Texas Southern's Ryan Lazo

Baumann: Ryan Lazo’s Perfect Speed

Houston’s one of those rare major cities with a crowded college baseball scene, with traditional powers Rice and Houston, plus defending Southland champion Houston Baptist playing within the municipal limits, while the expansive fan bases of Texas, Texas A&M and LSU heat up the baseball atmosphere in the world’s most air conditioned city.

But college baseball’s best baserunning team lies elsewhere. Nestled in Houston’s Third Ward, Texas Southern is an afterthought, a roughly .500 team in the SWAC that sits at No. 287 in the RPI, only occasionally rubbing up against the likes of Houston, Notre[…]