I hadn’t been able to quite put my finger on my I had been enjoying baseball so much these past 3-4 years. But I think this is why. Getting to go out and support guys you’ve watched grow up for 3-4 years is different. Can’t wait for this season.
i moved back to chapel hill last year from Seattle and i’ve only enjoyed going to baseball and the olympic sports. I know it’s nostalgic but feels like actually college sports
I hadn’t been able to quite put my finger on my I had been enjoying baseball so much these past 3-4 years. But I think this is why. Getting to go out and support guys you’ve watched grow up for 3-4 years is different. Can’t wait for this season.
i mean those guys exist on the team but at the same time, at least 7, maybe 8 of the guys in the starting lineup are going to be transfers for the vast majority of whom 2026 will be their one year in Chapel Hill. maybe there are more guys like Gallaher, DeCaro, etc than in football/basketball... but i'm not sure it's that many. it's admirable how much retention Forbes gets year after year, but he's been building through the portal and through rental players more than your comment would imply. most of the players he retains don't see a lot of the field.
maybe i'm the friend that's too woke but i really do think there's a flavor of college sports fan that finds it easier to see black athletes as mercenaries than white ones. maybe that's not what's happening here. but at the very least i think it is worth pointing out so people can interrogate their own conceptions.
