Holbrook soaks up son's CWS title experience

Posted Jul 1, 2010
Chad Holbrook is becoming a June regular in Omaha, Neb., and has now been a part of the CWS in four of the last five years. He graduated from North Carolina and was an assistant for the Tar Heels from 1994-2008. After the Heels blew a 5-0 lead during one of their title runs, Chad realized the enormity and urgency of the situation. (Morganton News Herald)

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