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Chomping at Bits: Florida baseball makes fifth College World Series of decade

The Gators are heading back to Omaha.

By leligator

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Florida baseball earns berth in College World Series: Florida shut out FSU again, 7-0, in game three to win the Gainesville Super Regional. Now the Gators are making their fifth trip to Omaha in nine seasons under Kevin O'Sullivan, and their tenth trip to the CWS in school history. Florida will next face Coastal Carolina on Sunday at 8:00 p.m. (eastern time). Here is the ticket information for the CWS games, including a list of the other potential eight games (dates and times) in which the Gators could play. (Scott Carter, Florida Gators; Kevin Brockway, Gainesville Sun; Alex Maminakis, Orlando Sentinel)

Logan Shore named finalist for USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award: Shore is one of four finalists for the award, which is presented to the most outstanding collegiate baseball player. Fans can vote for the 2016 award at goldenspikesaward.com. Voting ends at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 24th. (Zach Dirlam, Florida Gators)

Gators should be favorite to win College World Series: Because of their dominant pitching. A No. 1 seed has not won it all since Miami did it in 1999. Head coaches from FSU and Jacksonville stated that Florida had the strongest pitching staff they had ever seen. (Gene Frenette, Florida Times Union)

Q&A with Jeremy Foley: Foley spoke to Scott Carter and answered questions about his impending retirement. (Scott Carter, Florida Gators)

Florida coaches react to Jeremy Foley's upcoming retirement:

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