LOS ANGELES — Without even checking, you know that nobody at UC Irvine has put the 2011 NCAA Charlottesville Super Regional in the past.
At least those Anteaters can look to Dodger Stadium and see that the guy that beat them wasn’t a passerby.
Chris Taylor was the hearbreaker that day, coming up with two out in the bottom of the ninth and getting the two-run single that eliminated UC Irvine, 3-2, and sent Virginia to the College World Series.
“That summer in the Cape Cod League, my roommate was Andrew Thurman, who was a pitcher on that UCI team,” Taylor said.