Virginia Tech baseball may be on the rise again and hosting an NCAA regional in 2013 was a huge deal for the program. Still, baseball has largely been a tough sell in Blacksburg lately. It might come as a surprise to younger readers that baseball was once among the premier sports at Tech.
In the early 1980s, the ‘Hammerin’ Hokies’ were a big draw on campus. They played games where the football practice fields and indoor facility now sit, a far cry from what English Field will be after renovations.
A large part of the appeal back then was first baseman Franklin Stubbs.