Game 159 - Florida vs. Miami (FL)

June 17 at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, NE
ESPN

The Gators eliminated their in-state rivals with the long ball and some solid pitching from freshman Alex Faedo. While four players hit home runs - including Harrison Bader (solo) and Buddy Reid (two-run HR) in the top of the first - Faedo allowed just one earned run in five innings and struck out seven as Florida moved on with a 10-3 victory.

We're down to five teams in the CWS and Florida tries again to stay alive when it plays Virginia Friday.

Meanwhile, Miami lost twice in Omaha, both times against the Gators. The Gainesville school scored 25 runs in the two contests and are averaging an incredible 9.7 runs in eight NCAA Tournament games.

If you show him cue cards, he will mumble nonsense

Kevin Costner says things before each of the College World Series games, which ESPN likes to refer to as "narration", and what I like to refer to as "reading off a piece of paper while eating at a barbecue restaurant".


"There's a reason why they make movies about it.

A reason why we watch.

There's a reason why for every 20 year old ballplayer doing this, there's thousands of people of any age who would trade places with him in a heartbeat.

Because in our hearts is where the game lives and we never stop loving the game."


Wow! Now THAT was impressive.

It reminded me of the final scene in Field of Dreams, only if instead of having a catch with his father, Ray Kinsella was picking up turtle poop with two pieces of a cardboard box.

Baseball Phrases

Some good ones from Jon Sciambi & Kyle Peterson this evening.

"Money"
"The flavors of Omaha"
"Gators and Canes, oh my"
"Happy zone"
"Difference maker with the bat"
"His stuff just jumps off the page"
"Little oppo flash"