Miami Baseball Postgame Quotes
June 3, 2000
University of Miami Coach Jim Morris
“Our guys fought hard tonight. We played very well and played well togetheras a team. A lot of our guys could be up here at the podium right now. Weneed to come out and do the same thing tomorrow.”
“I told Mike (Martin) before this thing started that we’ve played so manytimes over the years and played so well that this series should really comedown to the third game in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Miami closer Ryan Channell
“It feels just great (to get the save). I’m just glad that the coachesbelieved in me and gave me an opportunity to succeed. I guess it has been along season and I just kept my faith and waited for another opportunity.”
Florida State Coach Mike Martin
“This was just a real credit to the University of Miami. Taking advantage ofthe mistakes that we made. I was so proud of the way our ballclub keptfighting.We did not play extremely well, but I was just so very proud of theway we kept getting after it. Miami did exactly what they needed to do to win.”
Coach Martin on the number of FSU errors this late in the season:
“It really doesn’t matter when it comes whether it’s early or late. There’salways disappointment. We have a baseball team that understands the game andknows you’re gonna have games like this. We made some mistakes tonight butit’s over with. It’s history. You move on. We’re not gonna sit here anddwell on this game.We’ve got to move forward to the next one.”
FSU Player Karl Jernigan
“You’ve gotta tip your hat to Miami. We screwed up and they capitalized offof our mistakes. We gotta forget about all of this — what happened tonight.This is what we want, an opportunity, a chance to go back to Omaha.”
