UNC Baseball Olympians Reflect On 1984 Games

Posted Aug 6, 2024
Today, August 6, is the 40th anniversary of the start of the medal round of the first Olympic baseball tournament in Los Angeles "I'm fortunate I got to go to the Olympics as a baseball player," said B.J. Surhoff, former UNC All-America catcher, reflecting on the 1984 U.S. Olympic baseball team. "As a baseball player, you never really saw that as a path." (GoHeels.com)

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