OMAHA, Neb. — Just over 50 years ago there was a talk with a Conway sportsman about what constitutes greatness in a ball player. Eventually, he said, it will become obvious.
Hippo Crafton told a young sportswriter, “You will figure out the difference between big wood and kindling.”
Murray State found out that Gage Wood is not kindling. He is the biggest of wood, like a giant sequoia.
In what may have been the best pitching performance in college baseball history, Wood threw a no-hitter to keep Arkansas alive with a 3-0 victory Monday afternoon at Charles Schwab Field.