Ray Tanner
Ray Tanner
Ray Tanneris the athletic director at the University of South Carolina, a position he took on July 13, 2012 after spending 16 successful seasons as head coach of the university's baseball program. His record since arriving at Carolina in 1997 is 738-316. He led USC to three consecutive College World Series appearances in 2002, 2003 and 2004, three consecutive College World Series appearances in 2010, 2011 and 2012, two College World Series Championships in 2010 and 2011, and coached the...
honest
To be honest with you, it's very exciting. It's also very scary.
doctor next ready season time
Everything went well. The doctor told him that he should be ready to go by the time next season begins.
beat certainly great team tonight
They've got a great team and if you're going to beat them you have to be at your best. Certainly tonight we weren't.
expect runs teams
You would expect runs to be at a premium. But you can never tell when these teams get together.
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This is an outstanding class with numerous potential draft choices. The talent level in this group will make an immediate impact as we continue to compete for SEC championships, postseason NCAA berths and a return to the College World Series.
either exactly game games knew
That game was exactly what I was expecting. I knew it was going to be one of those games that could go either way.
advantage bottom few gone half hit last opportunity position runners scoring tied took
They had runners in scoring position and it was tied at one and with a big hit there things could've gone a different way. We took advantage of an opportunity in the bottom half of the inning without getting many hits. You have to be opportunistic and we've been able to do that the last few weeks.
decent good guys prove ran themselves
We ran out some pretty good guys in relief. Those guys need to prove themselves more than they have, but they've all done a decent job.
bumps few hitting
We're hitting a few bumps in the road. But we're working our way out.
although breathing happy name pitching role situations
We haven't put him in many situations where there is a lot of breathing room, and he has responded. We're happy with the role that he's pitching in, although I don't have a name for that role.
game win
That's baseball. They did more things to win the game than we did.
optimistic plate
I was really optimistic going into practice. I thought we were a little more comfortable at the plate today.
bats continue hopefully optimistic practice swung week
I was optimistic going in after the week of practice that we had. I thought we were more comfortable offensively. We swung the bats better, and hopefully things will continue in that direction.
best caught good happened hate played playing team time today
I just hate doubleheaders in general. But it had nothing to do with what happened today. We played a team today that's very, very good and we caught them at a time when they're playing their best baseball.