We still did better than everyone else in the SEC. We’re the only team to win every series. It’s just losing to Georgia that hurts. I’d rather take a sharp stick in the eye.
Oliver Barry CRS, GRI Real Estate Broker PARKS Real Estate Services 305 B Indian Lake Blvd Suite 220 Hendersonville TN 37075 Office: 615-826-4040 Mobile: 615-972-4239 [email protected] > On May 14, 2018, at 5:38 PM, Charlie <[email protected]> wrote: > > That type loss is the only thing that bothers me about this team. This is I > believe the 4th series this season that they've lost the final game of of a > three game series after having won the first 2. > Charlie > >> On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 5:19 PM Oliver Barry <[email protected]> wrote: >> I hate to be a wet blanket, but losing to Georgia yesterday was like being >> hit in the gut with a big, wet, red one! >> >> >> >> Oliver Barry, CRS, GRI >> >> Real Estate Broker >> >> PARKS >> >> 305B Indian Lake Blvd >> >> Suite 220 >> >> Hendersonville TN 37075 >> >> Phone: 615-826-4040 >> >> Mobile: 615-972-4239 >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Shane Ford >> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2018 4:03 PM >> To: GatorNews >> Subject: [gatornews] [SUN]: The Back Nine: Everything school on a big roll >> >> >> >> The Back Nine: Everything school on a big roll >> By >> >> Pat Dooley (Gainesville Sun) >> >> - >> >> May 14, 2018 >> >> 1 >> >> 25 >> >> >> >> Florida's Nicole DeWitt (23) celebrates her three-run home run with her >> teammates during the second inning of the semifinals of the SEC Softball >> Tournament at Mizzou Softball Stadium on Friday. Florida beat Tennessee 10-2 >> in five innings. [Hunter Dyke/GateHouse Media Services] >> >> The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend where Florida is probably trying >> to figure out where all of these trophies go. And I hope all the mothers had >> a special day. I miss mine every minute. >> >> 10. As the athletic director at Mississippi State, Scott Stricklin did a >> wonderful job hiring coaches and raising funds to get the Bulldogs’ overall >> sports program trending in the right direction. But it’s nothing like what >> he walked into when he took the job at Florida 18 months ago. And this >> weekend was another illustration both of what Jeremy Foley did in hiring >> great coaches and what Stricklin has done to maintain and take everything a >> step further (especially with every sport’s infrastructure). In two days, >> Florida won an SEC baseball title, an SEC tournament softball title, the SEC >> men’s track and field and the women’s track and field (by 2.5 points, >> winning it for the first time since 2009) and advanced to the Sweet 16 in >> men’s tennis and women’s lacrosse. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, who was at >> softball and track, must have been hearing Gator Chomps in his sleep Sunday. >> “It was fun,” said Stricklin, who attended baseball, tennis and lacrosse. >> “And the great thing is we have a lot more to go.” Stricklin also pointed >> out that the week started out with women’s golf qualifying for the NCAA >> finals on Wednesday. It goes to show what my Twitter peeps know — this is an >> #EverythingSchool. >> >> 11. While baseball has steamrolled its way to the SEC crown and the No. 1 >> ranking for most of the season, there is one big concern as we get closer to >> the postseason. As this year has evolved, what looked like a deep Florida >> pitching staff looks a little more shallow right now. I mean, other than >> Brady Singer, Jackson Kowar, Michael Byrne and Jordan Butler, who can Kevin >> O’Sullivan trust on the mound? Maybe Tyler Dyson comes back from his >> shoulder issue and is the pitcher he was in the regional and College World >> Series last year. Maybe freshman Jack Leftwich, who hasn’t been bad, can >> stay away from those untimely gopher balls. But in regionals, you need depth >> in the pitching staff, especially if Mother Nature takes one of your >> pitchers away after two innings and a downpour. OK, maybe I am nitpicking. >> Maybe I should shut up and let you enjoy the bling from the weekend. Sorry. >> >> 12. In a way, the SEC softball tournament was a microcosm of Aleshia >> Ocasio’s career at Florida. She won two games in the circle, one of them a >> complete game two-hitter, to get to 20 wins on the season and hit a huge >> two-run homer to tie the quarterfinal game against Alabama and set the tone >> for the tourney. But she wasn’t the MVP because of Amanda Lorenz, who won >> two games with three-run homers, was the right choice. But it’s just the way >> it always seems to be for the soft-spoken senior, who is the best athlete to >> come through the program. As good as she has been, there’s always been >> someone a smidge better. I don’t think she’s complaining. >> >> 13. I stayed up (hey, 10 o’clock is late for me) to watch the softball >> selection show and it was pretty predictable. Every SEC team got into the >> tournament. Again. So if the seeds hold Florida will play an SEC team in the >> Supers for the third straight year. What are you going to do? It was >> interesting that Missouri made the field despite not making the SEC >> Tournament after being swept by Florida. The Tigers spent $5,000 to get out >> of a doubleheader against Wichita State, which made the field as well, and >> instead played Arkansas Pine-Bluff to make sure they finished above .500, an >> NCAA requirement for at-large selections. Not saying Mizzou wasn’t worthy, >> just wondering what kind of message that sends. >> >> 14. OK, so now we’re done with The Players in May and hopefully the winds of >> March will make the course more difficult. It is still a special event that >> drew huge crowds. I have said before that The Players is basically the fifth >> Beatle. You can argue about who the fifth Beatle is and you can argue about >> other non-major tournaments being as big a deal as The Players. But I >> believe the tournament is fifth and George Martin is fifth. You can have >> Pete Best and Billy Preston and Brian Epstein, I’ll take a guy who was there >> from the start, played on early albums and came up with suggestions for >> songs. In other words, I don’t think there is any question that The Players >> and George Martin are fifth. Of course, the problem is that there are only >> four majors and four Beatles. And if the Beatles were majors (am I taking >> this too far?): >> >> • Paul McCartney is the Masters. Elegant and beautiful. Paul could write the >> soundtrack to the Masters. >> >> • John Lennon is the U.S. Open. Hard and edgy and brilliant. >> >> • George Harrison is the British Open. No Beatle was more British than >> George, right down to his teeth. >> >> • And Ringo is the PGA. Underappreciated. >> >> 15. Let’s all gather around and listen to the Cavs get buried on talk shows >> after their Game 1 performance against Boston. I came out of a movie to see >> that the game was already over in the third quarter (what was more boring — >> the back nine at The Players or the fourth quarter of that game?) But let us >> all remember that a series isn’t one game and LeBron James isn’t done in the >> playoffs until he decides he is done. Just a warning. >> >> 16. One more thing about Florida’s wonderful week of sports — is there a >> more underrated coach on this campus than track and field’s Mike Holloway? >> The sport doesn’t get the attention of some of the others and he never seems >> worried about it, he just keeps winning championships. Mouse is as good as >> it gets. And, by the way, if Florida’s dominant weekend wasn’t enough, >> former UF golfer Tyson Alexander won the PGA Tour Latin America event in >> Costa Rica. (Not to mention Al Horford’s performance for the Celtics on >> Sunday). >> >> 17. The Tweet of the Week comes from former Ole Miss football player Jerrell >> Powe — “Well @NCAA — I heard from you every single day for 3 years as you >> tried to stop me from being the 1st in my family to go to college … I >> graduated today and didn’t hear word 1 from you or anyone in your >> organization. That says it all doesn’t it?” Powe was denied eligibility >> three times in three years before being cleared by the NCAA. We can debate >> the efficiency of America’s most hypocritical organization, but congrats to >> anyone who fights through the mess to get his or her degree. >> >> 18. There are a lot of places where the interest in the college sports teams >> have ebbed by now. Not here. We’re heading into an exciting stretch of >> sports so I have this playlist ready for the inevitable rain delays: >> >> • “Time Will Tell” by Gregory Alan Isakov. >> >> • “l Will Be Blessed” by Ben Howard. >> >> • “The Ocean” by Noah Grunderson. >> >> • The Mumford and Sons version of “Someone Saved My Life Tonight.” >> >> • And for an old one, “Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying” by Gerry and the >> Pacemakers. >> >> Contact Pat Dooley at 352-374-5053 or at [email protected]. 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