Cal State Fresno won the NCAA Baseball Championship. Good for them. They are totally an underdog.
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The weird thing is that Baseball is a double elimination tournament, meaning which means that if you lose one game, you still get to play until you lose another game. Cal State Fresno did this the hard way.
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In the first regional they lost to UCLA, but then won in the losers bracket and came back to beat them two games in a row. Only to lose to Stanford in the next round, and be ranked very low in the national round.
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In the national round, they went to the finals unbeaten, but lost the first game to Georgia in the final by 1 run. Then, in the second game, they were down by 5 runs, only to come back and win the game. By the tie breaker I would be exhausted, but that is why college teams don't play 49 year old men. CSFresno won the final game handily to become the lowest ranked team in any sport to win a college title.
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Good for them.
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By the way, Cal State Fresno was such a nothing team that for a while they were almost renamed the Cal State Fresno Raisins after a bunch of animated Raisins that were big in commercials. Fresno is the Raisin capital of America.
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For those of you out of the country, Americans has a preoccupation with naming non-discript cities the "Capital" of something locally produced as a source of pride. Gilroy is the Garlic Capital of the World, Fresno is the Raisin Capital of the World, Baraboo (Wisc) is the Circus Capital of the World, Eau Claire is the Horseradish Capital of the World, Okeechobee (Fl) is the Speckled Perch Capital of the World.
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So if you want a Speckled Perch with horseradish and garlic - well be prepared for a taste of Americana.
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Go Bulldogs.