A few days before its season opener, one word is making its way around Florida’s locker room.
Last year, Peter Alonso was a bright spot for Florida.
There were two playoff games, and then it was over.
For the past two seasons, Florida baseball has had the luxury of seeing Taylor Gushue as the team’s catcher.
The Florida baseball team was satisfied with how the story of its 2014 season played out.
Before he returned to Florida for the start of spring practice, shortstop Richie Martin did some light reading.
The Florida baseball team exceeded expectations in 2014.
Florida baseball continues to bring in talent.
Florida baseball had a sour end to its 2014 campaign.
If you remember how important Taylor Gushue was for Florida last season, you would say the same thing about him now in the minors.
Logan Shore earned plenty of hardware in his freshman season.
Since right-handed pitcher Justin Shafer signed with the Toronto Blue Jays on June 10, two more Gators have decided to go pro.
After a disappointing ending to an otherwise successful season, Florida had six of its 11 eligible players selected in the MLB Draft – two on Friday and four on Saturday.
For more than 1,200 high school and college baseball players across the United States, Thursday could potentially mark one of the biggest days of their lives. The 2014 MLB First-Year Draft begins Thursday evening and will continue through Saturday.
In the end, Florida (40-22) just couldn’t get timely hits after stranding 13 on base, and its season came to a waterlogged end against North Carolina (35-26) losing 5-3.
In the end, they had nobody to blame but themselves. Not the rain that delayed them three hours and fifteen minutes, not the opposing pitchers that let them twice have the bases loaded in consecutive innings, and not the NCAA selection committee that gave them the hardest regional of any national seed.
So you probably think Florida’s NCAA baseball regional is a bit difficult for a two-seed, and if that’s the case, you’re most certainly right.
The phrase “defense wins championships” proved ever so true on Sunday afternoon as LSU won the Southeastern Conference Tournament in a 2-0 victory over top-seeded Florida.
And on to the championship they go.
Mississippi State (37-22) entered its Southeastern Conference Tournament fourth-round tilt against No. 1 seed Florida (39-20) with a .981 fielding average, good for seventh in all of Division 1. In the 5-1 loss, the Bulldogs looked anything but stout defensively team behind its pitchers.
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