Fall Report: Oregon

Assessing the recent history of Oregon baseball is… complicated. The Ducks took 27 years off from baseball (1982-2008) and then made a huge splash hiring Hall of Fame coach George Horton. The first year of the return in 2009 was predictably difficult (14-42). But then Horton got the Ducks rolling.

Year two in 2010 started a run of five regional appearances in six years. Oregon twice hosted those regionals. In 2012, it even hosted a Super Regional, only to fall in a dramatic walk-off game three loss to upstart Kent State. In summary, the Ducks went from not having baseball[…]