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FILE - In this June 8, 2012 file photo, Stanford pitcher Mark Appel throws in the second inning of an NCAA college baseball tournament game against Florida State in Tallahassee, Fla. As Appel sat in the Stanford dugout and glanced out at sun-kissed Sunken Diamond Monday May 20, 2013, the star pitcher reminded himself just how much it meant to return for his final college season. Unpopular choice for some, the right one for a projected high first-round draft pick once again a year after he turned down the Pittsburgh Pirates as the eighth overall choice to go back to school. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)