NORFOLK — You know the drill. When friends and/or family are about to arrive at your home, you shut the doors to any unsightly spaces. Think the teenager’s bedroom and wherever the cat’s litterbox resides.

Well, that’s how Old Dominion baseball coach Chris Finwood and his staff have long recruited. Prospects coming on an official visit? Don’t show them the offices, and heaven knows don’t show them the locker room.

“When you go out of your way not to showcase your home,” Monarchs athletic director Wood Selig said Thursday, “it’s glaring that something is not right.”

ODU took a massive step toward remedying the issue Thursday, breaking ground on a rebuild of the 42-year-old Bud Metheny Baseball Complex. Set to open in time for next season, the facility will include amenities for all conce

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