First Pitch Q&A: Mike Fox, Scott Bankhead

Posted Feb 6, 2011
Can you give an introduction to what kind of pitcher Scott Bankhead was during his career at North Carolina? Mike Fox: “I don’t think people realize until you start to listen to things like 20 consecutive wins in a row - that record might never be broken - and I think that Scott was one of the first great pitchers in the history of this program over a sustained period of time." (Inside Carolina)

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