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A ball landed in RF.
A player crossed home.
A dream came true.
A ball landed in RF.
A player crossed home.
A dream came true.
8 years ago tonight...
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On my son's Birthday too....
The season started on my Wife's Birthday and ended on my Son's birthday....
Perfect!
I know this is going to sound like I’m going through male menopause, but every time I see a pic or video of the 2010 championship I get chills and a tear in my eye. That was one of my best moments as a gamecock fan.
And I saw it! I can still hear that "clink" as Merrifield shot that pitch to RF.
Notice how full those stands were compared to what we saw the other night? And it's not all about stadium size, either.
There were lots of empty seats at the CWS this year. People just aren't attending games like they used to.
Maybe there's coming a time when all events will be played in front of studio audiences instead of stadium crowds.
I think most people would agree, it was a foolish call to pitch to Whit. He was struggling that night, but you still have to load the bases there and try to induce a ground ball with a drawn in infield. Their closer was also beginning to tire out it seemed.
I'm not sure what went through that coaches head, but I'm sure glad they decided to pitch to him.
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This is sort of unfair. My dentist is a huge Arkansas fan, and he made the trip to Omaha. But with the constant weather delays, he couldn't commit to staying. I suspect this had an impact.
Will never forget it. The next day I had hernia surgery. When I woke up in recovery there was a guy in the room wearing a Gamecock hat. Don't know if he was a nurse or orderly or what. I slurred, "how bout those Gamecocks!", then promptly conked out again.
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What I was thinking is...If I were UCLA, I would would walk Merrifield and JBJ, and try to induce a ground ball out of Christian Walker...Try and turn two, and get out of the inning. They decided to pitch to Whitt, and the rest is history.
Murderers Row!
Yea...Three guys playing in the MLB now. Plus...Marzilli (sacrifice bunt to get Wingo to third) is at AAA for Reno (Dbacks).
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What I was thinking is...If I were UCLA, I would would walk Merrifield and JBJ, and try to induce a ground ball out of Christian Walker...Try and turn two, and get out of the inning. They decided to pitch to Whitt, and the rest is history.
Murderers Row!
Yea...Three guys playing in the MLB now. Plus...Marzilli (sacrifice bunt to get Wingo to third) is at AAA for Reno (Dbacks).
I believe Whitt knew the game was over, when he saw the pitch on the way!!!
"Swing, line drive, right field, it drops...." The true definition of "famous last words."
It was a wonderful experience to win the national championship in the last game at Rosenblatt. We were sitting in the stands on the third base side along with of of Carolina fans when it happened. My wife and I looked at each other with the the unbelievable wonderful dismay that we had just won a national championship. We all congregated behind the third base dugout listening to Coach Tanner and he invited all of us to the Embassy Suites to celebrate wit the team which we did and got lots of great photos with Tanner, players and the trophy. They has champagne to celebrate but the celebration ran too late as Omaha had a law against dispensing alcoholic beverages after a certain time and we were beyond that. We ended up eating an early breakfast at a Perkins restaurant before heading back to our hotel. The next day (Wednesday) we saw the team load into the buses, rode back to Rosenblatt one more time and headed back to Columbia. It was a magical trip and time plus we went back the next two years for the championship series. We are planning to drive one more time then will probably start flying. My daughters gave me a large framed display of our tickets, pictures and the poster from the State.
Had a morning surgery (10am+-) of about 3 hours I'm told. After recovery i was in a private room with TV, complete w/ESPN. I had made sure about it when we advanced. You might say that I had "covered all the bases", just in case.
The only time I've ever cried for a game. I thought the day would never come in my lifetime. It may happen again if we do it in football or basketball.
There was a full house for game two of pigs vs beavers.....
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