As we prepare for tonight’s winner-take-all College World Series baseball game between Texas A&M and the University of Tennessee, Marc is offering a strange-but-true “twilight zone-like” baseball Roo Tale absolutely free of charge.
Austin College baseball defeated Texas A&M baseball in 1911 by a score of 3-1. The game took place in Sherman at the AC Athletic Park, where Old Settlers Park now stands.
The losing manager for the Aggies that day in Sherman was Edwin Jackson Kyle, the father of Texas A&M athletics and the namesake of the 102,000 capacity Kyle Field.
The losing catcher for the Aggies that day in Sherman was Robert Reese Neyland, the father of Tennessee Volunteers athletics and the namesake of the 102,000 capacity Neyland Stadium.
I “volunteer” that this might be my best Roo work yet. Go get ‘em tonight Aggies.
