Kyle Funkhouser (Louisville)

Baumann: Big Boys With Something To Prove

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It takes a while for the college baseball season to heat up—literally this year, as well as figuratively—so a couple early-season losses are usually pretty easy to recover from. Nevertheless, there are several would-be national title contenders who stumbled a little out of the gate and would like to put the first two weekends behind them.

Vanderbilt

Since the defending national champions brought back shortstop Dansby Swanson, a leading contender for the Golden[…]