Fine.That's a little hyperbolic, but I do believe this country needs to pay way more attention to college baseball.
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It's the best, and it started this weekend around the country with regional tournaments.Infielder Tre Phelps of the Georgia Bulldogs watches the ball after hitting a double during the SEC Baseball Tournament championship game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Ala., on May 24, 2026.(David Buono/Icon Sportswire)On that note, let's go ahead and head on out to Athens, where Georgia's Tre Phelps gave the Bulldogs the lead Sunday against Liberty with a mammoth home run, and then promptly got ejected for an ...
exuberant ...celebration while rounding the bases.Enjoy!NCAA BASEBALL TOURNAMENT DESCENDS INTO MAYHEM AS PLAYERS, COACHES, PARENTS EJECTEDGoodness gracious.
First off ...what an absolute nuke from Tre Phelps.
That ball still hasn't landed.And what a moment, too.Regional final.
Trip to the Super Regionals on the line.You're at home.
You're down a run in the sixth inning.And you just potentially sent your program to the next round of the tournament.As a baseball player — as an athlete — you dream of those moments.
It's something he'll talk about for the rest of his life.Which is why I think this ejection is pure insanity.Just nuts.Georgia Bulldogs players react in the dugout against the Liberty Flames during the eighth inning at Foley Field in Athens, Ga., on May 31, 2026.
(Dale Zanine/Imagn Images)What are we doing here? We're really tossing kids for THAT? You have to be able to read the room as an umpire.I understand the whole "sportsmanship" aspect to this.
I do.But look at the situation!The kid just hit the biggest home run of his life.
I don't know that I've ever seen a baseball player ejected for excessive celebration.That certainly didn't seem like the time for it.And here's the kicker ...
some are repo...