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Column: Wichita and Shocker baseball were the perfect 1990s marriage - Norman Transcript
By Tyler Palmateer, Transcript Sports Editor
May 21, 2020, 10:00pm cst
https://www.normantranscript.com/okl...4bed1b44a.html
"These were different times. Not that long ago, but long enough that flip-shade sunglasses were still cool.
The Chicago Bulls were really good. George W. Bush was in the White House. Kriss Kross’ single “Jump” was chasing Sir Mix-A-Lot and Boyz II Men atop the pop chart.
And Wichita State was experiencing glory days on the baseball diamond. Back then, in south-central Kansas the Shockers may as well have been the Yankees.
Wichita had just a few outlets for sports. WSU dropped football in 1986 and was in a basketball lull, not yet playing mad for Gregg Marshall.
The Global Basketball Association basketball was in town briefly with the Wichita Outlaws. A professional indoor soccer team, the Wichita Wings, drew some fans. A night spent watching the Wichita Thunder — a minor league hockey team in place well before NBA arrived in Oklahoma City — was not a bad treat.
But nothing beat WSU baseball. Nothing...."
By Tyler Palmateer, Transcript Sports Editor
May 21, 2020, 10:00pm cst
https://www.normantranscript.com/okl...4bed1b44a.html
"These were different times. Not that long ago, but long enough that flip-shade sunglasses were still cool.
The Chicago Bulls were really good. George W. Bush was in the White House. Kriss Kross’ single “Jump” was chasing Sir Mix-A-Lot and Boyz II Men atop the pop chart.
And Wichita State was experiencing glory days on the baseball diamond. Back then, in south-central Kansas the Shockers may as well have been the Yankees.
Wichita had just a few outlets for sports. WSU dropped football in 1986 and was in a basketball lull, not yet playing mad for Gregg Marshall.
The Global Basketball Association basketball was in town briefly with the Wichita Outlaws. A professional indoor soccer team, the Wichita Wings, drew some fans. A night spent watching the Wichita Thunder — a minor league hockey team in place well before NBA arrived in Oklahoma City — was not a bad treat.
But nothing beat WSU baseball. Nothing...."