Gamecock Glory: The University of South Carolina Baseball Team's Journey to the 2010 NCAA Championship

by Travis Haney, Mark Calvi (Foreword by), Chad Holbrook (Foreword by)

Overview

After more than one hundred years of craving a champion, the University of South Carolina finally has one. The 2010 Gamecock baseball team won six consecutive games over eight summer nights to take the College World Series and lay claim to the school's first major national championship. From dancing around in a dark locker room to singing "Silent Night"? on the team bus after every victory in Omaha, these Gamecocks were as fun-loving as they were talented. And they did it all in the name of one special boy, seven-year-old Bayler Teal. Bayler passed away before he could see his beloved Gamecocks triumph, but the team's victory is a tribute to their number one fan. Join the Post and Courier's Travis Haney as he recounts this incredible team's historic season.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781614231844
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	03/18/2011
Series:	Sports
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Travis Haney has covered University of South Carolina sports for The (Charleston, South Carolina) Post and Courier since April 2007. Prior to that, he traveled with the Atlanta Braves, covering more than four hundred Major League games for Morris News Service in two-plus seasons. Haney, twenty-nine, has won numerous writing awards and had a 2004 feature story published in the Best American Sports Writing series. The 2003 graduate of the University of Tennessee lives in Columbia, South Carolina, and considers the 2010 College World Series the greatest event he has ever covered, thanks in large part to the Gamecocks' dramatic run to the national title.

Table of Contents

Foreword Mark Calvi 9

Foreword Chad Holbrook 11

Prologue. Feeling Victory: June 29, 2010 15

1 Finding Spirit: June 4, 2010 17

2 Opening Doors: February 21, 2009 22

3 Creating Identity: March 9, 2010 28

4 Tackling Monsters: March 13, 2010 33

5 Solving Puzzles: March 27, 2010 38

6 Slinging Stones: April 16, 2010 43

7 Playing Inspired: April 22, 2010 49

8 Smiling Again: April 25, 2010 54

9 Channeling Tanner: May 2, 2010 59

10 Slumbering Bats: May 5, 2010 64

11 Getting Crunk: June 4, 2010 69

12 Closing Time: June 12, 2010 74

13 Powering On: June 13, 2010 79

14 Weathering Storms: June 20, 2010 83

15 Looking Up: June 24, 2010 92

16 Throwing Curveballs: June 25, 2010 100

17 Taming Tigers: June 26, 2010 107

18 Nearing History: June 28, 2010 114

19 Crowning Champions: June 29, 2010 121

Epilogue. Returning Heroes: June 30, 2010 127

Author's Note: December 24, 2008 131

2010 College World Series Bracket 134

2010 South Carolina Gamecocks Baseball Stats 137

Twitter Timeline 147

About the Author 157