This coming weekend, Oregon Ducks baseball finds themselves in a place that they have dreamed of all season - on the cusp of playing in the College World Series. The reality is that at the outset of the postseason, entering the Pac-12 tournament, the dream appeared to be just that: a dream. It had no basis in reality, and even the most stalwart fan could be excused for merely shrugging their shoulders in watching to see how far this team would get before that inevitable conclusion of the 2023 season.
That’s fine and all, but reality didn’t get the memo that the Ducks were done.