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madinmaryland

(64,934 posts) Sat Jun 23, 2012, 06:21 PM Jun 2012

Gamecocks shooting for history

South Carolina head coach Ray Tanner realizes how special it would be for the Gamecocks to win a third straight national championship.

Southern California (1970-74) is the only school to accomplish it in the 66-year history of the College World Series.

In Tanner's mind, simply winning the past two titles is incredible.

"Baseball is a game that sets you back," said Tanner. "If will humble you. It will devastate you. It will crush you if you allow it to. And we talk about that all the time. There's bad at-bats. There's a bad play. There's a bad pitch. And if you dwell on that, it's just too hard. You just have to let those things go and try to stay in the moment."

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/baseball/more/06/23/cws-finals-preview/index.html?sct=hp_t2_a8&eref=sihp

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the Ray Tanner Invitational." Ptah Jun 2012 #1

Go Arizona! joeybee12 Jun 2012 #2

I'm just amused by the conundrum that El Supremo faces. madinmaryland Jun 2012 #3

He should have gone with the Rockies... joeybee12 Jun 2012 #4

Satan worshipper! JonLP24 Jun 2012 #5

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Final SC 1 AZ 5 Ptah Jun 2012 #8

Ptah

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1. the Ray Tanner Invitational."

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Sun Jun 24, 2012, 12:11 AM

Jun 2012

OMAHA – Arizona baseball coach Andy Lopez opened Saturday's College World Series
championship news conference by announcing how excited he and the Wildcats were to be
invited to "the Ray Tanner Invitational." Tanner, the coach of South Carolina, who was
sitting next to Lopez, then playfully punched his old friend in the arm a few times.

The best-of-three CWS championship series, which starts Sunday at 8 ET, isn't really known
as the Ray Tanner Invitational yet. But Lopez, who won the national title in 1992 when coaching
Pepperdine and also has twice taken Florida to the CWS and is in his second World Series with
the Wildcats, knows how difficult it is to get this far and to do what Tanner and the Gamecocks
have done the past three seasons.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/baseball/story/2012-06-23/college-world-series-south-carolina-arizona/55783078/1

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Looks to be a competitive series.