And yet many here seem to think the annual start against Miami was a bad thing. Seems to me that having them on the schedule every year would also help with recruiting. Fred Hill always played a tough OOC schedule. At this point, it just seems a bit excessive and unnecessary to go all the way to Hawaii to play four games. There are many locations (Florida, Texas, Carolinas, Arizona and California) in the continental US that can be nice perks for the team that also have good baseball programs. I honestly can't recall ever hearing a thing about the Hawaii program. Hey maybe it is not costing a lot more to go the extra distance but I would be surprised if that is the case.