Full Description
In 1947, the University of California and Yale University baseball teams took the field in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to play the first-1ever NCAA Division I College World Series. It was a two-day, three-game series with an attendance of fewer than 4,000. Today, it is a weeklong series held in Omaha, Nebraska, with eight teams, tens of thousands of fans and millions more watching on television.
This book covers each College World Series from 1947 through the 2003 series. For Division I, the authors devote a chapter to each decade, and then richly cover each game of each series. They also provide information on standout players' careers (in baseball and other professions). The NCAA Division II and III team championships are also covered comprehensively if briefly, and an appendix features short profiles of great college coaches.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. The Forties
The Fabulous Era
2. The Fifties
Go West, Young Man
3. The Sixties
Arizona State and Big Ten Era
4. The Seventies
California Dreaming
5. The Eighties
Southern Comfort
6. The Nineties
The LSU Era
7. Since 2000
Parity Ends Dynasties
8. Division II, 1968-2003
9. Division III, 1976-2003
Appendix: Great Coaches 271
Index
