We've got the No. 1 team in the country here under an atypical San Diego environment. We've got people in San Diego who wake up in the morning and they go to Cardiff, they go to Swamis, they go to the Seaside Market, they hang out, they go jogging or they go play tennis. They're doing all these things, but now we've got a sold-out environment for baseball.

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As you know, we can use all the RPI help we can get out here in the West. It's insane, man. I just asked Eric Valenzuela the other day, who scheduled this thing? It looks great on the schedule card and the Internet, but when you get out and play these teams, it's not easy.

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I was one of those overachieving middle infielders who had to figure it out if I wanted to play more.

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Those are the kind of teams I've always been around. Scrappy guys who like to train hard, put the team first and have an intense desire to succeed. So the superstar thing kind of goes out the window.

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It was a great time growing up in the '70s. I was just one of those kids, throwing a tennis ball against the garage door, shooting hoops until my mom yelled at me to come in late at night. I always knew at some point I was going to be a coach, and I knew it was going to be baseball.

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To achieve the highest ranking in the school's history is something the entire USD community can take pride in.

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I know it's that good and I know I can throw it anywhere. I've thrown it here, I've thrown it in Las Vegas last year. It's not the weather. That's an excuse.

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That's what happens when you've got guys with good stuff throwing strikes all day.

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It's been awesome, man. It's changed so much for us exposure-wise, especially here in San Diego. There are a lot of great players here who used to go up (Interstate) 5 to go to school (in the Los Angeles area), and we're trying to keep them home. This validates what we're doing, getting those players and winning.

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