{"id":432297,"date":"2017-02-16T16:55:19","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T21:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=432297"},"modified":"2026-07-26T12:56:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T16:56:59","slug":"manuel-high-expectations-loom-for-triangle-trio-on-the-diamond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=432297","title":{"rendered":"Manuel: High expectations loom for Triangle trio on the diamond"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/manuel\/16533615\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcache.wralsportsfan.com\/asset\/colleges\/ncsu\/2016\/05\/25\/15727941\/15727941-1464902841-160x120.jpg\" alt=\"NC State falls to Florida State in ACC opener\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The official first day of the season is Friday, when the Triangle&#8217;s college clubs all begin their 56-game schedule. NC State opens the year ranked No. 14 by Baseball America, with North Carolina checking in at No. 17. Duke, coming off its first NCAA tournament appearance since 1961, enters the season unranked. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/manuel\/16533615\/\" class=\"colorbox\" id=\"rssmi_more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> &#8230;read more<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/manuel\/16533615\/\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"Manuel: High expectations loom for Triangle trio on the diamond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WRAL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The official first day of the season is Friday, when the Triangle&#8217;s college clubs all begin their 56-game schedule. NC State opens the year ranked No&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,79,81,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-432297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-duke-blue-devils","category-featured-stories","category-n-c-state-wolfpack","category-north-carolina-tar-heels","wpcat-82-id","wpcat-79-id","wpcat-81-id","wpcat-80-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=432297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1918953,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432297\/revisions\/1918953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=432297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=432297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=432297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}