STORYBOOK SEASON
Aug 06, 2019
4 minutes
by TEDDY CAHILL
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Vanderbilt wore its gold uniforms for Game 3 of the College World Series finals. It wasn’t a coronation, not with a strong Michigan team on a magical postseason run in the opposite dugout, but the Commodores were dressed for success.
Vanderbilt had started the season No. 1—and that’s where it was going to finish.
The Commodores had played like the best team in the country throughout the second half of the season, and while they had been pushed during the NCAA Tournament, losing the first game of super regionals to Duke and the first game of the CWS finals to Michigan, they never buckled.
Vanderbilt had the nation’s
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