In the first inning of the first game played at Mark Light Field, back on Feb. 16, 1973, the University of Miami baseball team turned a triple play against the Florida State Seminoles. The Hurricanes went on to win the game 5-1.
How else could the Hurricanes inaugurate their new home? From the fans to the players, the announcers to the coaches, the mascots to the milkshakes, there’s a current of enchantment that flows through the Light.
‘Just don’t get any blood on that turf’
If Ron Fraser is the Wizard of College Baseball, then John Routh is the Wand.