1544 Miles to Omaha

Episode 68: Joe Fraser


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Today's guest is arguably one of the best one and done player in Titan Baseball history, Joe Fraser.

Fraser played just one year for Cal State Fullerton, that year... 1995, the year the Titans won their third national championship, defeating the University of Southern California 11-5 in the final game.

The 1995 Titans squad is widely considered the greatest college baseball team of all time going 57-9 and became the first No. 1 seed at Omaha to win the title. In that championship game, Fraser started at second base and went 1-for-4 and scored one of the 11 runs the Titans put up at Rosenblatt Stadium that day.

A Junior College transfer, Fraser played the 1995 season and was selected in the 27th round of the MLB Draft by the Minnesota Twins. During his one year on Fullerton's campus, he averaged .348, hit 7 home runs and drove in 46 runs.

Highlights include:

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Growing up Joe Fraser (2:55)
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Find his path in baseball (5:36)
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Going JUCO before Fullerton (7:07)
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Choosing Cal State Fullerton (10:46)
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Joining the team in fall of 1994 (13:26)
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Coming together as a team in Spring (15:35)
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ The losing streak of 3 games (17:47)
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ The win streak to a championship (20:16)
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ 3 CWS games leading to Championship game (21:19)
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Honkey Tonk Women the official song of the '95 team (22:52)
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Recounting the championship game (26:31)
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Augie's scooter (29:42)
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ National champions at the White House (31:44)
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Playing pro baseball (33:20)
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Professional career now (35:47)
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Thoughts on the recruiting process now vs. then (38:51)
๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Thoughts on current state of the Titans program (42:50)

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