Report: Legendary baseball coach Augie Garrido hospitalized
Legendary college baseball coach Augie Garrido was hospitalized on Saturday night, according to a report.
D1Baseball’s Kendall Rogers reported on Sunday that Garrido had been hospitalized the night before.
Legendary @BaseballTitans and @TexasBaseball former head coach Augie Garrido, the winningest coach in college baseball history, was hospitalized last night after a very serious medical situation. Here’s to one of my favorites making a speedy recovery.
— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) March 12, 2018
Garrido is 79 and serves as a special assistant to the athletic director at Texas. He won two championships at Texas and three more over two stints at Cal State Fullerton. His teams reached a total of 15 College World Series.
On Feb. 23, Garrido had thrown out the ceremonial first pitch before a Texas-LSU game.
Augie Garrido and Skip Bertman throwing ceremonial first pitches to David Pierce and Paul Mainieri #hookem #lsu pic.twitter.com/NkhrdvYr4O
— Joe Cook (@josephcook89) February 24, 2018
Last weekend he attended a Fullerton game.
What a treat to have the GOAT and Titan Legend Augie Garrido in attendance today. #OnceATitanAlwaysATitan pic.twitter.com/kjkun7ZLOt
— Titan Baseball (@BaseballTitans) March 3, 2018
The reason for his hospitalization was not reported.
