Indianola High Alum Duncan Davitt Promoted to Major League Baseball

Indianola's Duncan Davitt writes own article after MLB call-up

Indianola's Duncan Davitt writes for his hometown newspaper in his spare time as a pro baseball player. His assignment Thursday was a bit unusual.

Indianola High alum Duncan Davitt promoted to Major League Baseball

Indianola High School alum Duncan Davitt was promoted to Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox on Thursday.

White Sox rookie Duncan Davitt puts sports writing career on hold before big-league pitching debut

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Indianola Independent Advocate had the scoop on Duncan Davitt’s call-up to the White Sox.One of the central Iowa newspaper’s owners got a tip straight from the source on Wednesday, hardly believed it — and soon broke down in tears, the 26-year-old pitcher reported.Of course, publisher Amy Duncan couldn’t be closer to the story. Davitt’s her son, not to mention a sports columnist for the family-owned newspaper.“My mom cried…

Indianola native, former Iowa Hawkeye pitcher called up to Chicago White Sox

Right-handed pitcher Duncan Davitt was called up to the Chicago White Sox's 26-man roster on Thursday, ahead of the club's game against the Kansas City Royals.

DUNCAN DAVITT — Welcome to the Show

In the history of Major League Baseball — a time span of over 100 years — there have been just about 24,000 players. That number would fill just half of a single modern day MLB stadium.

White Sox call up Duncan Davitt for now, but the time for Noah Schultz is near

Speaking about a whole host of White Sox pitchers before the team’s most recent victory against Toronto back on Sunday, Brian Bannister took a moment to note a Charlotte rotation that was low on filler and high on killers. “It’s a very unique Triple-A group,” the team’s director of pitching said. “Typically with where we’re…