South Carolina Gamecocks baseball

Infobox College baseball team
name = South Carolina Gamecocks
founded = 1892

logo_size = 100
university = University of South Carolina
conference = Southeastern Conference
conference_short = SEC
division = East
city = Columbia
stateabb = SC
state = South Carolina
coach = Ray Tanner
tenure = 12th
stadium = Sarge Frye Field
capacity = 6,000
nickname = Gamecocks
color1 = Garnet
color2 = Black
color3 =
fontcolor = ffffff
hex1 = 8C2633
hex2 = 000000
hex3 =
national_champion =
cws = 1975, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1985, 2002, 2003, 2004
ncaa_tourneys = 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
conference_tournament = 2004
conference_champion = 2000, 2002

The South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team represents the University of South Carolina in NCAA Division I college baseball. Carolina has perennially been one of the best teams in the nation over the last 35 years, appearing in 24 NCAA tournaments and 8 College World Series with an overall record of 17-16 in the CWS. Since joining the Southeastern Conference in 1992, the team has competed in the Eastern division. Ray Tanner is the head coach and he has guided the team to three SEC Championships and three College World Series appearances, as well as nine straight NCAA Tournaments. The team plays its home games in Sarge Frye Field, but will move into a new ballpark in 2009. [ [http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/091407aaa.html South Carolina Baseball Stadium Update] ]

History

Carolina played its first intercollegiate game on May 2, 1895 against Wofford in Spartanburg after the faculty agreed to let the athletic teams travel outside of Columbia. The baseball team became entangled in controversy on May 28, 1897 when it played Independent Fire Company of Columbia. Two companies of the state militia arrived at the athletic field for drill and inspection by the adjutant general of South Carolina, John Gary Watts. President Woodward had given the militia permission to use the field two days earlier on May 26, but the militia felt that the permission was still valid on May 28. Professor Benjamin Sloan was in charge on May 28 because Woodward had left Columbia and suggested to the militia that they use the eastern half of the field. This sharing arrangement did not last long and a melee broke out between the baseball teams and the militia when a foul ball struck a horse of the militia. One student was so injured in the fight that he had to postpone his final exams until the following October. A military court later reprimanded Watts for his highhanded actions in the affair. [Citation | first = Daniel Walker | last = Hollis | title = University of South Carolina | year = 1956 | publisher = University of South Carolina Press | volume = II | page = 193]

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Year-by-Year Results

Notable players

Gamecocks in Major League Baseball

*Billy Buckner — Kansas City Royals
*Brian Buscher — Minnesota Twins
*Jon Coutlangus — Cincinnati Reds
*Adam Everett — Houston Astros
*Marcus McBeth — Cincinnati Reds
*Steve Pearce — Pittsburgh Pirates
*Brian Roberts — Baltimore Orioles

ee also

*South Carolina Gamecocks

Notes and references

External links

* [http://gamecocksonline.cstv.com/ South Carolina Gamecock Athletics]