Here are your messages to the baseball team.
June 3, 2003
Coral Gables, Fla. (www.hurricanesports.com) – – Read your email to the baseball team here:
Andrew Lane & TEAM: Loved reading your Omaha Diary, it was fun being taken along on your journey.The entire Team and Coaching Staff did a fantastic job getting to CWS…This experience will serve you well for next year when you win it ALL in Omaha!Thanks for a fun season, have a great summer and we look forward to next year.
the team: Thank you for another great season and for all the pride you’ve displayed over the course of the season. although you didn’t win the series you have built a solid foundation for next year. Thanks again for the hussle and the effort each and everyone has given.Great SeasonA Fan
EVERYONE: GOOD JOB ON THE SEASON GUYS HOLD YOUR HEAD UP AND GET READY FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE YOU WILL BE KILLER… JOEL
TEAM:: CONGRATS GUYS!!! DONT WORRY U GUYS DID AWESOME…GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING!!!
Ryan Braun: Hey! I just wanted to say great job and keep it up! Also I was a freshman at GHHSwhen you were a Senior…
#28: I would like to wish you the best of luck in the college world series. I am a great fan of yours. You play baseball very well. have a great game tonight against texas i know you will do better than your first game with them.
GO MIAMI
Kara
THE WHOLE TEAM: WELL YOU ALL DID IT EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO. YOU HAVE MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO OMAHA AGAIN. BUT THEN WHY SHOULD THAT SURPRISE ME. YOU ALL ALWAYS DO WHAT YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT IS SO GREAT ABOUT YOU ALL. I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK IN OMAHA AND WILL BE WAITING FOR YOU AT MARK LIGHT WHEN YOU COME HOME RAIN OR SHINE/WIN OR LOOSE YOU WILL ALWAYS BE CHAMPIONS TO ME AND YOUR FANS. SO GUYS ITS THAT TIME AGAIN TO GOOOOOOOOOOOOCANESSSSSSSSSSSS FROM: YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM MAN
Just a note to the baseball team. I hopethat this gets to the team.You didn’twin but you did us proud. Hold yourhead up high and be proud because youare CANES. You didn’t win but you got tothe big show. You WILL be there nextyear and so will I and my wife. You didgreat and we are proud. Thanks forstanding in and doing your best.Faithful fans!!!!!!!!!!!A Proud Canes alum
Randy and Linda Pope
JD Arteaga: JD
Hope all is well good luck in Omaha keep in touch!
Rick Saggese”Shakes”
The Whole Team: Hey what’s up boys this is Charlton “Chewy” Jimerson just writing to wish you hard work because luck gets you no where. Earlier in the season I talked to you guys about competing day in and day out, fighting and striving for perfection. Well this is another battle to fight on your way to a championship. Don’t forget everything that you did to get to this point. Sweating and throwing up in the hot sun for long hours just so you can shine on that diamond. Represent and all the “old guys” from 2001 are cheering for you. Now go get it….
THE TEAM: I AM VERY PROUD OF YOU ALL FOR GETTING AS FAR AS YOU HAVE. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. SEE YOU ALL WHEN YOU GET HOME AND I WILL HAVE THE MILK SHAKES WAITING FOR YOU.
YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM MAN
Entire Team: Way to go Canes! Onward to Omaha for some additional CWS trophy hardware.Hoping your opponents have the most feared statement running around inside their heads: “0-2, the BBQ”
Jeff LoweOrange County, CA
J.D. Cockroft: J.D. I wanted to congratulate you on all of your achievements. I didn’t get to wish you and the family well when you moved from Foster City. I watched you on Saturday against Texas and I know it was a tough one for you and the team, but don’t let it diminish the great season you have had. You are a great guy and always have been. I wish you continued success. Say hi to Mom, Dad and Dot and send me an e-mail when the season is over and you have more time. Best Wishes, Ed Pierce
The Entire Cane Organization: O.K. we lost the first game to the defending champs but that was just one game. Show the world what you are made of and leave it all on the field. You might not have this chance again so make the most of it. Don’t try so hard to be good, you are all good naturally so just let the game come to you and RELAX!! You guys are studs so prove it to us CANES fans. C A N E S CANES!
Andrew Hanson -University of North Florida Jax, FL
Gaby Sanchez: hey Gaby dont let those errors from last night affect you. you’re a great player just dont think about it and come back stronger on manday!!!Go Canes!!!!!
Danny Figueroa: great season danny! i just had to know if you are single and/or looking? win it all!!! -erika (your biggest fan!)
Vince Bongiovanni: Vince-
This is Mr. Hoffman addressing you under Eric’s e-mail address. Eric and I both watched you today and you did a GREAT job…. Congratulations and best of luck in the week ahead. You pitched a really “smart” game today…..
Mr. H and Eric..Whole Team : See you in Omaha guys…the CWS will be some much better with the Canes and their fans there!!!
THE TEAM: GO CANES, WIN THEM ALL. FROM JACK IN TENNESSEE
The Team: Wow! You guys were not supposed to be this good this year and you proved everyone wrong. I am proud to be a die hard canes fan because of you guys. I see at least 7 or so of you playing pro ball in the future. Very impressive how you hung in there last weekend, just shows that you can win even when things don’t go so well overall. Please win this one for all us Canes fans who want 5 baseball championships to match our 5 football championships.
Andy
J.D. Cockroft: Hey J.D.! Wow! What a great pitcher you have become!!! I’m so proud of you and want to congratulate you on your NCBWA All American Listing. Good luck in the NCAA College World Series.
Fan from Kansas.
BASEBALL TEAM: You all make IT GREAT TO BE A MIAMI HURRICANE! GO CANES!!!!
The Whole Team: Hey Guys!
What a game last sunday. The best ever! All my friends and family outside of Florida were calling me in that 10th inning going “CRAZY”. We’re all very proud of you. We’ll all be watching.
What is there to say but,GOOOOOOOOO CANESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
Best of luck in Omaha!
Bring the trophy home again!
Rafael PeredaHollywood, Fl
Alex Blanco: Congratulations on your trip to Omaha, Keep up the great work! Have a great day! – Stacey Buck
baseball team: GO CANES,BRING ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP BACK HOME,YOU HAVE DIE HARD SEVEN YEAR OLD FAN AND “FUTURE CANE IN 2014” CHEERING FOR YOU IN KENTUCKY!!!!!!
COACH MORRIS: JIM,CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SUPER YEAR. I REALLY LOVED WATCHING YOUR TEAM PERFORM SO WELL IN KNOXVILLE, AND HAVE WATCHED THEM ON THE SUNSHINE NETWORK MANY TIMES SINCE. THIS IS A FUN, VERY YOUNG, VERY TALENTED, AND MOST OF ALL,UNPREDICTABLE TEAM. THEY CAN WIN IT ALL, OR THEY CAN SHOOT THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT. MY GUESS IS THEY WILL PLAY WELL. AGAIN GOOD LUCK! JOSEPH HIGGINS
G and all: hey G it’s your sister.i just want to say i am so proud of you!way to go bro!To the rest of the guys good luck and thax for all the great games i saw whe n i was dowm and the baby wasn’t screaming mommy! besos L ps get em canes!
Gaby Sanchez: Gaby, for some reason you have stood out to me (it must be your good looks!)no really, you’ve had a great freshmen year and your future looks even better. I go to school at the University of South Carolina and they too are going to the College World Series but that doesn’t matter, I’m rooting for ya’ll. Good Luck in Omaha!
Jordan
Jim Burt: Jim, Keep up the great defense, your hitting will come around. You have made good contact, but right at people. Get back to your basics and have a great series. ]
’03 Canes: Do what ‘Canes do in its path….Gain strength along your journey to Omaha, keep your eye on the prize, and blow LSU back to their swamp! ]
Eric San Pedro: Eric,I have known you since you used to play at International Baseball. Your father and mother have to be very proud of you, you are an excellent student and baseball player. Good luck. AnthonyJeff Poole
Everyone: Guys, thanks for making me proud to be a Cane. The way you have persevered and overcome the early season misperceptions about your level of talent and your heart has astonished and enthralled me. Best of luck in Omaha – represent us well.
Special note to Jim Burt, Shawn Valdes-Fauli, Andrew Cohn, Greg Dini, Marcelo Albir and Israel Chrino – best of luck from everyone in the Bethesda Big Train organization, you make us all very proud that you spent a summer with us or are going to spend this summer with us.
JD Cockroft: Foster City misses you, your dad and mom and Dot. We are rooting for you here and can hear Ellafe on ESPN too!!! We are proud of your academic and athletic triumphs.
Erick San Pedro: Great game on Sunday. Way to go. Good luck in the rest of the tournment.
A BIG CANES FAN
Melissa G.
Owensboro,Ky
baseball team: GOOD LUCK IN OMAHA,NEBRASKA.BRING BACK THE TITLE TO GABLESWHERE IT BELONGS.THANKS FOR A GREAT YEAR OF BASEBALLAGAIN GOOD LUCKAND LETS GO CANES!!!!
the whole baseball team : WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCKIN OMAHA BRING BACK ONE FOR THE THUMBGO CANESFROM THE BOYS FROM IMAGE DEPOT
To the team, coaches & staff : Congratulations ‘Canes for another great season and achieving a 20th appearance at the CWS here in Omaha! Miami grads who actually reside in Omaha are few but proud and are ecstatic knowing that our cheers will once again be joined by visiting alumni and fans. All of you, players, coaches, and support staff make us proud. After such a great Super Regional we know you are up to the challenge of the CWS. Keep your focus and know that you are well on the way to another national championship, which is why we say, GO CANES !!!!John Mark Hopmann, ’71, Omaha, NE
GO CANES!!!! i live in texas and am real tired of hearing about the horns!! jump on them and DONT LET UP!!!!!!! bring back another one!!!!! MIAMI HURRICANES 5 TIME CWS CHAMPS!!!! ]
The 2003 National Champions Miami Hurricanes: Guys, I now live in Montana but my heart is with you there at the LIGHT and then it will follow you to Omaha. Good luck have fun and play hard.
Alex Rusu
Richard Giannotti “G”: G, Best of luck to you and the guys this weekend and in Omaha!!!We will be watching on ESPN from NC!!! (pulling for the CANES!!!)We love you!!!
Tara, Jake and Gray Kimble
coach morris: PUT #16, Paco Figueroa, BACK IN THE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!THANKS
Sean Valdes Fauli : I’ve been watching Hurricane Baseball for 14 yrs and your performance against UF and NC State were right up their in my book of great Hurricane moments. Your a warrior on that mound and thats what I love about watching you pitch. Congrats, enjoy Omaha, I’ll be out there rooting you guys on and I know your brother is watching. P.S. I want South Carolina.
Ryan Braun: Your a stud, thats all their is to say. I’ve enjoyed watching you play all year and I’m estatic that I’ll get to watch you at least 2 more years. I’ll be in Omaha to support you guys. enjoy the expierence and play pressure free out there.
Giannotti, Richard: Congrats… by the way do you have a girlfriend?
: Greetings from Ann Arbor, Michigan. This weekend you were all terrific at the super regional. Good luck in Omaha, Good luck on saturday against the seminoles or longhorns, and the rest of the way against anybody else who stands in the way to a fifth national title.
Mohammed Abella, PhD
PS: any chance of playing against the Detroit tigers?
Richard Giannotti: Well what can I say? It has been a not only a great season but an exciting one. I want to congratulate you on your achievements this season, you have truly proven that you have what it takes to be the best. You disregarded all obstacles, did not let the circumstances bring you down, and once again came out on top. You have proven once again that you are a vital organ to the body of the UM baseball team. Congratulations on your outstanding performance in both the regionals and the super regionals, I just know Omaha will be just fun baseball and another National Championship Win. Enjoy it. I will continue to pray for your success. God Bless you!!! xoxo
Paco Figueroa: Hey,My name is Justin. I used to live in South Florida until i moved to Atlanta. I am 15 years old, and I play on my high schools varsity baseball team as a freshmen. I am a shortstop just like you, and I thank you for all of the inspiration you have provided. I am gald to see you fulfill your dreams by a trip to Omaha, and one day I want to achieve my goal for playing for Caoch Morris in the college world series. You guys better go back to Miami with a national championship! GoOoD Luck! And maybe if you have time, you can write me back some tips on playing shortstop, then I can brag to all of my friends that one of the Canes players is one of my coaches! THANKS ALOT MAN HAVE FUN JUSTIN
The whole baseball team: Congratulations Guys! You were awesome this past weekend. We Knew you could do it. Keep up the great Baseball. We will be cheering for you all the way. Go Canes!!! There is no better college in the world. Hurricanes Fan for life. Wendy Mccullough…
The whole team…: I’m so proud of all of you!!!! You’ve gotten it done this season…and I can’t wait to watch you all playing in Omaha. I’m always cheering for you….even though I’m out in CA now. The best of luck to all of you, and GO ‘CANES!!”Loud Girl” Katie
Brandon Camardese: Hey Brand, it’s you cous. I just wanted to say congratulations on an awesome season. I saw you on tv today and didn’t realize how well you guys were doing. Good luck and I hope you win it all! Tell everyone I said hello!Love ya,Ash
THE TEAM: As an alumni and avid fan for 35 yrs.I want to wish all of you the best in the super regional and no matter the results I am always proud of the effortand what it means to be a Hurricane.GO CANES!BEAT the WOLFPACK!
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To the whole team: Way to go you’ve made it to the super regionals.I love Miami the city and the school make us proud go win another national championship.Pound N.C.State.
Go Canes From, Seth Walker
: Hi guys I think you are the best college baseball team ever. Ever since I was 6 and I saw you guys on ESPN I ‘ve wanted to go there. I play Little Leagu baseball. For Toms River East. I’m a pitcher and first basemen. I love to hit. I can’t wait till I go to the U niversity of Miami. I have never been to a game since iI live in New Jersy. So if yoiu can you sing some thing for me…
Eric San Pedro: Way to go dog, you crushed that ball. You have by far improved the most of any player on your roster and it’s been a joy to watch. I really comend you on the job you’ve done with the pitching staff you really take control out there. Good luck in Omaha I’ll be there watching. P.S. represent Hurricane Baseball out there I know you will.
Shawn Valdes-Fauli : I want to congratulate shawn on his awesome relieve in the late innings of the second game verse florida, i was getting worried until shawn came in there and threw some heat and really pumped up the rest of the team.Congrats guys and GO CANES!
The entire team : Boys, Smack NC State up this weekend and let them — and the rest of the ACC — know what is in store when Miami takes over their precious little conference.
Take it to Omaha.
The entire team: As a ‘Canes fan I congratulate you on a outstanding season. I live in Michigan City, IN and don’t see to many games but I follow on the web. The games I do see are on the Sunshine sattelite channel. Lets beat N.C. State and go on and win the World Series. You have the best team and fans in the world. Good Luck and I will watch every game of the C.W.S.
The Team : Take the lumber to them and do all it takes to win!!! Go Canes!!!
The UM Baseball Team : CONGRATUALATIONS ON MAKING IT TO THE SUPER REGIONALS!!!!!
WE’LL SEE YOU AT THE GAME!!
GOOD LUCK!
JORGIE AND JANELLE
Regionals…
You wore us out yesterday, but it was AWESOME… simply AWESOME!!Best of luck next week at the Supers.
Larry PiusDeerfield Beach FL
My columbus Boys : Yoooo, been watching you guys even though I’m up at UF. Yeah yeah i know, still got mad love for my canes down south, dont worry about any soft gator blood gettin into my system. Anyway, the 2nd UM/UF game just finished, way to hold out on ’em. I got some studying to do so I’ll shout you one later. Goodluck at the super regionals. Go Canes.
Chad,CCHS Class of ’02
THE TEAM: ALL THE CANES FANS IN TENNESSEE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI BASEBALL TEAM THE BEST OF LUCK THIS WEEKEND AND A BIG —–GO CANES——-the team: let’s show them what canes baseball is all about! good luck on the way to omahaLETS GO CANES!!! mark f.
The whole team: you hurricanes go out there and beat the gators and send a wake up call for what it will be like next football season!Hope you guys win and GO CANES!
J.D. Cockroft : Simply the BEST! Thanks for a great season! See you in Omaha!
J D Cockroft : greetings from everybody back here in foster city little league and pony-colt! we’re so proud of you. your hard work and great attitude are certainly paying off. i umpired a bellarmine game the other day and talked to your old coach. our feelings were the same… we couldn’t think of a young man who deserves success more than you! keep up the good work. fc little league is in play-offs now. i hope you don’t mind if i tell these young smart alecs to keep practicing if they want to make it to the cws like JD. please say hi to your mom and dad and dot. great job against fau. greg patrick, old umpireThe whole team : I live in Memphis and have followed Miami baseball as best I could for years. I just wanted to wish you guys luck in the Super Regionals against NC State. I will be watching the game at home on Satellite. Take them out in two games and I have no doubt you guys will be national champs again. GO CANES!!!!!!
Adam Ricks: Say Hey Adam,Glad to see you are still do so well!My best wishes to you and your teammates. Congratulations with your teams success this year!
Dick Stuart
To Coach DiMare : Best of luck to Coach Morris, all of the coaches and the entire Miami Hurricanes Baseball Team in today’s game.
David Kopp and Family
GO CANES!!!!!
From Mark F to the team: let’s show them what canes baseball is all about! good luck on the way to omahaLETS GO CANES!!!
To: J.D. Cockroft : Simply the BEST! Thanks for a great season! See you in Omaha!
To: J D Cockroft: greetings from everybody back here in foster city little league and pony-colt! we’re so proud of you. your hard work and great attitude are certainly paying off. i umpired a bellarmine game the other day and talked to your old coach. our feelings were the same… we couldn’t think of a young man who deserves success more than you! keep up the good work. fc little league is in play-offs now. i hope you don’t mind if i tell these young smart alecs to keep practicing if they want to make it to the cws like JD. please say hi to your mom and dad and dot. great job against fau. greg patrick, old umpire
