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I don’t care if "it’s only baseball" – a wins a win over UiF

Miami 8, Florida 4 in last night’s series opener at Mark Light Stadium. In a battle of the undefeateds, the Canes prevailed. Eric Erickson struck out nine in 6 2/3 innings while Blake Tekotte and Jason Hagerty racked up six hits in front of a sold out Coral Gables crowd.

Saturday’s action kicks off 7pm ET with Miami’s Enrique Garcia going against Florida’s Patrick Keating. The Canes look to take the series tonight and get another shot Sunday afternoon if the fall this eve.

Funny how my idiot Gator buddies always downplay baseball, as if it’s meaningless. I’m sure it has nothing to do with Miami’s four National Championships to Florida’s zero. UiF is first and foremost a football school and conveniently started caring about ‘other’ sports like basketball when they started winning. With no baseball tradition to speak of, Gator fans love turning a blind eye towards anything that happens on the diamond. Typical. 

A win is a win against the hated Gators. I don’t give a damn if it’s baseball, football or Connect Four. Give UiF a “L” in the loss column and I’m thrilled.

Side note, a little bit o’ history for you… last night’s win against Florida was Miami’s 1,200th win at Mark Light Stadium.

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C. Bello

Longtime Miami Hurricanes columnist. Wrote for CanesTime.com, Yahoo! Sports and former BleacherReport featured columnist. Founder of allCanesBlog.com no longer toeing any company line. Launched ItsAUThing.com to deliver a raw, unfiltered and authentic perspective of all things "The U".

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