Gators look to put sweep behind them against Stetson
By CALLOVI< | Mar. 2, 2009Some lessons don't need to be stressed over and over again by a coach.
Some lessons don't need to be stressed over and over again by a coach.
Any momentum UF had built up after a 5-0 start was swept away by Miami on Sunday afternoon.
The UF baseball team is in a familiar place.
Anything Eastern Michigan can do, UF can do better.
For someone who had not pitched in a game in close to two years, Justin Poovey showed very little rust.
Coming off a sweep of a top-25 team and with a weekend matchup with perennial powerhouse Miami looming, UF cannot overlook its weekday games sandwiched in between.
Clayton Pisani had not scored a run, and Mike Mooney had not recorded a hit all series against No. 23 Louisville. Then came the bottom of the ninth Sunday.
Please excuse Patrick Keating. He gets a little emotional.
No disrespect to the Saints, but the Gators are facing quality opponents a little bit earlier this year.
With another outstanding season, Matt den Dekker could be on his way to a professional baseball future.
Josh Adams had little idea what position he would play for most of last season, as he split time between six positions.
Whether it's incoming freshmen, junior college transfers or reinvented relievers, there's a whole lot of change in UF's pitching staff this season.
Gators fans should not be set on expecting one player in right field for UF - coach Kevin O'Sullivan certainly isn't.
After weeks of practices and scrimmages this fall, there are still many uncertainties that surround the UF baseball team.
Ten hours of waiting in an airport to join his new team on the road.
"You could write a book on Brandon McArthur's career at UF," coach Kevin O'Sullivan said last year.
Last fall, Jeff Corsaletti sampled the Fenway Park experience he'd always dreamed of: patrolling the expanse of green in front of the famed Green Monster, taking in the deafening noise of the 30,000-plus crowd, enjoying the thrill of a comeback win.
When the Milwaukee Brewers took former UF slugger Matt LaPorta with the seventh overall pick of last year's draft, the move was described as "shocking" and "stunning" by many draft analysts.
Cole Figueroa may have heard his name called on draft day, but his heart is't set on leaving for the pros just yet.