The Miami Hurricanes baseball team remembers how crushing it was to have the 2020 season cut off about a week into it due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in America.
“That bus ride back, it just felt surreal,” said utility player JP Gates. “We’re about to go play up in Virginia Tech and get ready to go play a series and, out of nowhere, we’re going back home and not playing ever again — until next year.”
Next year has arrived for UM, which is ranked in the top 15 of three baseball polls. On Friday, the Hurricanes had their first official preseason practice ahead of the season, which begins on Feb.