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Originally Posted by M.D. Holloway
The Ducks are amazing! They will win it handily. My nephew pitched it the DII world series run-up for UConn Avery Point last week and got shelled. He's playing in a league in VA this summer. Best baseball is college (or AAA) IMO.
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There's a funny aside about Ducks baseball. Ducks focused on football & track alone until the Beavers won the College World Series back in 2006. This miffed "Uncle Phil" Knight, so he opened up his wallet, built the facilities in Eugene, forked over for scholarships. Presto, a Ducks baseball team. Poor "Uncle Phil". He's poured billion$ into University of Oregon Sports with facilities, fancy uniforms, all of it. Still not the national championship he's so desperately wants.
The 2006 CWS winning Beavers team actually recruited themselves. There was a high school players thing over in Central Oregon one summer. Some of these kids jelled into buddies...thinking they were pretty good, they all agreed to go to Oregon State in the hope of making the College World series. Probably the most notable of this group is Jacoby Ellsbury, plays center field for the Yankees.