2023 Baseball & Softball Thread
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Sad Pandas note that this never worked during the Zook, McElwain, and Cousin Eddie days.
Postseason, survive and advance, anyhow, anyway, haha.
College World Series: Gators 6, Virginia 5 — UF Rallies in Bottom of 9th for Dramatic Comeback Win - Florida Gators
The Gators, down two runs in the bottom of the ninth, rally to win their first game of the College World Series.
floridagators.com
Probably 99.9% of uf fans likely felt the same way at the time, even if they don't admit it. I didn't say anything at all, but thought the same.
As for Oral, idk why....but they give me fgcu(basketball) vibes. Maybe it's because UF tends to be the obstacle to Cinderella teams as of late. Hopefully the outcome is the same.
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What the Gators did last night was no easy feat. Consider the below two statistics:
Virginia was 46-0 this season when leading after eight innings and 36-0 when holding teams to 4 runs or less.
They led 5-3 going to the bottom of the 9th inning vs. Florida.
Virginia reliever Jake Berry had allowed three home runs in 48 2/3 IP this season. #Gators smacked three out in 1 2/3 against Berry.
Virginia was 46-0 this season when leading after eight innings and 36-0 when holding teams to 4 runs or less.
They led 5-3 going to the bottom of the 9th inning vs. Florida.
Virginia reliever Jake Berry had allowed three home runs in 48 2/3 IP this season. #Gators smacked three out in 1 2/3 against Berry.
Paco,
The team didn't quit - but I almost did.
Someone (Country ?) had just posted we were going to have to climb out of the loser's bracket & I was all set to turn off my Internet Radio (listening to baseball games on radio a relic of my early youth) but the 1st home run in the bottom of the 9th ensued & I couldn't turn it off - even if the agony of a game 1 loss played out.
Glad I didn't !
Hell of a comeback.
Yep. Very impressive. I tossed in the towel after the 4th run crossed the plate.
Everything Kevin O'Sullivan said after Florida's 6-5 comeback win over Virginia
The Gators opened play in Omaha with a 6-5 win over Virginia to advance to the winner's bracket
247sports.com
Interesting Note
If Sully & the Gators fortunate enough to win CWS this year, he (they) will have the same number of National titles (2)
AS
Urban Meyer & Billy Donovan.
If Sully & the Gators fortunate enough to win CWS this year, he (they) will have the same number of National titles (2)
AS
Urban Meyer & Billy Donovan.
There's no way the young man next to Peyton is his son. The forehead is not big enough. It also seems like every time Mr. Forehead shows up at our venues, there's almost always a win involved.
I kind of wish I hadn’t seen this.Sully himself!
Stanford over Wake
2-1
7th Inning - on hold - 30 minute lightning delay
Wake would look good in the Loser's Bracket
LOL
2-1
7th Inning - on hold - 30 minute lightning delay
Wake would look good in the Loser's Bracket
LOL
Me too. It's like he's white girl dancing. Glad he's happy though. Sometimes it seems like he rarely smiles.
Man, a potential Wake Forest vs vols loser bracket match-up.... I'm not sure who I would want eliminated more.
Starting Top of the 8th
Stanford over Wake
2 -1
Stanford 3 up - 3 down; 3 SOs
Bottom of 8th - Wake at Bat; leadoff walk;
2nd walk; runners 1st & 2nd
infield punch; batter thrown out; 1 out; runners 2nd & 3rd
Wake 2 run single
Wake over Stanford
3-2; still 1 out
Batter - SO; 2 out
Called strike 3;
Stanford goes to bat - top of 9th
1st batter - ground out
2nd batter -1st base by error;
DOUBLE PLAY
Wake wins 3-2
NEXT GAME
LSU vs TENN
Stanford over Wake
2 -1
Stanford 3 up - 3 down; 3 SOs
Bottom of 8th - Wake at Bat; leadoff walk;
2nd walk; runners 1st & 2nd
infield punch; batter thrown out; 1 out; runners 2nd & 3rd
Wake 2 run single
Wake over Stanford
3-2; still 1 out
Batter - SO; 2 out
Called strike 3;
Stanford goes to bat - top of 9th
1st batter - ground out
2nd batter -1st base by error;
DOUBLE PLAY
Wake wins 3-2
NEXT GAME
LSU vs TENN
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weather delay screwed them. I’m sure they would have preferred not to pitch that kid in that spot.
Top 6th
LSU over Tenn
2 - 0
6 - 3 Bot 8th
Hoping some of that late inning magic helps Tenn beat LSU.
LSU pitcher PAUL SKENES the real deal.
Tenn needs the magic; its now or never
LSU over Tenn
2 - 0
6 - 3 Bot 8th
Hoping some of that late inning magic helps Tenn beat LSU.
LSU pitcher PAUL SKENES the real deal.
Tenn needs the magic; its now or never
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Jello Shot leaderboard at the stadium is a pretty good indicator of attendance by school.
CWS Primer: Gators vs. Oral Roberts (7 p.m. ET, ESPN) - Florida Gators
Florida and Oral Roberts, both fresh off ninth-inning comeback victories, meet in the College World Series on Sunday night.
floridagators.com
Gators prepare for resilient ballclub in Oral Roberts
Sunday at 7:00 PM EST in the winner’s bracket.As Sully says - if the Gators can win this game, then the surviving team in their bracket has to beat them twice.
A little more to read & think about.
https://www.gatorcountry.com/florid...are-for-a-resilient-ballclub-in-oral-roberts/
FWIW, at my age, hard to not be "Old School."
I like to listen to the games on radio & let my mind's eye "paint the picture."
https://tunein.com/radio/1620-the-Zone-KOZN-s34608/
Wrong terminology gd3, it's a Butt Light, the Proctologists favorite beer.... 😉
Jeff, my 'Old School' habit is to watch it on the tube, but with the commentators sound turned off.
This allows me to watch the game, judge the play for myself, and mostly ignore the media-morons constant babble... 😉
I'm just glad Ben McDonald is not our color commentator. He constantly drones on with his corn pone Louisiana stories. He's very knowledgeable about the game, but loses focus and loves to hear himself talk. We get Kyle Peterson tonight, who still does a little of that from his Stanford perspective - but I've always liked listening to his game commentary.
Well I’m like you in that I turn the sound off but listen to the gator network
TCU just knocked out Virginia 4-3. So we don't have to worry about facing them again. Gators need to take care of business tonight and they're off until Wednesday and somebody will have to beat them twice to get to the championship series. Lose tonight and we have to win 3 in a row.
More swinging for the fences and deep ball outs. Man on 2nd…get base hits.
