In baseball, when everything old is new again, it’s a good day that combines soaring expectations and enthusiasm for a fresh start.
Saturday is that day for the UH-Hilo baseball team, fresh off a split of two exhibition games with a college team from Japan.
It’s a fresh start, alumni and exhibition tests are in the past, and unlike a year ago, the Vulcans have a rare break in the schedule, at least as it unfolds.
In comes Hawaii Pacific for doubleheaders at Wong Stadium on Saturday and Sunday, the same team UHH ended the season at home against last year when coach Kallen Miyataki and team somehow survived a brutally unfair schedule and got to close out against HPU in two season-ending doubleheaders.