Memorial Day Weekend. Troll back Tuesday

Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland Jul 4, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Memorial Day Weekend. Troll back Tuesday</h1>
                <h2><p>While veterans will be honored in many good, traditional ways this weekend, the sports world could come up with a unique one Monday: a Major League performance on Memorial Day by a recent veteran with Persian Gulf service. St. Louis Cardinals rookie pitcher Mitch Harris, 29, recently became the first</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/joe-copeland-crosscut-com/">Joe Copeland</a></p> 
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            <p>While veterans will be honored in many good, traditional ways this weekend, the sports world could come up with a unique one Monday: a Major League performance on Memorial Day by a recent veteran with Persian Gulf service. St. Louis Cardinals rookie pitcher Mitch Harris, 29, recently became the first U.S. Naval Academy graduate to pick up a Major League victory. Harris has been trying to keep the focus on his performance on the field, but even he admits <a href="http://m.mlb.com/news/article/125917198/mitch-harris-journey-from-navy-to-majors-captivates?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">to an MLB.com reporter </a>that it would be special if he gets called in as a reliever during his team's Monday game with the Kansas City Royals.</p><p>Sunny or not, there's lots to do around the Northwest, including the Northwest Folklife festival and/or avoiding its traffic. Check out our Crosscut's <a href="http://crosscut.com/2015/05/the-weekend-list-festival-edition-nw-folklife-black-box-2-0-sasquatch-plus-bettye-lavette-at-jazz-alley/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">Weekend List</a> for a few ideas.</p><p>The Daily Troll will take Monday off, returning Tuesday. We will send our next daily newsletters then, too. Have a good Memorial Day weekend.</p>
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While veterans will be honored in many good, traditional ways this weekend, the sports world could come up with a unique one Monday: a Major League performance on Memorial Day by a recent veteran with Persian Gulf service. St. Louis Cardinals rookie pitcher Mitch Harris, 29, recently became the first U.S. Naval Academy graduate to pick up a Major League victory. Harris has been trying to keep the focus on his performance on the field, but even he admits to an MLB.com reporter that it would be special if he gets called in as a reliever during his team's Monday game with the Kansas City Royals.

Sunny or not, there's lots to do around the Northwest, including the Northwest Folklife festival and/or avoiding its traffic. Check out our Crosscut's Weekend List for a few ideas.

The Daily Troll will take Monday off, returning Tuesday. We will send our next daily newsletters then, too. Have a good Memorial Day weekend.

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By Joe Copeland

Joe Copeland is the former senior editor&nbsp;for Crosscut, where he has been an editor since 2010. Before that, he was an editorial writer and columnist for the Seattle P-I and editorial page edi