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College World Series Anyone?
In perhaps no other major sport is there such a distance between the college and professional level. I can only think of a small handfull of players that have gone straight from the college level to the pros without spending significant time in the minors.
At the same time, that's part of the beauty of the thing. Schools like Rice and Stanford, and Cal State Fullerton (well, not this year) compete with schools like Nebraska, Miami, LSU, and UT. I've always gotten a kick out of the CWS, even if alot of the big names aren't there this year.
Maybe because they use aluminum bats, the scores are often in the double digits, and it's more like overgrown little-league, but I think it's one of the few remaining amateur team sports remaining, and I love watching it. Even before Baylor was in it, and I had to pick a team to root for on ESPN2, I always liked watching it, just because the games are alot more fun to watch than Major League games, and the big leagues don't even count until late August, anyway.
Now that Baylor is in it, well, I don't have to try so hard to pick a team. Anyone else get a kick about the baseball tournament about to start in Omaha?
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