The Florida Gators didn’t fare so well in their opening matchup against the UCLA Bruins on Saturday night. UCLA starting pitcher Trevor Bauer struck out 11 Gators in seven innings and set the UCLA season record on his way to an 11-3 win. The Gators were constantly giving up 1-3 runs every inning and just couldn’t produce any of their own. The Gators were out hit 18 to 6 – I don’t know what happened to our bats that night. Thankfully the CWS is double elimination. The Florida Gators will play the Florida State Seminoles on Monday afternoon in an elimination game.

Typing away at the laptop…….
For those pining for some Gator news in the offseason, there was no shortage of such this past weekend. First off, HUGE congrats to one of my favorite current Gators, Jeff Demps, for his 100-meter men’s outdoor track title as well as for his being part of the winning men’s 4×100 relay team (kudos to Chris Rainey as well for being a part of that same quartet). Kudos to Mariam Kevkhishvili for winning the women’s shot put title at the NCAA outdoor meet, …

The Florida Gators baseball and softball teams have had tremendous seasons thus far. The baseball team (42-15) are 2010 SEC champions and hosting the Regional at McKethan Stadium. The softball team wrapped up SEC play with a birth to the Women’s College World Series. Both teams are very talented hand have real chances of winning a National Championship.

Comin’ at ya on a sunny Saturday morning from the Magic City……..
First off, HUGE congrats go out to our Gator baseball team for winning the regular season SEC title; here’s hoping they can make it back to Omaha for the CWS. Congrats to Jeff Demps on his stellar track season; can’t wait to see him back in action on the football field this fall! Also have high hopes for our women’s softball team as well (and oh BTW, congrats to Francesca Enea on her recent engagement!) and looking …

Florida Gators third baseman Austin Maddox was named the SEC Freshman of the Week today after killing the Kentucky Wildcats over the past few games. We don’t talk a lot of baseball on this site, but it’s very important to note just how good Austin Maddox is. This guy is something special.