Posted on 06/22/2008 11:38:37 PM PDT by L.A.Justice
OMAHA, Neb. | A pair of bulldogs will tangle for college baseball’s top prize, with one considerably more rested than the other. Fresno State’s Bulldogs qualified for their first College World Series final by defeating North Carolina 6-1 on Sunday night.
They’ll turn around quickly and face Georgia’s Bulldogs, who ran through their side of the bracket without a loss, which means in the new series schedule Georgia will be playing its fourth game in nine days tonight when the finals begin at 6 p.m. Fine by Georgia. “We were all getting kind of itchy and talking back to each other,” shortstop Gordon Beckman said. “But all we wanted to do is be playing on the last day.” This year marked a change in the series calendar. When the College World Series went to a best-of-three final in 2003, the series started on a Saturday. Now, it’s strictly a weeknight affair. You’ll get no complaints from Fresno State, which may be the most unlikely finalist in years. Fresno started the year 8-12, adjusted to a string of injuries and found its stride late in the year. Their record stood at 31-27 after the Bulldogs won the Western Athletic Conference tournament to receive the league’s automatic bid in the NCAA. Some reward: They received a No. 4 regional seed, and no team from that position had ever reached Omaha. But Fresno thumped Long Beach State and San Diego in the regional, and after losing the super regional opener at Arizona State, beat the Sun Devils twice to qualify for its first World Series since 1991. The task in Omaha would be no less daunting.
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Fresno has a college??? Who knew ;^)
GOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS! UGA -WHOOF WHOOF WHOOF
Softball national champs...1998. CWS appearances in 1959, 1988, 1991 (and 2008).
See also:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/notebook?page=notebook/ATH_080622
Oops...I made a similar thread early Monday morning...my prior search came up short, so I just had to post regarding our proud Fresno State Baseball tradition!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2034995/posts
http://gobulldogs.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/fres-m-basebl-body.html
I’m with you! HOW BOUT THEM GEORGIA DAWGS!!!!!!!
GO DAWGS!!!!!!!! SIC EM!!!!!!
SIC EM!
Interesting...This year ASU won the softball championship.
Fresno State beat ASU to go to Omaha...
By the way, Fresno State must win Tuesday...Or its season is over.
Yep...but win or lose, it was a heck of a season for Fresno St. baseball!! We had the opportunity to attend the San Diego Torero Tournament, the away games in Las Cruces, the Long Beach Regional, and most of the home games. Go Dogs! FSU Dogs that is! ;-)
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