Mike Fox was seated next to Dick Baddour as the North Carolina team bus rolled through the Omaha, Neb., streets en route to TD Ameritrade Park in 2006. Oregon State awaited as the Tar Heels opponent in the finals of the College World Series.
The head baseball coach and athletic director at the time had staged preliminary discussions about renovations to outdated Boshamer Stadium on the Chapel Hill campus.
“Now, tell me again why we need this new stadium?” Fox recalled Baddour asking.
“Because, we want to do this again,” Fox replied.