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baseball at Wazzu is a file of 2 stories. The newest of them: “A Hall of Fame look back at the 1976 baseball Cougs” and “Cougs Rack Up Four More Wins at the Duck Invitational”. The 1976 baseball Cougs just got their flowers, and it's about damn time. Four more wins. The unofficial read for people who left Pullman and stayed Cougs. The list below is every baseball story on Wazzu, newest first.
A Hall of Fame look back at the 1976 baseball Cougs
The 1976 baseball Cougs just got their flowers, and it's about damn time. That squad, the one that punched way above its weight and put Pullman on the map for something other than wheat and wind, is being honored with a Hall of Fame induction. You don't get a plaque like that for showing up. You get it for being the kind of team that makes a grown Coug get a little misty when you say "'76." They didn't just win games. They played the game the way it's supposed to be played on that dusty field: scrappy, smart, and unafraid of anyone. If you want to feel the full weight of what that era meant, go find the speech Lee Blakeney gave when he went in. It's the kind of thing that reminds you why we still care about a baseball program that's had more valleys than peaks. He talks about the guys, the bus rides, the way the Palouse wind made every fly ball an adventure. It's worth your time. This isn't a rewrite of history. It's a long-overdue nod to a group of guys who made Pullman proud when Pullman wasn't used to it. Go Cougs.
Cougs Rack Up Four More Wins at the Duck Invitational
Four more wins. That's a good weekend, no matter how you slice it, and the Cougs came back from the Duck Invitational with a full wallet. You don't always get that in early-season golf, where the weather and the course can turn on you faster than a Pullman wind gust. But Wazzu went out there, put together a steady stretch, and handled business. It's the kind of result that builds a little momentum before the big stuff. You win four in a tournament and you start believing the next one is there for the taking. We like the sound of that. We also like the way this team has been trending, and it's worth remembering the Cougs were already smiling in the desert earlier this month. If you missed that one, go check out "Three Cougs went low in Arizona and left the desert smiling." It pairs nicely with this. Golf is a lonely sport, but the scoreboard is a team thing. Four wins means somebody stepped up every round, and that's the kind of depth that travels well. Spring is still young, but this is exactly the start you want. Keep it rolling, Cougs. Go Cougs.