South Carolina victory will be complete two game sweep UCLA in the championship finals and make the game 3 medium unnecessary. The following year, the competition moved 3 miles in the upper part of the city to a new $ 128 million TD Ameritrade park.
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Lowest League Omaha Royals will play the rest of their season in Rosenblatt, and the United Football League Omaha Hawks will play there in the fall. But ultimately, the stadium will be razed to provide parking for the Zoo Henry Doorly.
This gave a sense of bitter this year's competition, in particular, for the trainers of 8 teams who have survived the regional and super regional games. Thrill advance to the final stage of the college game was tempered by the reality they will never return to Omaha, "Diamond on the mountain.
As the teams were eliminated, and coaches have gone through their final interview postgame, they reflected the fact that Rosenblatt has meant for them and for baseball:
• Jack Leggett, who was captain of 1976 University of Maine team that reached the CWS and led Clemson here six times: "There is no better than the championship, there's no better place than Rosenblatt. ... He just keeps getting better and better. It's every bit I'm built to be for our players. There will be another awesome situation at the new stadium, and I hope we can be one of those teams that play games in the last Rosenblatt and the first game at the new stadium. "
• Jim Schlossnagle, who led TCU to its first World Series this season: "Every day was like Rosenblatt life stopped. You do not care about anything else. I told our players there are no bad days in Omaha. They are the big problems facing before they repeat everything about this place at the new stadium, but I'm sure they will do it. "
• Mike Martin, who coached his son in Rosenblatt bringing Florida to Omaha 14 times: "It was an incredible experience for our young people to be here and participate in last year Rosenblatt. They always know they were here during the last time . For me it was different to leave that field one last time. Rosenblatt Rosenblatt will always be - will never be another place like it.
• Sunny Golloway, Assistant to 1994 Oklahoma State team title, which led Sooners return for the first time in 15 years: "I told our players they will remember this forever. We will remember lighting ceremony, a warm welcome. Knowing the great tradition of Rosenblatt Stadium We were truly blessed to be here for this final season. "
