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For those that didn’t think Boston College was a worthy opponent. BC is 12-2 and just won a series at VA Tech. D1 Baseball is the source.

The Dean’s List: Teams That Aced Week Four
ANALYSIS Aaron Fitt - March 12, 2023

Here’s our quick and dirty rundown of the teams that stood out most in Week Four by posting winning weekends against quality competition.
HIGH HONORS
Recognizing teams that won series against ranked opponents or posted particularly notable sweeps and/or road series wins.
Boston College
The Eagles take highest honors this week, after going 4-1 with a Tuesday win at No. 3 Tennessee, a Wednesday win at UNC Asheville, then a huge series win at No. 11 Virginia Tech to open ACC play. BC showed impressive resilience by bouncing back from Friday’s blowout 13-3 loss to sweep Saturday’s doubleheader 85 and 7-3. At 12-2 on the season, BC is one of college baseball’s great surprises of the first month.
 
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Volprofch05 said:
As fate would have it, we're actually previously scheduled to drive to Orlando that day to head out on a cruise the following day. We will be in town for the game, but my wife would murder me, so we'll be watching it at the hotel.

If it were a second round game against Dook, I'd put my foot down. It has occurred to me that if Dook and the Vols win, I could ship the 3 of them off (literally), hang out in Orlando, and go to the game.
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We have live coverage of the Professor checking if the coast is clear and if his wife is out of the room before he puts his foot down.

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taylorvol said:
For those that didn’t think Boston College was a worthy opponent. BC is 12-2 and just won a series at VA Tech. D1 Baseball is the source.

The Dean’s List: Teams That Aced Week Four
ANALYSIS Aaron Fitt - March 12, 2023

Here’s our quick and dirty rundown of the teams that stood out most in Week Four by posting winning weekends against quality competition.
HIGH HONORS
Recognizing teams that won series against ranked opponents or posted particularly notable sweeps and/or road series wins.
Boston College
The Eagles take highest honors this week, after going 4-1 with a Tuesday win at No. 3 Tennessee, a Wednesday win at UNC Asheville, then a huge series win at No. 11 Virginia Tech to open ACC play. BC showed impressive resilience by bouncing back from Friday’s blowout 13-3 loss to sweep Saturday’s doubleheader 85 and 7-3. At 12-2 on the season, BC is one of college baseball’s great surprises of the first month.
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Don’t show this to Arkansas, Vanderbilt, or LSU fans because we know they don’t lose to anyone…
 
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taylorvol said:
For those that didn’t think Boston College was a worthy opponent. BC is 12-2 and just won a series at VA Tech. D1 Baseball is the source.

The Dean’s List: Teams That Aced Week Four
ANALYSIS Aaron Fitt - March 12, 2023

Here’s our quick and dirty rundown of the teams that stood out most in Week Four by posting winning weekends against quality competition.
HIGH HONORS
Recognizing teams that won series against ranked opponents or posted particularly notable sweeps and/or road series wins.
Boston College
The Eagles take highest honors this week, after going 4-1 with a Tuesday win at No. 3 Tennessee, a Wednesday win at UNC Asheville, then a huge series win at No. 11 Virginia Tech to open ACC play. BC showed impressive resilience by bouncing back from Friday’s blowout 13-3 loss to sweep Saturday’s doubleheader 85 and 7-3. At 12-2 on the season, BC is one of college baseball’s great surprises of the first month.
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While I was 100% for the Vols the other day, and disappointed, it is nice to see BC doing well these days. We can all root for them now since their success makes us looks better. I’ll also note that they had an outfielder selected in the middle of the 1st round the draft before last.
 
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On March 14 in Baseball History...​
  • 1932 - Catcher Ernie Lombardi comes to the Reds along with outfielder Babe Herman and third baseman Wally Gilbert, while infielders Joe Stripp and Tony Cuccinello and catcher Clyde Sukeforth are sent to the Dodgers. Herman bats .324 in one season in Cincinnati following the trade (he will later return to the club for two seasons), but Lombardi makes the trade a steal. Lombardi bats .311 in 10 seasons in Cincinnati, winning a batting title and MVP Award in 1938.

  • 1954 - Hank Aaron homers in his first start with the Braves in an exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox. The noise of the contact is so loud that Ted Williams runs out of the clubhouse to see who can make that sound with a bat.

  • 1956 - Satchel Paige signs with the Birmingham Black Barons (Negro League) at age 50 to both play and manage.

  • 1961 - George Weiss is lured from retirement to become president of the New York Mets.

Baseball Birthdays on March 14... ​


Baseball Deaths on March 14... ​

 
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3/14 Holidays

Write Down Your Story Day
Children’s Craft Day
Learn About Butterflies Day
Pi Day
Potato Chip Day
Thailand National Elephant Day 🐘
 
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