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Tempered by pain

FAYETTEVILLE -- The 2018 Razorbacks might be the best baseball team ever assembled at the University of Arkansas.

Coach Dave Van Horn's roster was a nice blend of veterans and high-impact freshmen, plus power and speed and the ability to hit for average up and down the lineup.

Those Razorbacks were one well-defended foul pop away from claiming the school's first national championship in baseball. Oregon State's eventual rally in Game 2 of the three-game final at the College World Series and subsequent 5-0 blanking in the finale were painful for Razorback fans, but those final 10 innings in Omaha do not take away from what was likely the most loaded roster in school history and the fun that bunch had blasting through the season.