Aggie Flashback with former A&M catcher Craig Stinson

"I remember playing in a high school tournament in Cleveland, Ohio and there were a bunch of coaches there watching us play because we has a lot of good players. Coach David Coleman said he went there to watch someone else play and I had a good game. He called me two weeks later to see if I was interested in coming down. Went down for a visit and fell in love with it."

"Going down there to play baseball was a huge adjustment. I was overwhelmed when I first went down there."

"We had a really good team that year. Had probably two of the best college starters, Jason Meyer on Friday night and Zach Jackson on Saturday. I look back on that team and that team was really good."

"Before I got there A&M struggled for a little while. We had a good freshman year."

"My sophomore team was really good. We played well. Baton Rouge was a tough place to play. You had 10,00 people right on you and yelling at you but it was a lot of fun."

"It wasn't difficult catching those guys (Meyer, Jackson) they through so many strikes." 

"It was amazing how much success he (Meyer) had. I remember playing in Nebraska he gave up his first home run of the season in early May or late April. It was amazing how he dominated that whole year."

"I don't think I will ever forget that game (vs Rice in 2004). I think about that game all the time."

"I got back to College Station in August and started throwing again to get in shape for fall ball and started feeling something in my shoulder."

"I tried to play through it the whole fall ball season. I got an MRI and there was a bunch of stuff wrong with my shoulder."

"It was tough. We struggled that year and I was on the bench feeling helpless. It was really hard."

"We had a ton of new guys my senior year so you really didn't know how it was going to go."

"They totally wanted to change my swing. I wasn't hesitant about it but I hadn't ever changed my swing. I revamped that and started swinging the bat better."

"My senior year was probably the most fun I had playing baseball."

"I will miss the old Olsen Field. There was so much tradition in that park. It was time for a nice renovation."

"The biggest thing is going to be recruiting. A lot of guys are going to want to play in the best baseball conference, the SEC."