Ray Tanner
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"Ray Tanner" is the Athletic Director at the University of South Carolina-Columbia/University of South Carolina, a position he took on July 13, 2012 after spending 16 successful seasons as head coach of the University's baseball program. His record since arriving at Carolina in 1997 is 738-316 (.700). He led USC to three consecutive College World Series appearances in 2002 College World Series/2002, 2003 College World Series/2003 and 2004 College World Series/2004, three consecutive College World Series appearances in 2010 College World Series/2010, 2011 College World Series/2011 and 2012 College World Series/2012, two College World Series Championships in 2010 College World Series/2010 and 2011 College World Series/2011, and coached the USA Baseball National Team during the 2003 summer. His South Carolina teams have qualified for thirteen consecutive NCAA postseasons (the longest active streak in the Southeastern Conference (SEC)). On April 11, 2010, Tanner recorded the 1,000th win of his career with a 2-0 victory over Vanderbilt University/Vanderbilt, becoming the 44th Division I coach in history to reach the milestone.

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Everything went well. The doctor told him that he should be ready to go by the time next season begins.

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There are guys who pitch on Friday, but there are only a few Friday night guys like Wade LeBlanc, those special guys. He may be the best guy in the league.

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It was another great game in a great rivalry. It's always a great game when we get together.

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I told our guys after the game that for almost three weeks we've done almost everything in an execution situation to win the game. But tonight we just came up a little short.

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We've probably got more youth that is probably going to get immediate playing time than ever before.

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He didn't want to try and come back and pitch this year if he wasn't a hundred percent. I certainly agree with his decision.

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It's very disappointing because he had to overcome the shoulder injuries. He's expected to play next year and we're optimistic that'll be the case.

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We just weren't able to get anything going.

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My team has really played about as well as it can play the last two weeks. First part of the year, we weren't quite as good ... we've gotten better with a young team.

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