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OMAHA, Neb. -- I drive past the former site of Rosenblatt Stadium every day en route to the College World Series. It's not the shortest route, but it takes me around most of the traffic that floods downtown and offers a chance to salute the history of this event. Usually, I don't take my eyes off the road, though. The sadness of leaving south Omaha has long since faded. But I looked up on Wednesday and got a little nostalgic, noticing the familiar shape of the old hilltop and the billboard for Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, which has swallowed the old stadium property, perched in the same spot on which the left-field scoreboard once stood. The last CWS played at Rosenblatt, in 2010, yielded 32 home runs in 14 games. In the final three years at the park, hitters averaged 2.45 homers per game. Last year, there were three at TD Ameritrade Park. Texas shortstop C.J. Hinojosa on Wednesday hit the first home run of this CWS, a bullet off UC Irvine's Evan Manarino into the left-field...