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2017 CWS: UF National Champions!
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Do or die today Gators. Hopefully Sully can finally breakthrough and bring us that elusive baseball championship that we've been knocking on the door for awhile now. How many schools have won championships in the big 3 sports?
- Jun 18, 2014
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I'll blame Sully for poor lineup decisions and for bringing in Milchin, but not the India play or the 3B baserunning fiasco. Sully can't physically or mentally control the 3B coach to make a good decision there, that's on the 3B coach himself. And India got greedy trying for the DP which wasn't smart, but again, that's not on Sully. I can promise you Sully wanted him to go home with it and any player knows that's the right play.
Just my 2 cents.
- Apr 3, 2016
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Never mind looked it up and Ucla, Michigan, Stanford, Cal, and Ohio St have the trifecta.
- Jun 11, 2014
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ONCE AGAIN, FireFoley shows up when we LOSE. Funny how that happens just about EVERY time. He had NOTHING to say after we WON those first 2 games. WHY is that??!!?? Trolls will be Trolls. A Loss is a disaster for me cause then the Haters and Complainers and Trolls win.
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Are you going to point that out to the dozens of others here who have their own brand of tired shtick? Maybe I'm just not as sophisticated as some, but Jboss amuses me. He is a delightful ray of sunshine amongst a big sky of dark clouds.
- Jun 10, 2014
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Maybe you and the others should grab a mirror and gaze into it if this is your stance.
- Nov 19, 2014
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First & foremost, the cause of UF being in danger in an elimination tourney is coach-manager Sullivan's shortfall.
1) In Schwartz, he had a freshman poised to be an HR leader in all CBB. Schwartz seems to have gotten zero or wrong hitting instruction-practicing.
2) Sully watched all season as his team developed zero hitting prowess, little run producing lineup. Hitting is 50% the attitude that the batter brings to the plate,(his grip, the balance & readiness for stride of his stance) and along with the "in game" by side coaching he gets "memorizing" the hints given off by the pitcher's arm angles for each style of pitch he throws. All Gator batters should be ooached and drilled in laser-stare at the ball from the time it leaves the pitchers hand 'til it reaches the "sweet-spot" of his swing. That creates aggressive line drive hitters. All season in 70% of our games we've had such little RBIs as to depend too much on our pitchers dominating opposing hitters who all approach hitting in that aggressive style.
3) During a "control your destiny game", a smart coach does not choose an 175 lbs, .181 BA outfielder (Horvath for season 2 doubles, 0 HRs) over a 6', 230-lb OF (Bell for season .275 BA, 2 HRs)?? Plus there were about 4 better hitters on the roster recruited and used during the season.
4) Third base coach of such little foresight to be out of position as to not properly signal the baserunner. Also, some coach should have waved Horvath to set up 8 yards deeper. An outfielder can cover far faster running forward than retreating. Why wasn't the shortstop pre-informed to throw home to stop that scoring base-runner?
5) All season long, outfielders should be coached to dive for a fly (Langworthy) anytime there is any chance of catching it, knowing that a "so-taught" teammate will take care of any fetch & throw-in should that catch fail. That is similar to a team's training in smart base running. In the CWS you want to cause your opponent discouragement not encouragement.
6) Of course, there's always that GatorJ thingy. {Just kidding J. I don't believe in deja-view ... so watch-on tonight, J -- we want to break a drought = CWS and yours.}
1) In Schwartz, he had a freshman poised to be an HR leader in all CBB. Schwartz seems to have gotten zero or wrong hitting instruction-practicing.
2) Sully watched all season as his team developed zero hitting prowess, little run producing lineup. Hitting is 50% the attitude that the batter brings to the plate,(his grip, the balance & readiness for stride of his stance) and along with the "in game" by side coaching he gets "memorizing" the hints given off by the pitcher's arm angles for each style of pitch he throws. All Gator batters should be ooached and drilled in laser-stare at the ball from the time it leaves the pitchers hand 'til it reaches the "sweet-spot" of his swing. That creates aggressive line drive hitters. All season in 70% of our games we've had such little RBIs as to depend too much on our pitchers dominating opposing hitters who all approach hitting in that aggressive style.
3) During a "control your destiny game", a smart coach does not choose an 175 lbs, .181 BA outfielder (Horvath for season 2 doubles, 0 HRs) over a 6', 230-lb OF (Bell for season .275 BA, 2 HRs)?? Plus there were about 4 better hitters on the roster recruited and used during the season.
4) Third base coach of such little foresight to be out of position as to not properly signal the baserunner. Also, some coach should have waved Horvath to set up 8 yards deeper. An outfielder can cover far faster running forward than retreating. Why wasn't the shortstop pre-informed to throw home to stop that scoring base-runner?
5) All season long, outfielders should be coached to dive for a fly (Langworthy) anytime there is any chance of catching it, knowing that a "so-taught" teammate will take care of any fetch & throw-in should that catch fail. That is similar to a team's training in smart base running. In the CWS you want to cause your opponent discouragement not encouragement.
6) Of course, there's always that GatorJ thingy. {Just kidding J. I don't believe in deja-view ... so watch-on tonight, J -- we want to break a drought = CWS and yours.}
- Aug 1, 2014
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Sully is our Mike Martin...he always chokes under the bright lights. Maybe tonight will be different...we'll see!
- Oct 21, 2014
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Never call people out or call them " trolls" because they don't share my views, hating and complaining about people hating and complaining, comedy
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That makes no sense since can't find one post where I've called people out or trolls, and I'm actually a right wing nut gun clinger, that's enjoying the fruits of his labor at this point in life.
Not meaning you don't make sense, btw
- Aug 1, 2014
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bro that wasn't directed at u
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I know bro sorry, trying to multi task here, and doing a poor job
- Aug 25, 2014
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I know this is very premature as we have to win tonight but Ill throw it out there. Who would we rather face in the championship, LSU or Oregon State? I'm leaning towards Oregon St. I don't think I want to play an LSU team that we've faced already this year. I just think we may have a better chance if we're facing a team fresh where neither side knows the other's tendencies. Maybe it will motivate our guys and give them an extra spark. Thoughts?
