Found January 27, 2012 on MSUSpartans.com:
The defending Big Ten Champion Michigan State Spartan baseball team conducted its first official practice of the 2012 season Friday afternoon inside the Duffy Daugherty Football Building. MSU will practice for three weeks before taking on No. 11 St. John's on Opening Day Friday, Feb. 17 in Dunedin, Fla., for the Big Ten/Big East Challenge.
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