RECOVERING

Not from the recent trip up north.  Not from some insidious illness which will probably overtake me within the next twenty years.

BUT

From Gamecock overload!

That's Gamecock like in the University of South Carolina baseball team.

Every year at this time the "Boys of Summer" become the "Men of Omaha". 

And this year is no exception.

The fans are all set and as a fan, I for one am shaking my head in awe.  Last night we earned the right, for the third straight year, to play in the finals of the College World Series.  Of course it was tense and late (12:30 our time), and we beat a great Arkansas team for the right to play Arizona on Sunday in a three game series.

That's sort of like eating your spinach just to get to the broccoli! 

Ray Tanner, the coach, brings this team to the top at just the right time and they all play their hearts out.  That my friends is the difference between College ball and the pros.  The pros are always so worried about breaking the multi-million dollar bodies that the game is simply different.  But the coach just seems to get it done.

Tanner at last year's parade.

And the fans are ready for a 3-peat!

It's just a good thing they're not playing on the West Coast....I never would get any sleep! 

Congratulations to the "Men of Omaha"---- Go get um!