College baseball is perhaps the one sport among the three major American pastimes that rivals its professional counterpart in terms of sheer watchability. That sentence holds increased truth value come NCAA tournament time, when many games are played on short rest over the course of four weeks, forcing club skippers to fiddle around with lineups, pitching rotations, unforeseen injuries, weather delays, and calls to the bullpen.
The college game also introduces itself as a worthy competitor to MLB because the college game uses every millimeter of the ballpark. Situational bunting, big-ball power hitting, base-running and stealing, absurdly hilarious errors, dugout shenanigans, weather delay shenanigans, and spectacular outfield plays all combine for a fast-paced and at times chaotic style of game that can turn on a millisecond’s notice.