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...
game great
It was another great game in a great rivalry. It's always a great game when we get together.
best caught game playing team time
That's the way this game is. We caught this team at a time they were playing their best baseball.
game win
That's baseball. They did more things to win the game than we did.
allowed baseball bit chilly early game hoping late less mistake pitchers quality
I was hoping to use one or two less pitchers than we did today. It's unfortunate it was a little bit chilly because it was a quality baseball game for the fans. ... We made a mistake early that allowed a run, and they made one late that allowed one.
flourish game gets knowing likes name regardless short whether
I think he likes it. He likes to be out there when the game is on the line. He really does flourish in that situation, knowing that when his name gets called, it's important. Regardless of whether it's a short stint or we put him in in the fifth, he realizes that it is big.
beginning early game pitching playing quality runs
We didn't get quality pitching at the beginning of the game and they were playing really well. They got some runs early and Kopp pitched pretty good.
almost came execution game guys situation three tonight weeks win
I told our guys after the game that for almost three weeks we've done almost everything in an execution situation to win the game. But tonight we just came up a little short.
credit either game gone good pitching run scoring staff
We had some good scoring opportunities and didn't capitalize, but you've got to give the other team's pitching staff credit for getting out of a run scoring situation. It was a game that could have gone either way.
bats early game hard helped relax scholars-and-scholarship scoring swing today
We were a little more comfortable offensively and we did swing the bats better. Baseball's a hard game and we have to be more comfortable when we play it. Scoring early today helped us relax a little bit.
atmosphere baseball college game good great together
They're a great college baseball program. When we get together it's always a good game and a good atmosphere and well attended.
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.
bullpen came game light ready room saturday table threw today training type
Honeycutt was scheduled to go and he got sick. He came in Saturday and threw a light bullpen to get ready and before the game today he was on the training room table with some type of virus.
confidence game
If he's not in the game, he's in the game when it's on the line. That's how much confidence I have in him right now.
experience game great guy needs positive turn
He's a guy we think a lot of. He needs this game. Hopefully, it'll turn out a very positive game for him. But even still it's going to be a great experience for him.