Photographs, video,
ephemera, essays and statistics documenting more than 100 years of OSU baseball players, coaches, and teams.
Varsity baseball began at Oregon State University (then Oregon Agricultural College) in 1907 with a game against Salem High and completed its first 100 years with a win over the University of North Carolina on June 26, 2006 at the College World Series to win the National Championship.
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Baseball media guides for 2005-2007 are available online through ScholarsArchive@OSU:
2005 — http://hdl.handle.net/1957/8573
As metal baseball and softball bats made their way onto the sporting scene beginning in the late 1960s, it soon became apparent that they were a cost-effective alternative to easily-broken wooden bats. Most college baseball programs were continually scratching for funds, and the cost savings in going to the virtually indestructible metal was very attractive.
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