There will be ample alternative baseball viewing available June 16-27, as there was last weekend, but I'm not sure MLB commissioner Rob Manfred will be as excited about it as the local viewing audience.
The College World Series has long been one of my favorite events, and given what has transpired throughout the first 11 weeks of the MLB season, the opportunity to watch a few of the Orioles' recent draft choices as opposed to the current edition of the finished product is most definitely an attractive option.
And if the eight Super Regional tournaments involving baseball's version of the Sweet Sixteen are any indication, the competition involving the Elite Eight should provide a spectacular finish to the 2018 season -- and for O's fans a possible glimpse to the not-so-immediate future (this overhaul isn't going to happen overnight). Six of the eight Super Regionals went the three-game distance and included a rash of late-inning heroics, including some dramatic walk-offs.
