Adversity-filled offseason makes Baylor baseball hungry to win

Sophomore infielder Tre Richardson takes a swing during a spring practice at the Baylor Ball Park. Photo courtesy of Baylor Photo DatabaseBy Michael Haag | Sports Writer

After an abrupt end to an adverse season, Baylor baseball sat and watched as their name wasn’t called in the 2021 Division I NCAA tournament selection show. The final three weeks of their season was filled with COVID-19 problems and brutal losses as their journey came to a close. A program expected to win was faced with defeat, and was stuck at home in an undesirable situation.

“It hurt, it wasn’t anything that, at least this program, is used to,” sophomore infielder Tre Richardson said. “This program is usually winning,…