The University of Miami has had a strong history of baseball success since “The Wizard” Ron Fraser took over a sleepy program in 1963 and made it one of College Baseball’s premier program by the late 70’s. Fraser introduced Hurricanes fans to the Miami Maniac, and made Omaha and the College World Series an ESPN event.
The ‘Canes won the CWS in 1982 and 1985 under Fraser and in 1999 and 2001 under Jim Morris. The Hurricanes have been part of two of the CWS most famous plays. One being “The Grand Illusion” (above) and the other being Warren Morris’ home run giving LSU the win in 1996 (below).