Ha! You got me on your last line. "If you're not watching Gator softball you're..."
I expected to read Gator Bait! ;-) Sent From Shane's iPhone Go Gators! & Skol Vikes! ALPCA #8756 Europlate #1045 On May 27, 2013, at 9:19 AM, "mail.bobparks.com" <[email protected]> wrote: > Does it tell you anything that Pat Dooley is writing about softball? > This is a great sport and these are great athletes playing in it. > If you're not watching Gator softball you're missing something. > > Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI > Real Estate Broker > Bob Parks, LLC > 1517 Hunt Club Blvd > Gallatin TN 37066 > 615-972-4239 > 615-826-4040 > Sent from my iPhone > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Shane Ford <[email protected]> >> Date: May 26, 2013, 11:10:16 PM CDT >> To: GatorNEWS <[email protected]> >> Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: Florida softball advances to College World Series >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> >> Florida softball advances to College World Series >> By Pat Dooley >> Gainesville Sun Staff writer >> Published: Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 2:36 p.m. >> Last Modified: Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 4:42 p.m. >> All week, it was forbidden. >> >> Facts >> Up next >> What: Women’s College World Series >> Who: Florida (57-7) vs. Tennessee (49-10) >> When: Thursday at 2:30 p.m. >> TV: ESPN2 >> Radio: 104.9 FM >> Where: ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, Oklahoma City >> But when the dust settled at home plate Sunday, the members of the Florida >> softball team could scream it at the top of their lungs. >> >> Oklahoma City, here they come. >> >> Again. >> >> For the fifth time in six years, UF coach Tim Walton is taking a team to the >> Women's College World Series. This one came in dramatic fashion when >> freshman second baseman Kelsey Stewart threw out the tying run at home plate >> to end the game and give Florida the 1-0 win over Alabama-Birmingham (40-19). >> >> Although pinch-runner Hailey Glynn was out easily, it could have been a >> close play had Stewart not realized that Glynn was trying to score from >> second base. >> >> “I was just hoping she didn't throw the ball to first base,” Walton said. >> >> Stewart laid out for the grounder up the middle off the bat of Lauren >> Webster but didn't look at first. Instead, she got to her knees and fired a >> perfect strike to catcher Aubree Munro, a defensive substitute in the >> seventh inning. >> >> “Every day in practice, we go through game-winners,” Stewart said. “Right >> before the play (shortstop) Katie (Medina) and I said, ‘Game-winner.' >> >> “I was just laying my body out there. She thought I would go to first. I >> would have (thought that) too.” >> >> The final out preserved a shutout for Florida starter Hannah Rogers, who was >> masterful in the circle in a game with little margin for error. In running >> her record to 33-5, Rogers allowed only four hits and struck out seven. >> >> “She was really good,” Walton said of his pitcher. “She had real command of >> her pitches. Don't forget about defense. She made a couple of really nice >> plays.” >> >> One of them came to start the seventh when Rogers was able to snag a bouncer >> that went over her head to get Kristen McGrath out at first. >> >> But Anna Kimbrell followed with a double that smacked high off the wall in >> left-center. Chandler Orr's popped out to second to set up the dramatic >> finish and the celebration was on. >> >> Gainesville was Dogpile City again. >> >> “It's a completely different feeling,” Walton said. “Even though we're the >> Florida Gators, we've played as an underdog all season. It's a very special >> feeling. >> >> “They don't understand what they've accomplished in a short period of time.” >> >> Florida had little trouble getting runners into scoring position during the >> game, but struggled at the plate once they were there. After a 1-2-3 first >> inning, UF put runners on second or third in the next five innings but went >> 1-for-11, wasting several opportunities. >> >> It was Taylor Schwarz who came up with the one RBI of the game for the >> Gators when she roped a double to left field off the wall to score >> pinch-runner Ensley Gammel from second in the fourth inning. >> >> “We didn't talk about (Oklahoma City) once this week,” Schwarz said. “It's >> been forbidden. But now that we're going, it's really surreal to me.” >> >> The Gators are now 57-7 and face Tennessee on Thursday in Oklahoma City. The >> two teams played three games earlier in the season in Gainesville with UF >> winning two. All three went extra innings. >> >> “They were my preseason pick to win the SEC,” Walton said. “They are one of >> the best teams in the country. It's no surprise that they are there.” >> >> But it is something of a surprise that Florida, with a team full of freshman >> starters, is going back to Bricktown after a year's absence. >> >> “We're going to the Women's College World Series,” Stewart said. “It does >> seem surreal.” >> >> Except that it's real. >> >> Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 or at [email protected]. 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