Troy player ‘Jabe Ruth’ proves college sports can be saved with the most patriotic home run you’ll ever see

I know the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup are going on right now. I understand The Knicks are a pretty important team right now, and rightly so.

But I’m here to open everyone’s eyes to the biggest story in America that no one is talking about.

Troy Trojans and catcher Jabe Boroff.

Drop everything you’re doing and start paying attention to what’s happening in Alabama because it’s more exciting than anything you’ll see on the field or on the ice.

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Boroff, nicknamed “Jabe Ruth” by his teammates, leads the Trojans to the brink of their first trip to Omaha. This is true. In a world dominated by the NIL and the transfer portal, the TROY TROJANS are one win away from the College World Series.

A week that began with Nick Saban sounding the alarm about the state of college athletics ended with a team hosting the NCAA tournament for the first time, breaking attendance records and going viral for all the right reasons.

Troy defeated Little Rock 12-2 in Game 1 of the Super Regional on Friday. Boroff hit two home runs, including an eighth-inning grand slam to the Patriot bounce house in left field.

And if this weren’t a reminder of what college sport should do It looks like this, I don’t know what it is:

Troy proves college sports can still be saved

I’ve been hitting the table for college baseball for years. I begged the world to show him more respect. ESPN has a TV deal and is showing almost no games until May. I’ve said for a long time that this is a wasted opportunity.

And the first 10 days of this tournament added fuel to that fire.

We experienced great sorrows that you don’t experience anymore in football or basketball. We’ve had iconic moments like the whole of Morgantown singing “Country Roads” earlier this week when the Mountaineers won in the regional championship.

Most importantly, we have enabled teams like Troy to not only win meaningful games, but also host meaningful games. The Trojans made the tournament, upset the Florida Gators (twice) and are now one win away from Omaha.

Troy catcher Jabe Boroff celebrates hitting a home run during the 2026 NCAA Baseball Championship Gainesville Regional game at Condron Family Ballpark on June 1, 2026 in Gainesville, Florida. Troy won the winner-take-all game against Florida, 10-2. (Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun)

Which brings me to Boroff, who has become “Jabe Ruth” over the last few weeks thanks to an exciting tournament.

The young catcher hit .114 with a home run on May 9. Less than a month later, he was hitting .270 with 11 home runs. This is a real statistic. Read again.

In this tournament alone, he hit six bombs with 18 RBIs in six games. In the program’s first Super Regional Friday, he hit two homers and plated half the team’s runs.

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Do you understand how impressive this is? Again, this is why college baseball is the best. It’s everything we loved about college sports before things started to get rough a few years ago.

We loved the sorrows and the “moments”. Coming from a state university (Boroff spent his first two years at Enterprise State), we liked the lesser-known players and just took a chance. We also loved the atmosphere and the feeling that this was “our school”.

West Virginia fans celebrate as the Mountaineers beat Kentucky to earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament Super Regional (West Virginia Athletics)

College baseball proved in the first week of this tournament that anything is still possible. There still is. We saw this on Monday in West Virginia and where it’s called. Riddle Speed ​​Zone on Friday.

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No one had ever heard of this place until this week. Until this week, no one had ever heard of “Jabe Ruth.” Did anyone here know Troy had a baseball team until this week? Probably not.

That’s what we’re doing now, and that’s why college baseball is the best.