Article about ND baseball in the Indy Star today.
by Otter (2019-05-03 15:00:18)
Edited on 2019-05-03 15:01:10
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I suggest you use an old computer or go to the library before reading, as you are likely to smash your screen. Some gems:

"After seeing nine players drafted into pro ball the past two Junes, including five in the first seven rounds, this projected as a rebuilding year for coach Mik Aoki’s ninth edition. When two-sport star Cole Kmet suffered a season-ending UCL injury in mid-March, the odds only grew longer."

Rebuilding? Please.

“The injuries and the lack of depth overall has been tough to deal with,” Aoki said. “Honestly, I don’t know too many programs in the country that could suffer injuries to guys they thought were going to be in their top eight to 10 arms and continue to have the depth you need to be able to pitch in the fourth and fifth games of the week.”


And here is Aoki giving new recruits a laundry list of why you shouldn't come to Notre Dame. Amazing:




“We put a fair number of resources into baseball, but we certainly don’t do it at the level of Miami or Clemson or Florida State or Georgia Tech or North Carolina or N.C. State or Virginia or anybody,” Aoki said. “Wake Forest has put a lot of money into their baseball program.”

Nor does geography work in Notre Dame’s favor.

“We’re the northernmost school,” Aoki said. “We’re on the road for essentially the first two or three conference weekends of the year -- every year. … You’ve got UNC and all of these schools that are terrific academic schools with weather that is frankly better than it is in South Bend, Indiana.”



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