Notre Dame fans may know that Carl Yastrzemski attended the University of Notre Dame on a basketball scholarship before heading off to a Hall of Fame baseball career with the Boston Red Sox.
Well, Yaz's grandson Mike Yastrzemski is a star outfielder for the Vanderbilt Commodores. Mike was drafted by the Red Sox after his senior year in high school -- he passed up the opportunity to join his Grandpa's old team to play college baseball.
Mike had a home run and four RBI in Vandy's weekend sweep of Oregon State to move on to the College World Series this weekend in Omaha. Why couldn't we have gotten Mike to go to ND? Here's a link to the game story:
LINK: YAZ DIDN'T FOLLOW GRAMP!
