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TWITTER: Caught part of an @oregonbaseball practice Sunday (2 photos)
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D1BASEBALL: Fall Report: Oregon (4 photos, article)
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FALL REPORT Mike Rooney - November 12, 2020 Assessing the recent history of Oregon baseball is… complicated. The Ducks took 27 years off from baseball (1982-2008) and then made a huge splash hiring Hall of Fame coach George Horton. The first year of the return in 2009 was predictably difficult (14-42). But then Horton got the Ducks rolling. Year two in 2010 started a run of five regional appearances in six years. Oregon twice hosted those regionals. In 2012, it even hosted a Super Regional, only to fall in a dramatic walk-off game three loss to upstart Kent State. In summary, the Ducks went from not having baseball for nearly three decades to nationally relevant in short order. Unfortunately, that early success was not sustained. The last four completed seasons (2016-2019) have been challenging, and especially so in conference play. Three eighth-place finishes and a ninth-place finish led to the end of Horton’s tenure and former Oregon assistant coach Mark Wasikowski was hired for th...