CWS Run Ends On Sour Note: Florida’s baseball team rode Preston Tucker’s bat and a strong pitching staff to its first SEC Tournament Title since 1991. But the season will be remembered by a sweep at the hands of South Carolina in the CWS Finals in Omaha, Neb.
OMAHA, Neb. — Josh Adams' lips quivered as he spoke. With tears streaming down his face, Florida's second baseman was helpless at the podium, unable to process where it all went wrong.
OMAHA, Neb. — It wasn’t supposed
Just call them the Cardiac ‘Cocks or Houdini's Heroes. South Carolina did it again.
OMAHA, Neb. — Ray Tanner can tell a story. But if he turns out to
OMAHA, Neb. — When Texas was eliminated from the College World
OMAHA, Neb. — College baseball’s championship trophy is headed
OMAHA, Neb. — Entering Friday, the Gators were in the driver's seat at the College World Series. After six long months and 70 games, their rolling train finally reached its destination.
OMAHA, Neb. — For the second time in four days a pair of conference titans will clash at the College World Series in a critical semifinals matchup.
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OMAHA, Neb. — Baseball relievers are supposed to have short
OMAHA, Neb., — Not wind, not hail, not even a day without touching
OMAHA, Neb., — Two old friends and a pair of conference titans will
OMAHA, NEB. — Florida vs. Vanderbilt isn't quite Yankees vs. Red
OMAHA, Neb., — Bryson Smith never lost faith.
OMAHA, Neb., — Since postseason play began, the top-ranked Gators baseball team has shown a unique capability of rising from the dead.
OMAHA — Florida (50-17) will receive an added boost when it faces off against perennial powerhouse Texas (49-17) Saturday at 7 p.m. on the opening day of the 2011 College World Series.
In the opening baseball media session in February — still stinging from a bitterly short trip nearly eight months before — the top-ranked Gators spoke about their motivation to get back to the College World Series.
The top-ranked Gators were eight outs away from clinching back-to-back College World Series appearances Saturday. Instead, they imploded twice, culminating in Mississippi State’s Nick Vickerson’s stunning walk-off two-run homer.
Kevin O’Sullivan was lost Saturday afternoon, mentally exhausted from a shocking and brutal walk-off defeat.
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