For decades, major league baseball (MLB) used numerous minor leagues to develop athletes into major league players. To some extent, it still does.

But college baseball has become much more popular today than it was when I was a boy collecting baseball cards. I think cable and satellite television have had lots to do with this phenomenon.

With numerous sports channels available to the average American, college baseball has been one of the sports to benefit from the expanded air time modern-era television provides.

Today, fewer minor league teams exist than used to be the case. If universities c...