Sometimes, no matter what you do, life just decides to toss a nasty curveball.

You’d think you can square it up and maybe make solid contact. But that little deviation in trajectory leaves even the best hitters floundering about.

Such was the feeling for players and fans of the Cisco College and McLennan Community College baseball teams who, in the span of a few hours, went from National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) World Series hopefuls to victims of justice gone awry.

Both...