College of Charleston ace Caswell Smith (Aaron Fitt)

Palmetto State Notebook: CofC, USC Upstate, Charleston Southern

I’ve got a soft spot for fall ball. There’s something about the casual vibe of fall intrasquad scrimmages that appeals to me — I love visiting with coaches when they are relaxed and chatty after a fall practice, or sometimes when they join me in the stands during the scrimmage itself. I always feel excited to get my first look at each team’s newcomers and start to develop a sense for each team’s strengths and weaknesses. I even enjoy the challenge of putting together the jigsaw pieces of the often-fluid intrasquad scrimmage schedules, building itineraries stuffed with baseball at different[…]