COACHING 🙌
The ESPN Production crew filmed two excellent mid-inning meetings by North Carolina coaches Scott Forbes with the entire offense and Bryant Gaines with closer Caden Glauber.
Come for Coach Forbes’ statement on @DiamondHeels’ hands-on in-game coaching approach, stay for Coach Forbes’ story of recruiting Gaines “way back” 😅
“We understand stand the importance of our communication and being decisive.”
Before you get to the Bosh, take 5 minutes to watch this incredible story about @Erik_Paulsen44 and his father, an NYPD officer and forever Erik's biggest fan.
You don't want to miss this one.
It's been 20 years since the @DiamondHeels punched their ticket to Omaha for the first time since 1989, and in doing so, elevated the program into the nation's elite.
@GSBarnes23 on the 2006 CWS run that defined Carolina baseball.
Read: https://t.co/n11aZWuf1v
Among @ACCBaseball hitters with at least 20 plate appearances since April 14, Cooper Nicholson ranks second in the league in OPS (1.381) and third in slugging percentage (.881).
Six of the @DiamondHeels third baseman's 13 home runs have come in the 13 games during that stretch.
North Carolina baseball hits #2 in BOTH major polls this week — Baseball America and D1 Baseball👀
Diamond Heels looking strong to be regional and super regional host in the NCAA Tournament.
Community banks are the last place in America where a man in a short-sleeve dress shirt can approve a $400,000 loan based on the fact that he went to high school with your dad. There are 4,100 of them left. There were 14,000 in 1984. Every time one gets acquired, a teller named Brenda learns a new software system and a small town loses the only institution that would lend against a combine. The acquirer always says nothing will change. Brenda is gone in eighteen months. The lobby cookies go next. Then the branch closes. Then the building becomes a vape shop. This is not a financial trend. This is the slow administrative murder of the only version of capitalism that ever knew your name.
Kade Lewis may have won ACC POTW but last week was the Owen Hull show in Chapel Hill.
He slashed .500/.579/.929 with 8 RBIs and a 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 grandslam. AND...Hull has 27-game reached-base streak, is batting .459 with 29 RBIs and an 0.518 OBP in ACC play.
How did it feel:
Someone who's flying under the radar in the draft scene is UNC C Macon Winslow.
He's made big changes offensively, as he's cut his whiff rate on secondaries significantly. Power is playing too. HR last night, hammers this one to CF. 107 EV/403 FT.
UNC on way to big series W.
This video is from before everything. Before every team had a video like this (thanks @JonesAngell). Before the @DiamondHeels were what they are now. Before Boshamer was what you saw last night.
This is the quintessential tribute to the people on that 2006 team who changed the entire program. Still gives me chills today. What a ride.