Craig Gibson
Craig Gibson
Craig Gibson is an American college baseball coach who has been the head coach of Mercer since the start of the 2004 season. Under Gibson, Mercer has appeared in its first two NCAA Tournaments. A Macon native, Gibson is a Mercer alumnus and played baseball for the Bears from 1983–1986, winning a conference player of the year award as a junior...
against best chance college competition country great guys highest kept level opportunity recruit teams top
This is another great opportunity for our guys to play against top competition in one of college baseball's best atmospheres. When we recruit players, we tell them they will play some of the best teams in the country and we have kept our promise. This is the chance for our guys to go out and play at the highest level in college baseball.
against arms match team
I really wanted to see how our arms would match up against an ACC team in a series.
against beaten certainly last owned
Gardner-Webb has certainly owned us the last two years. We're 0-6 the last two years against them, and they have flat-out beaten us. We've just got to take it to 'em.
knew
I knew it wasn't you. You're not that fast.
good timely
We had timely hits. And we got off to a good start.
blake chance fed gave guys
Blake Quarles went out and gave us a chance early. I think our guys fed off that.
based expected means number played rankings talented team
When we scheduled them, they weren't number one, but we expected a challenge. The rankings are based a lot on tradition, but it can change. I by no means think we have the most talented team in the country, but we played hard.
honest threaten
They didn't really threaten a whole lot, to be honest with you. We just pitched well.
advantage biggest chances doubt pitchers plate played possibly sharp since took win
This is without a doubt the biggest win we have had since I've been at Mercer. Our pitchers were as sharp as they possibly could be and really set the tone. We took advantage of the chances we had at the plate and played outstanding defense.
north pitch
They play well, they play hard, they don't make mistakes. I don't think they're going to pitch as well as North Florida, but they're very similar. They're well-coached and they play hard.
chance conference four good road series weekend
It was big, especially after the weekend we had. We have a chance to go on the road (today) and we haven't been too good on the road. We have four conference road series left, so we have to get better.
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All of our jackets for NASCAR, major league baseball, the NBA, are licensed. We even made a jacket for Muhammad Ali, a limited run, for $7,000 apiece. Ali signed them.
hit proud slow sort
We started off slow offensively, but we made some adjustments. I'm really proud of the way we hit the ball. We didn't panic. Once we got going, it was sort of contagious.
control cruise
But he was just cruising, man. He was on cruise control.