(Notre Dame, IN) West Virginia leads Notre Dame 11-3 as they get ready to bat in the top of the seventh inning, so we'll take another walk down memory lane of past Blue-Gold weekends.
The 2006 Blue-Gold weekend was all Jeff Samardzija's. The wide receiver/pitcher started Friday night's series opener on the mound vs. Rutgers before a crowd of 3,507, which is still the biggest crowd in Eck Stadium history. Fans stood in line for more than an hour to get their hands on a commemorative "Shark" poster that pictured a shirtless Samardzija wearing a pair of shoulder pads and holding a bat across his shoulders. He struckout six that night to get the "w" in an 11-5 Irish victory.
Irish football coach Charlie Weis and football captains Brady Quinn, Tom Zbikowski and Travis Thomas tossed-out ceremonial first pitches before the game.
The next day inside Notre Dame Stadium, Samardzija caught a 37-yard touchdown pass from Quinn during the Blue-Gold football game.
The total attendance for the 3-game series was 10,003.
Three two-sport athletes are playing in this weekend's Notre Dame-West Virginia series. Punter Eric Maust will pitch in Sunday's series finales (he beat the Mountaineers in last season's finale in Morgantown), former quarterback Evan Sharpley is tonight's starting first baseman and wide receiver Golden Tate is in left field tonight.
The first 1,000 fans at tomorrow's game will receive a poster of Tate, who will also play two or three offensive series in the football scrimmage at Notre Dame Stadium before heading across the Joyce Center parking lot to suit-up with the baseball team.
West Virginia now leads tonight's game 17-3 after plating a 6-spot in the top of the 7th inning.
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