A commemorative sign hanging on the backside of the third-base dugout at Boone High’s baseball field bears a peculiar slogan that was once a rally cry for perennial underdogs.
Above it, there’s an image of a baseball with ears and the school’s nickname spelled vertically between the numbers 8 and 1.
The slogan was all the rage in the spring of 1981 and became a lifestyle for Boone players en route to a rare baseball state championship for Orange County’s Metro Conference.
The Braves celebrated a 27-3 finish that year at Orlando’s historic Tinker Field, which led to a No.