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Yes, more and more players heading to college for baseball and the success

has been well documented. The last few drafts are showing upwards of 75% coming from college. We are getting better at the recruiting end for sure.....tough to crack into that level. And as you noted, for the most part, was nonexistent pre-ACC unless a rare family connection to VT (i.e. Joe Saunders). And a relatively non existent baseball facility pre ACC (even early ACC). Need multiple years of success to follow and we can move past some of the issues of the past. Particularly within our statewide footprint .....

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Posted: 06/14/2021 at 9:33PM

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