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...
best concerned days decisions good hard moves panic quite
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.
immediate playing time youth
We've probably got more youth that is probably going to get immediate playing time than ever before.
ball catching certainly good great hard hitting seemed weekend
We just had everything going for us. We were catching some breaks. We were hitting the ball hard and doing a good job, but it seemed like everything was going our way. It was certainly a great day and a great weekend for us.
advantage again balls base extra guys hit patient score strike today took walks ways
We were patient and got some walks and didn't strike out but once, so we took advantage of some things. Today we got some extra outs and were able to score guys that got on base other ways than with hits. We hit balls hard, but again we didn't have a lot to show for it.
guy guys
We had to have a guy out there who had some big-game experience. We've got to get the right guys in the right situation.
balls early hit left runners
We left some runners on early in run-scoring opportunities that eluded us, but we hit some balls hard.
point quality season trying
We're trying to make some changes. We're at the point in the season that we need to get some quality innings.
ball greater pace pick runs
We can't play any better than we've been playing. We've been able to pick the ball up on defense, we've pitched as well as we can pitch, we've scored runs at a greater pace than we have all year.
consistent
We have been pretty consistent offensively. We've scored some with two outs. You have to do that.
good gotten last played quite team
My team has really played about as well as it can play the last two weeks. First part of the year, we weren't quite as good ... we've gotten better with a young team.
good guys hard played
My guys played hard but weren't good enough. We got out-hit and out-pitched.
added begin difference good hitter hitters strength
Let's make no mistake; he was a good hitter to begin with. But good hitters need to be strong, too. The added strength has made a lot of difference for his this year.
bumps few hitting
We're hitting a few bumps in the road. But we're working our way out.
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.