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CAROLINA BASEBALL 2012, Poetic Justice
“At the end of the year, or the end of the job, if the cumulative effort is good enough, you get a chance to go to the postseason, and that is where it all starts.” -- head baseball coach, Ray Tanner
"The 2011 Gamecocks annihilated opponents. As a team South Carolina in 2011 finished with a 1.31 ERA in 10 NCAA Tournament games. The Gamecocks' bullpen finished 6-0 with five saves and an incredible 0.53 ERA in 33.2 innings of work in the NCAA College World Series Tournament games. They did not allow a single, extra-base hit during the entire tournament.
"Freshmen – fresh men – would take their places.
"Despite the loss of key veterans, Tanner’s vision for 2012’s recruiting class and veterans remained upbeat, even confident. He knew by the numbers that a lot of veteran players with outstanding performances under their belts, who stayed, would continue to perform at high levels. Veteran senior, Friday-night ace and All-American Michael Roth stayed on this year, as did All-American, junior closer Matt Price. Nolan Belcher; Ethan Carter; Colby Holmes; Adam Westmoreland; Tyler Webb; Patrick Sullivan, Logan Munson and Hunter Privette stayed. Forrest Koumas, who made the SEC All-Freshman Team and finished at 6-1 with a 2.96 ERA in 19 games and 12 starts, stayed.
"The biggest question in the minds of Garnet & Black coaches and fans was whether the new infield would gel into a working unit early enough in the season to give them a chance at the end. The infield situation — to get back to Omaha would be a lot to ask of freshman players, but they would work on it."
Thus begins the amazing story, "Carolina Baseball 2012, Poetic Justice," about the 2012 Gamecocks' transformation from a ragtag bunch of individuals into a national-caliber team that almost pulled off a miracle, third consecutive, national championship win -- a feat accomplished by only USC's Trojans in 1972.
Ronald Joseph Kule's account continues the saga co-authored by Kule and J. David Miller, "Carolina Pressure Makes Diamonds," foreword by head coach, Ray Tanner, which chronicles the 119-year history of the University of South Carolina baseball program from 1892 through their back-to-back championships in 2010-2011 -- the school's first-ever, major sport championship wins.
"The 2011 Gamecocks annihilated opponents. As a team South Carolina in 2011 finished with a 1.31 ERA in 10 NCAA Tournament games. The Gamecocks' bullpen finished 6-0 with five saves and an incredible 0.53 ERA in 33.2 innings of work in the NCAA College World Series Tournament games. They did not allow a single, extra-base hit during the entire tournament.
"Freshmen – fresh men – would take their places.
"Despite the loss of key veterans, Tanner’s vision for 2012’s recruiting class and veterans remained upbeat, even confident. He knew by the numbers that a lot of veteran players with outstanding performances under their belts, who stayed, would continue to perform at high levels. Veteran senior, Friday-night ace and All-American Michael Roth stayed on this year, as did All-American, junior closer Matt Price. Nolan Belcher; Ethan Carter; Colby Holmes; Adam Westmoreland; Tyler Webb; Patrick Sullivan, Logan Munson and Hunter Privette stayed. Forrest Koumas, who made the SEC All-Freshman Team and finished at 6-1 with a 2.96 ERA in 19 games and 12 starts, stayed.
"The biggest question in the minds of Garnet & Black coaches and fans was whether the new infield would gel into a working unit early enough in the season to give them a chance at the end. The infield situation — to get back to Omaha would be a lot to ask of freshman players, but they would work on it."
Thus begins the amazing story, "Carolina Baseball 2012, Poetic Justice," about the 2012 Gamecocks' transformation from a ragtag bunch of individuals into a national-caliber team that almost pulled off a miracle, third consecutive, national championship win -- a feat accomplished by only USC's Trojans in 1972.
Ronald Joseph Kule's account continues the saga co-authored by Kule and J. David Miller, "Carolina Pressure Makes Diamonds," foreword by head coach, Ray Tanner, which chronicles the 119-year history of the University of South Carolina baseball program from 1892 through their back-to-back championships in 2010-2011 -- the school's first-ever, major sport championship wins.
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First published July 24, 2012
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Ronald Joseph Kule
29 books6 followers Born in Bogota, Colombia, to Polish/American and blue-blooded Colombian/Chilean parentage, Kule observed disparate social classes and living conditions in 40 countries and performed keynote speaking engagements in 17.
“If you curl up with one of my books and find yourself breathless, provoked, inspired, changed, and feeling like you just undertook an important journey that left you more than satisfied, my job as your author was a success.”
His published novels, Ruined by Murder Addicted to Love, ThunderCloud, Haunted Robots, and A Brooklyn Saga: Stories from the Stoop, consistently earn five stars in reviews.
His non-fiction titles include the acclaimed Listen More Sell More sales-training series and four biographies: Carolina Baseball Pressure Makes Diamonds (with J. David Miller); CHEF TELL… America’s Pioneer TV Showman Chef; Living Beyond Impossible~ the Terry Hitchcock Story; Conversations with Animals... the Dr. Ava Frick Story. Forthcoming in 2023 is a new biography and at least one new novel.
“If you curl up with one of my books and find yourself breathless, provoked, inspired, changed, and feeling like you just undertook an important journey that left you more than satisfied, my job as your author was a success.”
His published novels, Ruined by Murder Addicted to Love, ThunderCloud, Haunted Robots, and A Brooklyn Saga: Stories from the Stoop, consistently earn five stars in reviews.
His non-fiction titles include the acclaimed Listen More Sell More sales-training series and four biographies: Carolina Baseball Pressure Makes Diamonds (with J. David Miller); CHEF TELL… America’s Pioneer TV Showman Chef; Living Beyond Impossible~ the Terry Hitchcock Story; Conversations with Animals... the Dr. Ava Frick Story. Forthcoming in 2023 is a new biography and at least one new novel.
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