Championship Tuesday

slQuite a day on Time Warner Cable Field at Fox Cities Stadium to wrap up the NCAA Division III College Baseball Championships.

First, Johns Hopkins ended Trinity's quest for an undefeated season with a win in the first game.

Johns Hopkins faced history in the taking

But, this being a double elimination tournament, Trinity had another chance for the Championship. If there is one thing The Matrix taught me, it's don't give Trinity a second chance.


Trinity satisfied to walk away with NCAA title

Mike Woods has a good column on the Guy who drew the Championship winning walk.

Next time your kid is having a tough year, losing his starting spot to a kid who is only marginally better, and asks if he can pack it in, tell him the story of Guy Gogliettino.

This is a kid playing his senior year at Trinity College. His teammates thought enough of him to select him as a tri-captain. He was coming off a decent season in which he was the regular third baseman and started the first 19 games of his final season.

Then he was asked to take a seat on the bench in favor of Tim Bourdon.

The money line from today's NCAA D-III coverage is this one from Mike to sum up Gogliettino's situation. It's one that anyone of us can find ourselves in:

It may never have come had he sulked. It never would have come if he had walked away. But he accepted his fate, kept working and did as his coach instructed and waited for his opportunity.

I'm going bold that, italicize that, put it up in 32 point font and hang it up somewhere at the trailer.

The tournament returns next year. But as for after that, here is Brett Christopherson's article:
NCAA tourney a hit at the old ballpark