Loaded!
Should have been CWS team.
Cole Bruce Park in Doggy Station
Your personal collection? I have a UH collection (all sports cards) and have some of those cards.
Yes sir. Just have a few.
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Excuse me, it’s the 2000 team that should have been CWS.
The ‘02 & ‘03 teams lost in the Supers to the eventual National Champions, correct? Had a 1-0 lead in both series. What was ‘00 ranked going to postseason?
The 2000 team was capable of winning the national championship.
Yeah, I knew they were probably the best of the three. Damn shame we couldn’t get one of those three to Omaha. Glad I got to see the CWS at Rosenblatt before they moved to downtown.
Was Noble the manager of those teams?
Yep. Somebody confirm but wasn’t Whitting the hitting coach?
Lose to San Jose State 2 of 3 at Cougar Field. Noble ran us out of game 3 when we had their starting pitcher on the ropes from the start. A capacity overflowing crowd were stunned in disbelief. I loved that team.
In the first round they beat UT at Cougar Field that had a rain delay that restarted the game at midnight. JP Woodard hit a monster shot dead center over the CF green monster in that game. Never forget that.
Earlier that year we won at UT with an incredible comeback. The shortstop Melebeck had a big time hit in that game.
Nance was lights out.
LSU ended up winning the 2000 CWS, going 4-0.
Earlier in the season, UH went to LSU and swept them 10-2,11-7, and 10-2. We POUNDED them all weekend. I was there and it was awesome. LSU fans were shocked.
Not being able to beat SJSU at home was a bitter pill.
The 2000 team was awesome and hated the way the season ended.
That team was a legitimate WS contender.
Melebeck was so good. Excellent in the field and in 2000 his OPS was .897.