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Mike Martin poses with Florida State players after breaking the NCAA's all-time wins record in 2018 (Aaron Fitt)

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D1 Baseball Staff – January 10, 2025

In January 2015, D1Baseball.com relaunched as a full-service college baseball website after a decade of serving as a high-traffic resource for scoreboards, schedules and standings. We assembled a fantasy team of the nation's top college baseball writers, some of whom are still producing great content a decade later: Kendall Rogers, Aaron Fite, Mark Etheridge, Eric Sorenson and Shotgun Spratling. Other talented writers will join our team in the coming years, including Walter Villa, Mike Rooney, Joe Healy and Patrick Ebert, who all Join five of our re-released retainers as they share memories of the first decade of D1Baseball editorial content.

We asked our team to answer some questions about the past decade, starting with their favorite moments we asked on Monday. On Tuesday, we profiled our franchise's favorite players from the past 10 years. On Wednesday, our staff voted for the best teams, players, pitchers, coaches and programs of the past decade.

We end today with a good old fashioned link dump. We asked our staff to share their favorite pieces they've written over the past 10 years.

Aaron Fitt

The first story that comes to mind is my article about the 2016 Coastal Carolina National Championships. Visited Conway all season and then covered Coast's super regional win at LSU. This is a charismatic group of players who are an absolute joy to cover. Not surprisingly, some of them have gone on to build strong careers as up-and-coming college coaches (Anthony Marks, Mike Morrison and Seth Lancaster).

The coast completes its journey through the ages (2016)

UCLA's David Berg is another one of the most covered players of all time, and I loved writing this in-depth look at his journey to becoming a UCLA legend Full story:

Golden Spike Spotlight on UCLA’s David Berg (2015)

Florida State's Mike Martin is one of my favorites and I've written several columns about him that I'm proud of, including this one after his career ended at the 2019 CWS column. But I think my favorite is this article I wrote after watching Martin break Augie Garrido's all-time wins record at Clemson in 2018. When a Division I coach wins 2,000 games, we republish this article:

Martin meets milestone with typical grace (2018)

Kendall Rogers

Given the Historic Nature: Demolition in North Carolina: A Timeline of Events

Rodgers: Rice's Wayne Graham's incredible legacy won't be forgotten

LSU's Skenes had big performance against Texas A&M

Mark Etheridge

Here are my three favorites. MSU's new stadium honors Rooker by engraving the first line of our Rooker story in the Triple Crown Room.

Mississippi State's Rucker makes history (2017)

Developing an RPI-friendly schedule (2016)

Golden Spikes Spotlight: LSU's Paul Skenes (2023)

Eric Sorensen

30 years later, VCU's most unlikely regional run still resonates (2022)

Sorensen chats with three legends: Garrido, Graham and Martin (2015)

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Instant Classic: TCU beats A&M in 16th Super Regional Classic (2015)

Superpower UConn wins battle of resilience (2022)

Washington breaks through in epic fashion (2018)

Bonus — “The story is nothing special, but this game is the craziest thing in the last decade.”: Believe in Berez: Bruins win epic comeback (2022)

Joe Healy

Rebuild complete: Tennessee baseball team wins first national championship (2024)

The saga from Schlossnagel to Texas is a sign of a sport coming of age (2024)

'The happiest man in college baseball' Devin Burkes combines sunny demeanor with no-nonsense game (2024)

Patrick Abbott

One of my favorite parts of my role at D1 Baseball is being able to tell unique, untold stories, including features on Midwestern and mid-major programs, as well as the time I spend covering summer college leagues. For various reasons, the following three features are my favorite to pursue:

Jacob Wilson named D1 baseball's 2022 summer breakout prospect (2022)

Maryland wins first Big Ten title (2022)

Notre Dame off to strong start to 2022 season (2022)

Walter Vera

For me, this will be my Parker Bird story and the follow-up stories I wrote last season. There may be many others, but this is the one that always sticks in my mind.

ECU's Parker Bird continues to chase baseball dream after leg amputation (2023)

Parker Byrd's return inspires kids across the country (2024)

McCluney

During this year's CWS finals, I had the pleasure of organizing my “Roonservations”.

CWS Finals Game 1: Snap Roonservations (2024)

CWS Finals Game 2: Snap Roonservations (2024)

CWS Finals Game 3: Snap Roonservations (2024)