Carolina using strong-arm tactics to become new baseball power

Posted May 20, 2008

Pitcher comes, pitcher excels, pitcher leaves. Rinse, repeat. This has become the trend in Chapel Hill -- a highly successful trend at that. North Carolina has always been a blip on the baseball radar, with six College World Series appearances to its credit but without the tradition to match the likes of Texas, LSU, the Arizonas. But things, they are a changin'. Mike Fox has built a powerful force in arguably the toughest conference in the nation. (CBS Sportsline)

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