The Connecticut university where Jackson Olson played college baseball, at Fiondella Field in Hartford. Hartford was one of two college programmes — alongside Stetson University — on Olson’s traditional route toward professional baseball. When the draft did not call, the Savannah Bananas star built his audience online instead, but the college years remain the foundation of the infielder’s game.
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