The Les crowd was abuzz for Torres-Costa's first start

By Dave Reardon

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 17, 2013

~~<p>What's the shelf life for buzz? It held up nine months for Quintin Torres-Costa. It was last May when he pitched one of the most spectacular games in Hawaii state high school tournament history.</p>
<p>He returned to the scene of that tour de force Saturday, this time not in a Waiakea uniform, but the green and white of the University of Hawaii. You could feel the electricity as dusk settled on Manoa and the fans filled up Les Murakami Stadium for a second-straight SRO sellout — the previous evening it was for opening night. For this second game, the prime attraction was the beginning of a transition from schoolboy legend to (hopefully for UH) college star.</p>
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What's the shelf life for buzz? It held up nine months for Quintin Torres-Costa. It was last May when he pitched one of the most spectacular games in Hawaii state high school tournament history.

He returned to the scene of that tour de force Saturday, this time not in a Waiakea uniform, but the green and white of the University of Hawaii. You could feel the electricity as dusk settled on Manoa and the fans filled up Les Murakami Stadium for a second-straight SRO sellout — the previous evening it was for opening night. For this second game, the prime attraction was the beginning of a transition from schoolboy legend to (hopefully for UH) college star. Login for more...