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FRESNO ST. (WAC)
FRESNO ST. (WAC)

The Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team represents Fresno State University in NCAA Division I college baseball. Along with most other Fresno State athletic teams, the baseball team participates in the Western Athletic Conference. The Bulldogs play their home games on campus at Pete Beiden Field, and they are currently coached by Mike Batesole.

They were 2008 NCAA Division I College World Series Champions.

In one of the more improbable Cinderella stories in American sports history, the Bulldogs surmounted a daunting array of obstacles on their way to the NCAA title: Fresno State had never won an NCAA championship in any men’s sport going into the 2008 tournament.

The Bulldogs entered the Western Athletic Conference tournament at 33-27; they would likely not have made the NCAA tournament without winning the WAC tournament, which they did.

They were the #4 seed in their regional, the lowest seed possible. No #4 seed had ever advanced to the College World Series. Six times in the NCAA tournament, including three times in the College World Series, they faced elimination with a loss. They won all six times. They won a total of 10 tournament games against six different teams ranked in the top 20 to an eventual College World Series Championship.

National Championships: 2008

CWS Appearances: 1959, 1988, 1991, 2008

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1954, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008

Conference Tournament Champions: WAC: 1993, 1995, 2006, 2007, 2008

Conference Champions: WAC: 2006, 2007, 2008

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