My name is Sean Fairholm, and I will be your up close and personal Sports Editor for what promises to be a very exciting Summer of Wolfpack athletics. At the end of our 10-issue season, it will be my privilege and honor to introduce your Sports Editor for the 2012-2013 school year, Jeniece Jamison. Although most of the Spring sports are wrapped up for the year, there is never a better time to to get amped up for both the college football and basketball seasons that will begin this Fall. However, of particular interest and excitement in the coming days and weeks, N.C. State’s No. 13-ranked baseball program will be grabbing the microphone and taking center stage. Baseball has always been a pastime where numbers and the law of averages play a paramount role. Players can lie, coaches can argue and fans can complain, but one thing never changes – statistics tell the truth. There is no magical March Madness run in baseball, just like there is no 12-game examination dictated by a weekly, three-hour battle on Saturday afternoons. Baseball is about large sample sizes and daily routines. And when a trend develops throughout a team, the numbers will confirm improvement. The 2012 version of the Wolfpack is a quintessential example of how teams can grow from one year to the next; an infusion of freshmen talent, a growth spurt by several key players and more consistency from the pitching staff has everyone around the program dreaming of a trip to Omaha for the College World Series. While that thought seemed too farfetched for words just one summer ago, State has the authors to write the script. Beginning in Greensboro for this week’s ACC Tournament, the third-seeded Pack arrive with three All-ACC performers and are well within reach to host a Regional right here in the City of Oaks. As the baseball program pushes forward, we are ushering in a new era of coverage at Technician sports; analysis, description and excitement will emphasized in place of simple recaps and overly-traditional design. Hopefully our efforts this summer will lead towards something greater – an expected enthusiasm from our student body to read the back cover of our newspaper.
Statistics never lie
By Sean Fairholm, Sports Editor
May 21, 2012