Looks like Mizzou football favorite Brock Olivo isn’t the only former college athlete running for Congress in the state’s 9th District.

In a post yesterday, we used a baseball reference to describe Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer’s formation of a group of agricultural supporters. (It’s a “Farm Team.” Get it? Farm team?)

Turns out we weren’t that far off,um, base, per a message from Luetkemyer spokesman Paul Sloca, nee of the state GOP.

“Blaine actually played baseball while at Lincoln University in Jefferson City,” Sloca wrote, “and was All-Conference in the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association his senior year as a outfielder, when he hit .372 (third highest in conference) and ended the season with an 18-game hitting streak.”

Luetkemeyer, Sloca said, also had tryouts for two major-league clubs, the Royals and Pirates.

Judging by his conservative views, we suspect Luetkemeyer batted from the right side of the plate, but if he ever decided to take up pitching lefty, there might be a place for him on the Cardinals roster — that is, if they can fit his name on the uniform.