Friday, June 12, 2009

If pigs could play ball

Being an Arkansas Razorback fan can be a tough haul. Whether it is football, basketball, or baseball it seems the Razorbacks will win the games no expects them to, show so much promise and upside, and then fall flat on their collective snout. Right now the Arkansas Baseball Razorbacks are showing promise and upside having reached Omaha, Nebraska to compete in the College "World" Series. Can it actually be considered a "World" series if the only competitors are located in the United States? Arkansas will face Cal State Fullerton at 2:00 p.m. this Saturday in the first round of the College United States Series. This is Arkansas' first appearance in the CWS since 2004 when they were eliminated with consecutive losses to Texas and Arizona State. Cal State Fullerton last won the CWS in 2004 and have a total of four CWS titles including one over runner-up Arkansas in 1979. Arkansas punched their ticket to Omaha by beating Florida State 7-2 and 9-8 in a double elimination super regional round. Hopefully they will carry enough momentum into Omaha to pull off a couple of upsets and at least stay longer than just two games but I can never tell what the hell they will do.