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1544 Miles to Omaha

1544 Miles to Omaha

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 1544 Miles to Omaha offers insight, opinion, rumors and stories from the past with special focus on Cal State Fullerton Titan Baseball, the College World Series and college baseball in general.

1544 miles is the distance from Fullerton, California to Omaha, Nebraska, the home of the College World Series. The Cal State Fullerton baseball team has visited Omaha during the College World Series so often, the Omaha locals tabbed the team "Cal State Omaha".

The natural progression to take CalStateOmaha.com to a podcast was inevitable due to the popularity of the Titan Baseball program and the expanding fan base's insatiable appetite for more information on the four-time national champions.Copyright Cal State Omaha Baseball & Softball
Episodes
  • Episode 86: Jason Dietrich Previews Fall 2024 & Spring 2025

    Episode 86: Jason Dietrich Previews Fall 2024 & Spring 2025
    Aug 28 2024
    Welcome into Episode 86 of the 1544 Miles to Omaha Podcast. Today's guest is once again, Cal State Fullerton Baseball Head Coach Jason Dietrich.

    In today's episode recorded a week prior to classes starting, coach Dietrich touches on the MLB Draft, which recruits made it to campus, staying competitive in the face of NIL and the transfer portal along other topics.

    Highlights include:

    🎙️ Overcoming the dreadful 2024 Season (3:11)
    🎙️ Notable contributors coming out of summer ball (4:54)
    🎙️ Replacing 3 pitchers drafted (6:10)
    🎙️ Lots of changes to coaching staff (8:52)
    🎙️ Junior College Newcomers compared to transfer portal (14:23)
    🎙️ Recruits that went undrafted in danger of going pro (10:08)
    🎙️ Thoughts on the 4 transfer portal additions (11:53)
    🎙️ New faces that could contribute in spring (14:13)
    🎙️ Recruits that avoided the draft (20:29)
    🎙️ How can CSUF stay competitive in the face of transfer portal era (21:46)
    🎙️ What can Titan Baseball do to stay competitive with NIL (24:06)
    🎙️ Staying competitive if NCAA allows 34 full ride scholarships (26:43)
    🎙️ Fall schedule in preparation for 2025 (28:16)

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    29 mins
  • Episode 85: Christian Colon

    Episode 85: Christian Colon
    Feb 8 2024
    A lot of great short stops have come through the doors at Cal State Fullerton, Christian Colon is arguably one of the best to have ever worn the Blue and Orange. A three-year player at Fullerton, Colon played for the Titans from 2008 through 2010 and was drafted fourth overall by the Kansas City Royals in 2010. (What's notable about that 2010 draft, Colon and teammate Gary Brown were both drafted in the first round. That is the only year multiple Titans were selected in the first round of the same draft.)

    During his time at Fullerton, Colon batted .349 with 29 home runs and drove in 147 runs. His 17 home runs in 2010 led the team and he currently still ranks in the top 10 in numerous Titan Baseball categories. His single season records with the Titans has him ranked tied for eighth with Sam Favata for runs scored at 82 in 2009. His 21 sacrifice hits in 2008 ranks second for a single season and is a Titans freshman record. Talking about sacrificing his body, he is tied for sixth with Ivory Thomas and Reed Johnson being hit by a pitch in 2009.

    For his three-year career in college, Colon's 766 at-bats ranks 8th but first among 3-year players. His 267 hits ranks sixth all time but again, ranks first among three-year players, ahead of other notable 3-year Titans like Mark Kotsay and Phil Nevin. Colon scored 214 runs in his Titan career, again, tops among three-year players. Christian was not only good at the plate, but he also had an excellent glove recoding 219 assists in 2010 which ranks third for a single season and 547 total assists in three years. Those 547 assists ranks fourth all time in Titan Baseball history and you guessed it, ranks No. 1 among three-year Titans. Only David Bacani, Justin Turner and Shane Turner, all four-year Titans, have more assists than Colon.

    An All-American all three years on campus, Colon also played for the Team USA Collegiate National teams in 2008 and 2009. Drafted fourth overall by the Kansas City Royals, Colon would make his debut July 1, 2014 with the Kansas City Royals. Playing six years in Major League Baseball with the Royals, Maimi Marlins and Cincinnati Reds, Colon's seminal moment came in Game 5 of the 2015 World Series vs. the New York Mets.

    Tied 2-2 in the Top of the 12th inning with Jarrod Dyson on third with one out, Colon gets a pinch-hit opportunity facing Addison Reed. On a 1-2 count, Colon hits a single into left field scoring Dyson to score the go-ahead run.

    Recently Colon was named the manager of the Arkansas Travelers, the Double - A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners.

    Highlights include:

    🎙️ Growing up and moving as a kid (8:43)
    🎙️ Choosing Cal State Fullerton (15:00)
    🎙️ Choosing college over the MLB draft out of high school (22:08)
    🎙️ Frosh year at CSUF (25:57)
    🎙️ Broken leg before Junior year (36:10)
    🎙️ Draft day (44:42)
    🎙️ 2010 Super Regionals vs. UCLA (49:53)
    🎙️ Starting professional career (51:46)
    🎙️ Getting called up to the Show (58:21)
    🎙️ Hit & stolen base in 2014 AL Wild Card (60:29)
    🎙️ Now manager of Arkansas Travelers (1:08:37)

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    ▶️ Follow Christian Colon on Instagram: @christiancolon24
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Episode 84: Spencer Oborn

    Episode 84: Spencer Oborn
    Jan 11 2024
    Welcome into Episode 84 of the 1544 Miles to Omaha Podcast. Today's guest, Spencer Oborn, is arguably one of the greatest "one and done" players to have worn the Fullerton Orange and Navy Blue uniform.

    Oborn played for the Titans for the 1999 season and is ranked in the top ten in numerous single season achievements for the Titans. For that one season, Oborn hit .395, blasting 14 home runs and driving in 82 runs. His 104 hits in 1999 ranks tied for seventh with Kurt Suzuki for hits in a season. He hit seven triples which ranks tied for fourth with the likes of Hank LoForte, Gary Brown, Jose Mota and Matt Vejar. Those 82 runs batted in ranks tied for 10th with Titans Slugger Jared Clark. Oborn touched 182 total bases that season which ranks sixth in Titans single season history.

    Oborn's fantastic season did not go unnoticed earning Baseball America All-American 3rd team honors, Big West 1st team all-conference and named the Big West Conference Player of the Year.

    Selected in the 14th round of the 1999 MLB draft by the Chicago White Sox, Oborn played three seasons in the White Sox organization playing in the Midwest and Carolina Leagues.

    Episode Highlights include:

    🎙️ Growing up Spencer Oborn (5:30)
    🎙️ Playing for BYU first (9:32)
    🎙️ Choosing to transfer & come to CSUF (12:29)
    🎙️ First impression when joining the 1999 Titans (20:57)
    🎙️ 37-game hit streak (26:44)
    🎙️ Why so much success at the plate (34:30)
    🎙️ Draft Day 1999 (39:25)
    🎙️ South Bend Regional (42:37)
    🎙️ Choosing to stay on the road after South Bend (44:46)
    🎙️ Super Regional at Ohio State (51:00)
    🎙️ Omaha (53:11)
    🎙️ Game 1 vs. Stanford (55:00)
    🎙️ Game 2 vs. Texas A&M (57:20)
    🎙️ Game 3 vs. Florida State (58:17)
    🎙️ Once a Titan, Always a Titan (1:02:22)
    🎙️ Going to play professionally (1:05:07)
    🎙️ Coaching youth baseball now (1: 12:17)

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    1 hr and 15 mins
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