JC Cloney put together a strong start for Arizona. (Eric Sorenson)

Stoic Cloney Grabs Slice Of Immortality

OMAHA — JC Cloney looked helplessly at his cell phone as he walked down the tunnel from the Arizona locker room to the postgame press conference. With his right thumb, he scrolled up and up for what seemed like an eternity. Then he lamented the enormity of the task before him — reading and responding to more than 90 congratulatory text messages.

It was a tellingly practical, down-to-earth concern for a man who had just carved himself a slice of college baseball immortality. Cloney’s head[…]