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(SB) Official Thread - Texas A&M @ Florida Weekend Series

Discussion in 'GatorGrowl's Diamond Gators' started by ocalaman, May 2, 2024.

  1. MCB51

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    Wallace reached on fielder's choice-Williams out a home
    2 outs bases loaded
     
  2. MCB51

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    Erickson doubled 3 more runs in
    11-3 Gators!
     
  3. NWGaGator

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    Why don't I have that kind of foresight with the lottery?
     
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  4. 407king

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    Sweep! Congratulations to the team for an impressive series.
     
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  5. MCB51

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    Final
    11-3 Gators win! The Gators win!
    RRed them and swept them
    Gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside!
     
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  6. alysb21

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    Scarborough is usually a really good announcer but she got so confused on that infield fly play. Great game by us all around. I think we got a top 8
     
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  7. NWGaGator

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    Thanks to MCB51 for the thread. It's been fun.
     
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  8. MCB51

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    We had 8 hits to their 11
    We had 2 LOB they had 11
    We had 11 runs they had 3 LOL
     
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  9. MCB51

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    I love all that came to contribute their knowledge and thoughts/opinions
    So how do we shape up for the SEC tournament?
     
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  10. bigDgator

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    Way to go Ladies! They certainly had to battle for all of their wins this season. This team is gritty to say the least.
     
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    We stand a good chance. Anything can happen in it though.
     
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  12. incoldblood

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    Agree Amanda is usually pretty good but she sure got farmer homerish in this series. And, yea don’t why the confusion on the infield fly rule, pretty straight forward to me.
     
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  13. johnny_cakes

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    The 1B coach should have known better, also. Did TV show the TAM first-base coach going nuts? Obviously, his fault for not alerting the runner to the infield fly. Really got into it with the ump after the play. First coach ejection of the year at KSP.

    To add insult to injury.....he went back to the dugout where he stayed for awhile. Gator fans were yelling he had to leave. Apparently Blue heard, because that female ump went over and escorted him out. BUT SHE ESCORTED HIM TO THE OUTFIELD GATE DOWN THE FIRST BASE LINE!!

    So now he has to make the walk of shame around the entire outfield concourse. He was still pissed off and apparently some fans heckled him because he doubled back and got in their face for a moment before thinking better of it. By the time he reached the outfield scoreboard, Gainesville Police were there to escort him the rest of the way out.

    Comical!
     
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  14. johnny_cakes

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    I respect that on CTW part, although between the error and obstruction, it didn't exactly work out well if you were just considering one game. OTOH, player relationships are about more than one game.
     
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  15. gatorjjh

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    Five straight ranked wins
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  17. orangeblue77

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    Way to end the regular season in style! Go Gators!
     
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  18. ocalaman

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    Crazy game. Aggies consistently had runners on base and Keagan kept making big pitch after big pitch to get them out. Meanwhile, the Gators capitalized on almost every opportunity. I liked the way Coach Walton honored Goddard and Wilkie today and also the way Skylar continues getting back to her old self at the plate. It's also very impresseive that UF handed Texas A&M's elite pitcher, Emiley Kennedy all 3 losses. They just found ways to scratch out runs against her in Game 1, in the 8th inning of Game 2 and in the first 3 innings of Game 3, where we got 4 runs on 1 hit!. Also, consider the way our batters made the adjustment on Emily Leavitt, the pitcher who completely shut us down yesterday with a very deceptive change-up. Today, they figured out how to either read it or anticipate it and knocked her around pretty good.
    Most have commented on the obstruction call at 3rd and the infield fly. The obstruction rule either needs changed or clarified because even though Wallace's lower leg was blocking the bag, she had the ball in her glove when the runner was 5 feet away and just starting her slide. The play wasn't close at all and if that is, by rule, obstruction, the rule should be changed. If there's discretion left up to the umps or the officials back in Birmingham, they need clarification that when it's not a close play obstruction is not an issue. Just glad it didn't affect the outcome of the game.
    As to the infield fly, it's obvious that the home plate umpire raised his hands to call the batter out, but did he holler out infiled fly so all the players could hear or did the 1st base umpire do either? I agree that the infielder doesn't have to catch the ball to complete the out. That's the purpose of the rule in the first place - so that the infielder doesn't let the ball hit the ground and then pick it up for a double play. But it didn't look like Skylar was aware that the infield fly had been called because she made no attempt to tag the runner. She thought she had a force out and the runner bumped into her and her glove. So there was confusion and I think it might have been because the umps didn't holler out "infield fly" for all to hear. But to me, it kind of evened up the obstruction call that went against Florida that I thought shouldn't have been made.
    Whatever - great finish to a tremendous season. 6-2 against Top 15 teams down the stretch, including the last 5. I would like to see us win the SEC tournament or at least get to the finals, but maybe it's more important for Rothrock and Brown to rest their legs and back muscles for several days before Regionals start.
     
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  19. johnny_cakes

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    You don't think of Rothrock as a strikeout pitcher, but I think there were three instances of inning-ending strikeouts with RISP (twice on 3B). I'm not sure which of our gang said it, but very apt: we have been watching her mature before our eyes.
     
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  20. ocalaman

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    That would be me!! ;)
     
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