Opening Day is the start of all things new. It's a chance to wipe the slate clean from the previous season and start fresh.

John Wooten etched his name in the Pirate record books following a stellar junior campaign in which he became the 15th player in school history - first since Darryl Lawhorn in 2003 - to claim the Triple Crown.

East Carolina senior Timothy Younger produced his best weekend of baseball when he and the Pirates played host to Houston in early April at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.

Pirate Nation - now that we are 19 days away from the start of the 2013 season, we have decided to kick off the 10th Inning blog with a countdown of Top 10 moments from the 2012 season. Each day we will add a new post as we get closer to the season opener against nationally-ranked Virginia (Feb. 15 at 3 p.m.).