2010 Florida Gators Baseball

[JCOSU86]

I am starting a thread about the Gators' 2010 season. If I get time, I'll try a small writeup on their expectations. Gatorubet, if you know anything or have anything to add - please feel free to do it here.


More later...

 

[osustamm]

You a big Florida Gator Baseball fan?:skeleton:

 

[JCOSU86]

You a big Florida Gator Baseball fan?:skeleton:

Not particularly. I just like College Baseball and they some buzz here.

 

[Gatorubet]

We lose Avery Barnes and Teddy Foster in the outfield, and shortstop Mike Mooney. Bullpen losses are Billy Bullock and Tony Davis, who was 5-0 and a lefty.

We are ranked 6th or 7th, and hope to do well enough to have a winning SEC record and the dap to host a regional/super regional in Gainesville.

Unlike the Tiggers, the attendance is laughable, with a little over 2k a game, in the lower tier of the SEC.

Go Gators!!

 

[Nutriaitch]

Unlike the Tiggers, the attendance is laughable, with a little over 2k a game, in the lower tier of the SEC.

2009 Attendance #s

LSU = 403,056 (NCAA record)
Ole Piss = 273,111 (2nd in Nation last year)
Florida = 119,252

i think laughable was a pretty good description
the gap between us and 2nd best is larger than UFs total attendance

we haven't been that low in attendance since expanding the Old Box in the early 90's.
Haven't been below 225k since the expansion in the mid 90's.

 

[Gatorubet]

Haven't been below 225k since the expansion in the mid 90's.

Well, you had no football back then. :p

 

[Nutriaitch]

Well, you had no football back then. :p

actually, we were decent in the mid 90's.
it was early and late 90s that were crap

 

[Gatorubet]

Maddox, UF baseball tops USF | Gatorsports.com

New Gator Freshman DH Austin Maddox hit his second collegiate pitch over right center to make it 2-0 Gators.

Josh Adams hit two dingers, and UF went up 4-0 and cruised to a 6-2 win. The Gators did so on the arm of Sophmore Tommy Toledo.
Tommy was a little rusty and wild, hitting two batters, walking two, and giving up three hits. But he was throwing in the low 90s
for his 71 pitches before being yanked after 3 1/3. The deal with Tommy is he has not pitched in 16 months because of a shoulder
injury, so the good news is his speed and feeling good after actually pitching after more than a year. He'll get his control back, never
a wild guy. Now that we know that he can throw in the low 90s in a game situation w/o pain, we can work him back into the lineup.

All in all a good first game that got the young guys' and Tommy's jitters out of the way. Sully was beaming they say.

 

[Gatorubet]

Gator freshman southpaw Brian Johnson threw 51 of 65 pitches for strikes yesterday, gave up only three hits, and picked up his first college win as the Gators beat USF 9-1. Welcome to Gainesville Brian.


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[Nutriaitch]

2009 Attendance #s

Florida = 119,252

we have a shot at hitting this number by Sunday.
If not, we should pass it by the next game (Tuesday night)

 

[JCOSU86]

The Gators have made a great start to their season, winning 7 of 9.

Gator SS Nolan Fontana (isn't that a "Godfather" character?) was named SEC Freshman on the Week for last week Link

Florida begins a 10 game homestand tonight against Illinois State.

 

[Gatorubet]

we have a shot at hitting this number by Sunday.
If not, we should pass it by the next game (Tuesday night)

I'm amazed Tigers don't just drive to the beach instead.

 

[JCOSU86]

The #6 ranked Gators take the first game vs Illinois State 8-2

Gatorzone

In the first-ever meeting between the schools, No. 6 Florida (8-2) downed Illinois State (4-6), 8-2, on Tuesday night at McKethan Stadium. Freshman right-hander Hudson Randall (Atlanta, Ga.) (2-0) had a career-high five strikeouts and allowed one run over five innings, freshman Kamm Washington (Boynton Beach, Fla.) was 3-for-4 with three of the Gators' season-high nine stolen bases and freshman Austin Maddox (Jacksonville, Fla.) clubbed a three-run shot as UF claimed the opener of a two-game series.

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[JCOSU86]

UF completes the sweep 8-0

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Freshman Austin Maddox (Jacksonville, Fla.) (4-for-5) drove in a career-high six runs, highlighted by his first grand slam, as No. 6 Florida (9-2) completed a two-game sweep of Illinois State (4-7) with an 8-0 victory on Wednesday night at McKethan Stadium. Maddox was 5-for-9 (.556) in the series with three extra-base hits and tallied nine RBI.

Sophomore Anthony DeSclafani (Freehold, N.J.) (1-1) earned his first win of the campaign with 5.1 strong innings in which he registered a season-high six strikeouts and gave up one hit. The trio of freshman Steven Rodriguez (Miami, Fla.), freshman Michael Heller (Bradenton, Fla.) and sophomore Justin Poovey (Granite Falls, N.C.) permitted one hit over the final 3.2 innings to nail down the Gators? first shutout since 12-0 triumph over Eastern Michigan on Feb. 24, 2009.



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[JCOSU86]

The Gators take 2 of 3 from Charleston Southern

Gatorzone Game 1
Gatorzone Game 2
Gatorzone Game 3

Florida continues their homestand in Gainesville by taking on Army in their next game. Then Florida State comes to town in which the Gators hope to avenge one of their three losses. Then Mississippi State comes to town to begin the SEC portion of their schedule.

The Gators are 11-3 on the season and ranked #6 in the Nation.