The College World Series

The Tarheels made it to their sixth College World Series in the past eight seasons with their 5-4 win over South Carolina in the Super Regionals. The 'Heels go in as the #1 overall seed but they play ACC rival N.C. State in game #1. In Baseball America's college baseball preview edition, there is a picture of two players from N.C. State and two from North Carolina (Kent Emanuel and Colin Moran) under the caption "Tobacco Road To Omaha". This showdown was predicted from the beginning of the season but rarely do these predictions ever come to fruition. N.C. State is rolling out their ace, left-hander Carlos Rodon, who only gave up one hit in 10 innings in the ACC Tournament to the 'Heels. North Carolina is sending out a lefty of their own, Kent Emanuel, who has struggled in his past two or three starts but did earn his first and only college save against South Carolina. The conjecture on the street is that Emanuel's arm is tired but he has plenty of time to rest after the College World Series is over.