Duke righthander Bailey Clark (Aaron Fitt)

Fitt: Early Impressions Of Team USA

CARY, N.C. — USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team is playing a short, domestic schedule this summer, with 17 games all in the state of North Carolina. The first four games (two against Coastal Plain League teams and two against Chinese Taipei) were essentially scrimmages that allowed the coaching staff to experiment with different lineup combinations; USA went 1-3 in those games. But the national team found its stride when its official “international points” series against Chinese Taipei got started; Team USA went 4-1 in that five-game series to improve to 6-4 overall on the summer, heading into the showcase[…]