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Matter: St. Louis' Tony Vitello has become the face of college baseball

With the NCAA baseball tournament starting Friday it’s the perfect time to remind you the sport’s biggest star is from St. Louis.

The new face of college baseball didn’t have much of a senior year — he was a glove-first middle infielder who hit .217 — but 20 years later, Tony Vitello is the head coach and architect behind the best program in the sport.

It says right here Vitello has built the best program in all of college sports in 2022.

Vitello’s Tennessee Volunteers are 53-7 heading into NCAA regional play as the No.