Let the good times roll in Omaha, Clemson vs. USC

I was going to write this post yesterday, but work got in the way.  Back in 2002, it was a warm summer night.  The bars were packed and pretty much every TV in SC was turned to watch the Gamecocks play Clemson in the world series.  Trey Dyson became a house hold name that night as Michael Roth did tonight.  I have a feeling we will be talking about the performance Roth did at the CWS for a while.  Roth (2-1) started his first game of the season after 35 relief appearances covering only 26 1/3 innings. He had a 1.37 ERA with three saves entering the game, and he went right to work against the Tigers. The polished 6-foot-1, 210-pounder, whose previous longest stint this season was 3 1/3 innings against Bucknell in the NCAA Columbia regional, got 16 groundball outs and threw 109 pitches while carving up the Tigers with an assortment of off-speed pitches and great location.