bulldogcountry1
07-30-2013, 02:11 PM
From the information perspective, at least.
The information age has provided us with the ability to keep up with just about everything in sports, from where Johnny football is partying on any given night to who is checking in to rehab. College baseball, though, definitely has come the furthest. Seems like it was just a few years ago when the average State fan would have to wait until winter for the official State Athletics site to ration out cookie cutter articles about the latest signees. Polk would say, "________ is a wonderful student-athlete and we are proud to have him as part of our family.", and that was it. We never knew who was playing summer ball where, much less how they did. We didn't know who had left the team, who was tearing it up in fall ball, or who was injured. Part of that was the state of technology. Part of it was the fact that we had a coach who thought it was still 1937.
Now, multiple sites post articles about recruits and interviews with current players. We know where they are playing right now, and we even know their stats! We get to read tweets from them urging us to pack our bags for Omaha and watch videos of them harassing gorillas and possums. We get to hear about the progress of former players in the minors. We get to go along for the ride.
My life circumstances allowed me to get to attend a lot of games this year. Things don't always work out that way, so the wife I were all in from those freezing days in February to her almost passing out from heat exhaustion just as Renfroe hit the homer in Omaha. Just watching the team was great, but being able to follow the team through it all via my computer made it even more special.
A big salute to all those that make it happen.
The information age has provided us with the ability to keep up with just about everything in sports, from where Johnny football is partying on any given night to who is checking in to rehab. College baseball, though, definitely has come the furthest. Seems like it was just a few years ago when the average State fan would have to wait until winter for the official State Athletics site to ration out cookie cutter articles about the latest signees. Polk would say, "________ is a wonderful student-athlete and we are proud to have him as part of our family.", and that was it. We never knew who was playing summer ball where, much less how they did. We didn't know who had left the team, who was tearing it up in fall ball, or who was injured. Part of that was the state of technology. Part of it was the fact that we had a coach who thought it was still 1937.
Now, multiple sites post articles about recruits and interviews with current players. We know where they are playing right now, and we even know their stats! We get to read tweets from them urging us to pack our bags for Omaha and watch videos of them harassing gorillas and possums. We get to hear about the progress of former players in the minors. We get to go along for the ride.
My life circumstances allowed me to get to attend a lot of games this year. Things don't always work out that way, so the wife I were all in from those freezing days in February to her almost passing out from heat exhaustion just as Renfroe hit the homer in Omaha. Just watching the team was great, but being able to follow the team through it all via my computer made it even more special.
A big salute to all those that make it happen.