More Oregon Props!

A few hours ago, Oregon State University won the College World Series for their first National Championship in any sport since 1961. Although I'm an avid (and rabid) Duck fan, you had to admire this Beaver team for their ability to never say "die". It was indeed a long road to win the World Series, as evidenced by the fact that the Beavers are only the 2nd team to play eight games in CWS history. That's eight games in ten days!

Last night, when they went down 5-0 and seemingly couldn't hit off North Carolina's pitcher Robert Woodard, I almost turned off the tube. But they fought back with seven runs in the fourth and never looked back.

Also, as you can see here, much of OSU's roster is made up of in-state kids... unlike many of the other Oregon/Oregon State sports teams.

Some other "notes" from the series:

Oregon State is only the second team to win six games at the College World Series, joining Holy Cross in 1952.

Oregon State becomes the 10th team in MCWS history to lose its first game and come back to win a national title. The other schools include: Texas (1950); Southern California (1958); Southern California (1963); Arizona State (1969); Southern California (1970); Arizona (1976); Cal State Fullerton (1979); Arizona (1980) and Southern California (1998).

And maybe most impressive:

Pitchers drafted in the first round of the 2006 MLB Draft finished with a 1-5 record in seven games against Oregon State in 2006.