For a moment, it felt like there was a chance, although a small one, that Tennessee baseball fans weren't going to have to say goodbye to Tony Vitello. He was obviously dealing with a tough decision to chase a move to the bigs or stay put in Knoxville.
However, according to Pete Thamel and Jeff Passan, the dream of keeping Tony V on campus is dead. On Wednesday, news has broken that Vitello is making history, becoming the first coach to make the leap from college to take over as manager for an MLB side without any pro experience.