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...
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Cruse gave us the performance of his career. I'd like to get a few more hits, but we played about as good as we can and pitched about as good as we can pitch against a team of that caliber.
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Drew understands our situation. Most other guys would have been in my office by now. He has an argument for being in there every single day.
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Everything went well. The doctor told him that he should be ready to go by the time next season begins.
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We gave him a start early in the year. We kind of made a decision that we don't like him out there for five or six innings; we like him a little bit shorter than that. We extended him a little bit but he did a super job.
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We always knew he could hit. He's hitting the ball well, and those he's not hitting well are finding a hole. That's what happens with good hitters; they get their share and a few more, too.
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When you lose an inning-eating guy, you have to find another one to step up. That was definitely a big blow.
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We've probably got more youth that is probably going to get immediate playing time than ever before.
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Everybody has turned it up a notch. The teams that were a little bit short years ago have narrowed the gap. You can't pick a team to play. It's one of those things that's hard to put a finger on other than to say, 'Everybody's good.' And it's not just coach talk.
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Baseball's a tough game. We're making a lot of progress.
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Baseball's a hard game. And some days you're really good and some days you're not quite as good. Sometimes you have to be concerned that you make moves too quick. ... I'm going to do my best not to make any decisions from a panic standpoint.
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Did he interfere with Widmann? No, but the rule says you have to go straight in and he didn't go straight in.
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To be honest with you, it's very exciting. It's also very scary.
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There's nothing better than a veteran team, that plays hard, that plays smart and has great leadership. But there's some teams where you have young players on and this is one of them.
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That game was exactly what I was expecting. I knew it was going to be one of those games that could go either way.