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Message: [QUOTE="MarkyMark, post: 4871878, member: 12210"] The first 17 games outside the Northeast I break into 3 chunks: #1 (6) 3 in Tampa and 3 @ Cal-Berkeley Manageable - good teams but not playing anyone ranked. #2 (7) 3 @ Auburn, 3 @ UCSB and 1 @ UCLA - Toughest stretch of season on paper. All ranked teams in at least 1 poll. Gauntlet #3 (4) 1 @ UC Irvine and 3 @ Cal-Baptist - Sort of like chunk 1. Good teams but manageable First 2 weeks they get a chance to get their feet wet then it's big boy baseball with that second chunk. Excited to see the initial on-field product in Tampa, but my hunch is patience will be warranted as this team is a work in progress (e.g. pitching will need time to take shape, develop, and form an identity). [/QUOTE]