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As he sat in the third base dugout at Dick Howser Stadium, moments before the first practice of his 33rd season at the helm at Florida State, Mike Martin addressed the media and answered the question that he seemingly always does this time of year – and before anyone could even ask it.
“Yes,” he said, “Its just as exciting now as it was in 1980 when I made out the first lineup for me here at Florida State. I love what I do.”
Friday in Tallahassee made it easy to be excited about baseball – temperatures hovered in the mid-60s, the field that Martins name adorns looked pristine after a recent overhaul and the sounds of the game filled the stadium for the first time in months.
Posted in 2012
Q: Did you feel like you got some things accomplished over these couple of weeks?
Martin: We had a good fall. I thought we got an awful lot accomplished in the pitching area. I thought we got a lot accomplished with the younger players. I thought we probably are a week behind because of the field situation. We tried to make up some time on that, but where we lost a week was the extra work that we would accomplish when we are in what we call four-man drills. We weren’t able to get to the field until October 1st, and when October 1st got here, we jumped right in to practice and we weren’t able to do a lot of the individual stuff. But I was pleased overall with the fall. I saw a lot of positive things. I thought the freshmen responded well and we just have a lot of work to do.
via Reviewing the fall.
In the midst of the fall baseball doldrums, Florida State had the opportunity to see some different faces and uniforms in the third-base dugout for a change.
The Seminoles defeated the Ontario Blue Jays, a Canadian U-18 travel team, 18-3 on Monday afternoon in a 14-inning scrimmage.
Florida State’s 18 runs came off of 18 base hits and the Seminole hitters also drew 10 walks against an overmatched team, but the experience of doing it in a game setting was where the true value existed.
That’s pretty cool. Get it? Cool…yeah anyway, watch the video to see these bad-boys in action!
(video courtesy of Chip Baker)
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