bat league for draft-eligible prospects - ESPN

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NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball is creating a minor league for top eligible prospects leading to the summer draft.

The wood-bat MLB Draft League is launching with five teams and could add a sixth, MLB said Monday. Teams will play a 68-game regular season that includes an All-Star break that would coincide with the draft in early July.

Teams are being awarded to communities that lost franchises as MLB moved to shrink the affiliated minor leagues from 160 to 120 teams this offseason following the expiration of the Professional Baseball Agreement, which governed the relationship between the majors and minors. MLB has planned to eliminate the separate governing body of minor league baseball.

The founding members of the MLB Draft League are located in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New Jersey: the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, the State College Spikes, the Trenton Thunder, the West Virginia Black Bears and the Williamsport Crosscutters. MLB said it is in discussions with a sixth team that it hopes to announce soon.

The league will be operated by Prep Baseball Report -- a scouting, events and media organization focused on youth ball -- and former Cape Cod League coach Kerrick Jackson has been appointed president.

MLB said in a statement that players will "receive unprecedented visibility to MLB club scouts through both in-person observation and state-of-the-art scouting technology, and educational programming designed to prepare them for careers as professional athletes."

"We are thrilled to partner with Prep Baseball Report and the founding members of the MLB Draft League to create a one-of-a-kind league that will attract the nation's top players who are eligible for each year's MLB draft and allow local fans to see top prospects and future big-league stars in their hometowns," said Morgan Sword, MLB's executive vice president of baseball economics and operations. "This announcement continues MLB's commitment to preserving and growing baseball in communities around the United States."

MLB announced in September that the Appalachian League, formerly a Rookie-level affiliated league, would be transformed into a wood-bat college summer league.

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