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We caught up with Mike Rooney, ESPN studio analyst and color commentator and writer and contributor to D1Baseball.com, before the start of the 2021 college baseball season.

You probably most recognize Roons from his work during the College World Series in Omaha, normally wearing his trademark bucket hat while reporting from the field. Mike was a player at Notre Dame from 1989 to 1992 and has coached in high school and was on the Arizona State coaching staff under legendary coach Pat Murphy.

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\U0001f399\ufe0f Growing up in PA (3:15)
\U0001f399\ufe0f Fired by George Horton before started working at Cal State Fullerton (5:30)
\U0001f399\ufe0f Asst coach at ASU (6:30)
\U0001f399\ufe0f Recruiting in college baseball (12:30)
\U0001f399\ufe0f ASU vs CSUF battles from 1999-2004 (15:05)
\U0001f399\ufe0f Beginnings at ESPN (19:30)
\U0001f399\ufe0f College Baseball fan at heart (23:15)
\U0001f399\ufe0f Is there East Coast bias in College baseball? (33:00)
\U0001f399\ufe0f Revamping regional formats to 32 host sites (36:30)
\U0001f399\ufe0f Going from 64 to 72 team in postseason college baseball (38:15)
\U0001f399\ufe0f College Baseball parity is now the norm (41:00)
\U0001f399\ufe0f Strength of Big West Conference in 2021 (44:00)
\U0001f399\ufe0f Bullish on Titans in 2021 (48:00)
\U0001f399\ufe0f Preseason poll fan hysteria (54:30)
\U0001f399\ufe0f College Baseball is still growing in popularity (56:45)
\U0001f399\ufe0f Regarding marriage, Rooney has massively out kicked his coverage (59:15)