The Cruelty of Baseball

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There are a thousand different words that can be used to describe the feelings of the Arkansas fanbase in the last two days. Some are angry, claiming the entire season is a wash because of the way that it ended. Others are heartbroken, as a team that has begged the baseball gods for the first national title in school history saw that dream slip away yet again. But after the baseball landed in the glove of the North Carolina State first baseman, life itself seemed to go in the way that this article started.

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The 2021 season was one for the history books. Week in and week out, Dave Van Horn led his team to victory, and it seemed inevitable that the…