31.   Siedentopf, who said he played and coached college baseball, believes Williams has been more direct in handling the pitchers.

32.   So will college baseball.

33.   Still, finances play the biggest role in the future of college baseball.

34.   Such talk would have seemed unlikely when Ventura, who grew up in Southern California, somehow ended up playing college baseball at Oklahoma State.

35.   That rankles the traditionalists, who view the bunt and hit-and-run in college baseball as endangered species.

36.   The Cougars have a new quarterback in junior-college transfer Kelly Robertson, who spent three seasons playing college baseball at Western Kentucky.

37.   The ping that has defined college baseball was replaced by the crack of wooden bats Friday night when Arizona State and Utah opened their seasons at Packard Stadium.

38.   The West Palm proposal calls for sharing with the Baltimore Orioles and opening the stadium to high school football, college baseball, soccer, even concerts.

39.   There were home runs, triples, a slew of walks, all in all something less than a primetime showcase for college baseball.

40.   This is what you dream for, from college baseball to the minor leagues to pitching here.