FAYETTEVILLE — The first time Dave Van Horn told the story there was not a notepad present. It was hinted on that day at fall practice that it was off the record.
Four months later, the reporter brought up the story with a request that a second telling would be for print. Good to go, said the Arkansas baseball coach, and off he went again.
It was about one month after the Razorbacks came within one out of winning their first baseball national championship at the College World Series. A twisting foul ball fell as three players gave it their best chase.