Yesterday my father, brother and I headed to Gainesville to catch a couple of top 25 teams face each in an SEC battle on the diamond. #16 ranked Ole Miss came to the Sunshine State and face a #25 Gator team that desperately needed a victory yesterday. McKenthan Stadium was ranked in the top 10 a year ago as one of the best looking baseball complexes in college baseball. So being a huge fan of good looking baseball fields, I was glad to see it again. But I really want to add, and to finally put this into my blog.
I hate Florida Gator fans!
The chats, the complaining, I hate it. They are sooooo spoiled it's disgusting. The entire game I kept hoping that Tim Tebow will get caught with marijuana soon, just so I can throw that in Gator fans' faces. I like Tebow too. But, honestly, Gator fans might be worse than UCONN fans. Coming from me, that says alot! Back to the game.
With the weekend series split so far, and the Gators heading road games against Georgia and LSU soon, winning this 3-game series would boost this teams chances with a field of 64 bid. The Rebels from Ole Miss were ranked 9th in my pre season picks, and they looked sharp yesterday. The 1st inning looked liked signs of disaster, when the Rebels All-American closer/turned starting pitcher Scott Bittle couldn't find the plate, walking in two runs in the opening inning. But, after that he certainly settled down by pitching six innings with 8 strikeouts and allowing only more more earned run after the terrible first frame. For the Gators, starting pitcher Alex Panteliodis (3-5), was pitching too poorly, but was pulled after walking the first batter in the 5th and only allowed 3 earned. The thing that confused us baseball fans in the stands was why he was pulled? Because the next two pitchers used were awful. Florida head coach Kevin O'Sullivan was making some questionable moves throughout the game, which meant to me that he was really in a panic about winning this game. Also, the Gators All-American centerfielder Matt den Dekker had a tough series. He went 0-5 yesterday with 3 strikeouts, as a lead off hitter, finishing 0-11 for the weekend series. The other lead off hitter for the Rebels on the other hand was unbelievable! Centerfielder, Jordan Henry was the epitome of what a lead off man should be. He got on base all 5 times yesterday. Was patient as patient can get, walking 4 times and hits a high bouncing infield single in his final at-bat. He also stole 3 bases! The Rebels ultimately won the game 5-3 after 8 innings, with the help of catcher Kyle Henson 2-run homer. The reason for the 8 innings is that the SEC rules state if a game lasts longer than 3:30 on a Sunday they have to end the game at the top of the next inning for traveling purposes for the road team. The Rebels are now 28-11 and 11-7 in the SEC while the Gators dropped to 26-14 and 10-8. The Gators are in trouble now. Like I said earlier they have some serious road series coming, and the field of 64 is slimming by the day. As for the Rebels the bulk of their tough games are already over, so expect them to keep climbing up the top 25 board while the Gators will surely drop out when the polls come out today.
Here's a look at the current top 25 as of April 13th in USA Today.
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