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In his former life as a newspaper editor and sports writer, Joe Abraham would have had some kind of story in this underdog Rockets softball team, which will play in the NCAA tournament for the first time in 27 years.
Like Abraham — the newsman-turned-lawyer-turned-coach in his first year at Toledo — they are not supposed to be here.
The Rockets have spent the past generation out of sight, out of mind, playing with little fanfare in a second-class stadium two miles from the main campus. Before last year, they had 21 straight losing seasons.