(03-16-2020 11:42 PM)Baconator Wrote:  Everything about the CWS in 2003 was amazing. I was sitting in the 2nd row behind the Rice on-deck circle for the final game, so close I felt like I was in the dugout. And the afterparty downtown was unreal...but I think my favorite moment was when we beat Texas the second time, to eliminate them and move into the finals. All the Rice fans made their way back to the team hotel expecting a big party. But the bar had already closed down...enough people showed up that they re-opened the bar and we drank and partied for hours. Frankie B. Mandola (RIP) stood up on the top of the bar and the whole room got as quiet as Fondren Library. Frankie yelled: "Rice 5...A$$holes 4" and the place erupted.