Congrats to UCLA, Oregon State

The powers-to-be snubbed our Arizona Wildcats and kept them out of the NCAA Baseball Tournament  this season and they didn't give a lot of respect to the Pac-12 Conference when they rendered their verdict two weeks ago on which teams would qualify in the field of 64.

But thanks to Oregon State and UCLA maybe some respect has now been earned. The Beavers went down yesterday to Mississippi State at the College World Series in Omaha and the Bruins beat North Carolina to advance to the championship series. The Beavers made it to the final four before running out of gas and now it's up to the Bruins to bring home the NCAA title, which would be the first ever baseball championship for UCLA.

No matter the outcome next week, it should be obvious to the collegiate baseball world that we do play baseball out West! Have the Easterners forgotten which team won the 2012 NCAA Collegiate World Series? Just in case they need a reminder, it was the Arizona Wildcats from the Pac 12.

And now the UCLA Bruins are just two wins away from the 2013 title. The Bruins finished the regular season as the the third best team in the Pac 12 Conference.

The selection committee flooded the NCAA Baseball Regionals this year with teams from the SEC and other conferences, ignoring the highly-competitive Pac 12, which just happened to include the defending national champions.

Enough said! Go get 'em, Bruins!