The last Back Nine in the month of June comes at you from Rainsville after a lovely celebration of our 22ndanniversary. I am so lucky to have Karen and so many friends. Sorry, I didn’t mean to get sentimental. 10. Jeff Cardozo and I took a week off from The …
Read More »College World Series 2021 Preview
The 2021 College World Series starts tomorrow in Omaha, Nebraska. Eight teams are split into two double-elimination brackets, consisting of four teams each. The winners of each bracket will meet in the CWS finals, a best-of-three series to decide the NCAA champion. Here is a look into the upcoming CWS …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine June 14
The Back Nine comes at you after a weekend that was either scary storms or golf-inducing sunshine. We are a weird state. And it just started raining again. 10. With the big news about the College Football Playoffs expansion last week, several virtual scribes went to work on what the …
Read More »NCAA Baseball Super Regionals Preview
The super regionals start today as college baseball teams continue to duke it out for a chance to reach the 2021 Men’s College World Series in Omaha. 16 teams will compete in the super regionals, with 11 of them being national seeds. Here is a short preview of the upcoming …
Read More »Tampa Bay Rays Travel to Texas this Weekend
Today, the No.1 in the AL East, Tampa Bay Rays, travels to Texas to begin a three-game series with the Texas Rangers in the AL West. The game starts at 8:05 p.m. The Rays enter the series 36-22 after beating the Yankees 9-2 in their last game. Texas Rangers (22-35), …
Read More »Rays, Marlins and Braves Round Up
As we come to an end with the first quarter of the MLB season, let’s look back at how the Tampa Bay Rays, the Miami Marlins, and the Atlanta Braves have done so far. Tampa Bay Rays Record: 32-20 The Tampa Bay Rays have been a force to be reckoned …
Read More »Gators Take No Mercy
Hunter Barco undoubtedly ate his Weaties this morning. In a special edition of Breakfast with Barco, the lefty led the Gators to a 13-1 victory over Mississippi State all before noon in Hoover, Alabama in the second game of SEC tournament play. Along with Barco’s stellar performance, Florida took no …
Read More »Pat Dooley’s Back Nine May 17th
The Back Nine comes at you after a perfect day for The 26th Bob Dooley Invitational and a nice day for baseball that followed except for the lack of clutch hitting. Sorry there was no Front Nine last week, but the tournament kind of took precedent. 10. I feel like …
Read More »Rays Fall in the Ninth, Marlins Get the Shutout
The Tampa Bay Rays (10-9) fell 8-9 to the Kansas City Royals (10-7) in walk-off fashion. The Miami Marlins (8-9) recorded their second shutout of the season in a 3-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles (8-10). Tampa Bay Rays The Rays wrapped up their six-game road trip just short of …
Read More »Marlins Fall to Giants in Series Finale
The Miami Marlins fell to the San Francisco Giants in the last game of a three-game weekend series on Sunday afternoon. final. // https://t.co/LzXViTXQsd pic.twitter.com/OlfXorQ3Pj — Miami Marlins (@Marlins) April 18, 2021 Strong Pitching Carries Giants Sunday’s contest saw very few runs put up on the scoreboard. This was in …
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