Add Michael Curry and Keegan McGovern to a list of those who need to brush up on baseball history.
A mention of the Bash Brothers left them puzzled as older reporters, and Georgia head coach Scott Stricklin, let out a smile. The Bulldogs’ power hitters each finished 3-for-4 with two home runs, and drew the comparison to the famed Oakland Athletics' duo of Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco.
“Come on, y’all,” Stricklin said after Georgia’s 11-7 win over Troy Sunday, which advanced the Bulldogs to the Athens Regional final. “McGwire and Canseco, let’s go.”
“I mean, I’ve heard of ‘Lightning and Thunder’ from Mississippi State,” Curry said in reference to Will Clark and Rafael Palmiero in 1985.