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The first full weekend of Pac-10 play is here. With Oregon bringing baseball back last year it’s great to be able to have all 10 teams playing conference series at the same time.

First, where we’ve been. The Pac-10 standings:

Place	School	Wins	Loses	Games Back
1	ASU	3	0	-
2-T	ARIZONA	2	1	1
2-T	Stanford	2	1	1
4-T	OSU	0	0	1.5
4-T	UCLA	0	0	1.5
4-T	Washington	0	0	1.5
4-T	WSU	0	0	1.5
8-T	Oregon	1	2	2
8-T	USC	1	2	2
10	Cal	0	3	3

Next, where we are (in the polls):

School	BAS	COL	NAT	USA	RIV
ASU	2	1	1	1	2
UCLA	6	2	6	5	5
OSU	21	10	16	18	18
ARIZONA	22	18	20	20	20
Stanford	19	28	26	26*	19
Oregon	-	-	-	29*	-

*Others receiving votes

BAS = Baseball America
COL = Collegiate Baseball
NAT = National Collegiate Baseball Writers
USA = USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll
RIV = Rivals.com

Now for where we’re going. All series this week are Thursday through Saturday due to the Easter holiday.

ARIZONA (20-5 / 2-1) at Cal (13-10 / 0-3)
Both the UA and Cal blew a late lead on Sunday. The Bears are out to prove they’re not as bad as ASU made them look.

ASU (23-0 / 3-0) at
Oregon (18-8 / 1-2)
Can the Ducks build on the momentum of their thrilling comeback win? Can ASU lose?

OSU (16-5 / 0-0) at
USC (13-12 / 1-2)
The Beavers were cruising right along until getting swept in a double header at home against Long Beach. Are they a Pac-10 contender or, like Arizona, did they build this impressive record with a light non-conference schedule?

Stanford (12-7 / 2-1) at UCLA (21-0 / 0-0)
The series of the week. If UCLA is still undefeated after this weekend it means they’re really, really, really good.

WSU (14-7 / 0-0) at Washington (12-10 / 0-0)
The unseries of the week. Sorry, U-Dub, you’re not playing Dallas Baptist anymore.

For the Cats these next six games (with a bonus seventh game a week from Monday) will be the first road games of the year. Kurt Heyer’s sterling numbers and his classmates’ pretty batting stats will be put to the test. You have to think splitting the six Pac-10 games would be considered a success and then you try and regain the home field magic.

The UA game times are 2:30 p.m. Pacific/Arizona on Thursday and Friday, and 12 noon on Saturday. There are no night games in Berkeley because Cal’s Evans Diamond has no lights.

Can the Cats play lights-out under a foreign sun?

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