Let me begin by stating the obvious: this is not a new rumor. However, events in the last few hours within the genteel city limits of Charleston, SC have thrown it from moribund to holy shit, this actually might happen. Though the old man in overalls repeatedly reminds us, “Sometimes, dead is better,” let’s plant this rumor deep in those Indian mounds where we buried all those dead cats and see what comes up!
Toward the end of June, likely spurred on by the regressions of hitters such as Ethan Paul and Alonzo Jones (Paul, especially, as he’s hitting like a first round lock in the Cape this summer), and the criminal inability of any Vanderbilt hitter to lay down a simple bunt, Tim Corbin gave first year hitting coach/recruiting coordinator D.