College game stands to gain from MLB lockout

LSU baseball coach Jay Johnson stands at the dugout before an NCAA college baseball game against Oklahoma at Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros, during the Shriners Children's College Classic, Friday, March 4, 2022, in Houston. College baseball might turn out to be an attractive alternative for baseball fans if the Major League Baseball lockout extends deep into the spring. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)LSU baseball coach Jay Johnson stands at the dugout before an NCAA college baseball game against Oklahoma at Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros, during the Shriners Children's College Classic, Friday, March 4, 2022, in Houston. College baseball might turn out to be an attractive alternative for baseball fans if the Major League Baseball lockout extends deep into the spring. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Kush Patel showed up at Minute Maid Park wearing the No. 43 jersey of Houston Astros ace Lance McCullers Jr. and hankering for some baseball.

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