Sorry, I realize there is snow pelting half the country right now and the D1 season doesn’t start for another two weeks, but I couldn’t help but get my fix today. No. 3-ranked UC San Diego and No. 18-ranked Western Oregon played a D2 game down in San Diego under sunny skies and cool low-60s temps. What was I gonna do, watch all that crappy five-hour Super Bowl preview stuff? Nah.
It's as if they're looking up and saying 'Thank God for baseball season'
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Johnny Rosenblatt is my father. Annie Savoy is my mother. And I’m their bastard son.
Welcome to year two of College Baseball Today and my season preview. As I promised you guys, I’ve come out of my cave and sprung forth with the only detailed team-by-team preview of all 303 Division I baseball teams in one place. So go ahead, click the “National Preview” button on the menu to the right. You’re not required to read all 303 of them, but feel free to kick the tires on a few of your favorite teams and conferences. Mi casa es su casa… as long as you stay outta the liquor cabinet and be nice to the dog.
In the meantime, thought I’d go ahead and kick off this season of writings and meanderings with 51 reasons I’m looking forward to this year in college baseball. See if you agree…
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How much more underrated can a conference get? Year in, year out the WCC gets more talent taken in the MLB draft than any other mid-major out there. Hell, they get more players drafted than some of the BCS snobs. Yet it’s still treated like a red-headed step child. That’s okay, in pure WCC style, they exact their revenge on the field.
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Welcome to the conference that the NCAA committee must refer to as “The Runts of the Litter” because they rarely get much of a look. But the neighboring programs know all about these guys and can give testament to the fact that they’ll knock your block off, given the chance. Let me re-establish that last line… given the chance.
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It’s still the West that dominates the East in the SWAC, even though the East is making strides at the top. Some long-downtrodden programs in the West are burgeoning now with surprising runs coming from UA-Pine Bluff, Grambling and TSU.
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In what has been a very up-and-down conference, put this year’s edition in the “up” category. There are a number of teams poised for a run at the post-season and a number of players looking like national Player of the Year candidates too. Good news all around, right? Well, that is, until we get to New Orleans.
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It’s still all about Oral Roberts here, but I have to admit the Johnny-come-latelys are starting to make headway toward the Eagles throne. But don’t get too giddy, the coup-de-tat won’t happen anytime in the foreseeable future. Paint this one ORU navy blue.
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Getting multiple bids to the NCAA tournament? These guys just shrug and say “yeah… so?” Hell, they think they deserve even more after getting short-changed for a couple of years. See those guys sticking their chests out saying “bring it on!”, that’s the Southland just waiting to get their hands on more high-marquee opponents.
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Always playing with a chip on its shoulder, the SoCon isn’t afraid to mix it up with anybody, any-damn-where. The profile of the conference has gone up along with the win totals the last few years. So when the SEC and ACC heavies have the brass to actually schedule these guys, lets face it, they do so at their own peril.
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Talent, speed, skill, athleticism and most of them carry Eastons… and that’s just the bat girls. There are no crybabies in this conference of monster mashers. You either bust your ass to try to keep up or you get crushed each and every weekend. The philosophy in the SEC is simple; hurdle the weak, trample the dead.
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