The University of Miami baseball team’s 2023 campaign came to a close Sunday evening, as the top-seeded Hurricanes fell to the second-seeded Texas Longhorns, 10-6, at Mark Light Field.
The Hurricanes (42-21) grabbed an early 3-0 lead, but Texas (41-20) put up a nine spot in the third and never looked back to clinch a super-regional berth.
After Miami starter Ronaldo Gallo set down the first seven batters he faced, the Longhorns flipped the script.
Texas tallied nine runs on seven hits, capped off by designated hitter Jalin Flores’ grand slam.
Miami standout Yohandy Morales clobbered a three-run homer in the seventh to bring the Hurricanes within one swing.
Morales’ 20th home run of the year and 49th blast of his career pushed the Miami native into fourth all-time in program history. The seventh-inning round-tripper also marked his 237th career hit, which sits 10th all-time.
Additionally, the junior’s 98 hits and .408 batting average finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in a single season.
Texas reliever Charlie Hurley (5-0) picked up the win after tossing 4 1/3 innings, while Gallo (2-4) was tagged with the loss.
Following the season finale, Morales, sophomore southpaw Rafe Schlesinger and freshman Blake Cyr were named to the 2023 NCAA Coral Gables Regional All-Tournament Team.
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From an SI article on NILs
“It has all the appearances of an in-house payroll system,” he says. “This reflects how short-sighted schools are. Everybody is trying to out-compete the next guy, and they don’t have a strategy for tackling the big picture. In the course of doing this, they harm their long-term interest in protecting the amateurism model.”
Arthur Bryant, a lawyer specializing in Title IX violations, believes schools are violating the federal statute that prohibits gender-based discrimination. Male athletes are receiving more NIL cash than female athletes, he contends.
“Most colleges and universities in America are violating Title IX right now. What’s happening with NIL is just adding to that, sometimes massively,” he says. “It is impossible to know in some circumstances exactly how much the school is involved, but from public appearances, the schools are regularly involved and in some cases, they have to be involved.”
Belzer believes the foundation system and any non-profit collective is a “bad” business model that is certain to spell disaster in the end. “They are using it to get a tax writeoffs to pay student-athletes,” he says. “Unless you are OK with money laundering, you can’t pay athletes $20-30,000 a year through a non-profit.”
Posted by: Old Skool | May 31, 2023 at 05:40 AM
"Nobody" ever saw THIS coming, now did they?
Posted by: 86Cane | June 06, 2023 at 05:48 PM
It won't be long until some team buys themselves a natty.
Posted by: herbieibis | June 06, 2023 at 07:10 PM
Dimare needs to go fetch some pitchers. more than 3/4 of the staff had an ERA of over 4.
Posted by: Herbieibis | June 06, 2023 at 07:14 PM
"Nobody" ever saw THIS coming, now did they?
Posted by: 86Cane | June 06, 2023 at 05:48 PM
Only us nobodies on this blog
Posted by: KYcane | June 06, 2023 at 08:33 PM
True, Herb, but hitting wasn't so consistent through the season either, although with a lot of HRs. The winner bracket game vs the Horns was a 4-1 loss. Won't win many regional games against decent teams with 1 run. The truth is that they are consistently good, but not great.
Posted by: JCane | June 06, 2023 at 10:35 PM
"Nobody" ever saw THIS coming, now did they?
Posted by: 86Cane | June 06, 2023 at 05:48 PM
Only us nobodies on this blog
Posted by: KYcane | June 06, 2023 at 08:33 PM
Hate to say "we told U so" but we told U so.
Anybody with half a brain could have seen this coming. Apparently some people don't even have that.
Posted by: 58 Straight | June 07, 2023 at 08:34 AM
Ah the 2006 Gatas, that team could fill an entire season of Law and Order or else inspire a new series: Better Call Urban
Former Florida Gators football captain Earl “Tony” Joiner (Aaron Hernandez's teamate) pleaded no contest this week to the 2016 murder of his girlfriend. Looking at 25 years in prison.
Posted by: Old Skool | June 07, 2023 at 11:42 AM
Fins (Tebow lovers) mini camp update
Undrafted rookie linebacker Mitchell Agude continued his strong run in offseason practices. He was in the backfield multiple times for a sack and tackle for loss.
Posted by: Old Skool | June 07, 2023 at 01:52 PM
Former Florida Gators football captain Earl “Tony” Joiner (Aaron Hernandez's teamate) pleaded no contest this week to the 2016 murder of his girlfriend. Looking at 25 years in prison.
Posted by: Old Skool | June 07, 2023 at 11:42 AM
It is ironic that I actually met him at a Kia dealership in Lake Wales. I was not working directly with him but he was there selling cars and I saw his name tag and realized who he was and introduced myself. He was a bit surprosed that I knew who he was but he was a big dude, seemed cool. Who knew?
Posted by: 58 Straight | June 07, 2023 at 05:00 PM
More fun in the summertime Oh Yeah
Lots of school reps are in Washington to meet with Senators and Congressmen to address the potential impact of the California bill below (revenue sharing with the athletes, particularly those in non or trivial revenue-generating sports. At that point what's an amateur and/or do you begin to look at individual athletic scholarships as having an ROI) Apparently no one wants to let the cat in the bag. They'd rather dole out bits of kibble to the ones who generate the revenue.
The California Assembly on Thursday narrowly voted to approve legislation that would create the unprecedented opportunity for college athletes in the state to receive payments from their schools based on their respective team revenue.
Holden said during floor debate that he had met Wednesday with the members of the California Legislative Women's Caucus and had amended the bill in an effort to address concerns about the bill's possible impact on women's sports.
There have been concerns that payments to athletes would go overwhelmingly to football and men's basketball players, and that these payments would result in schools having less money for women's teams. Holden said that under one of the new changes, if the bill's financial formula resulted in athletes on any team at a school being owed revenue-sharing payments for any given year, the total amount of money designated for athlete compensation would have to be shared evenly between athletes on men's teams and athletes on women's teams.
Actually, this could be considered separate from NIL's in that no one's being paid for the use of their likeness or promotional impact.
Posted by: Old Skool | June 07, 2023 at 06:05 PM
Iron Sheik RIP. May he rust in peace
Posted by: Old Skool | June 08, 2023 at 07:01 AM
Gino DiMare stepping down as UM baseball coach
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | June 08, 2023 at 04:48 PM
About time. Miami should rake in baseball and yet the team was up and down and has been this way for some years. Got to get some pitchers and that is fo sure.
Posted by: Herbieibis | June 08, 2023 at 07:11 PM
Mario Cristofraud is on the Clock ⏰!
Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | June 08, 2023 at 07:33 PM
Tee, I take u are not a Mario fan?
Well, it's for sure he better be building a defensive wall. With all these warm predictions for about 2o to 25 players we aught to get 3 or 4 difference makers at DT .CB and WR are still dragging a bit. We should know how things are going to roll by the end of the month but we have gotten enough 3 star dudes.
Posted by: Herbieibis | June 08, 2023 at 08:25 PM
Herb I actually Love Mario The Man. I appreciate A Grinder, I Appreciate Relentless Agresion, I just think he is a C Minus Coach. He is a A Plus Recruiter, but A C Minus Coach. I Hope He Proves me and others that feel that way about him Wrong. Nothing More than I and everyone else around here that loves the University of Miami Football Team and Athletic Program at large want to come back to life and to be kicking Arse and Taking Names Again and to be back on The Main Stage with Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Ohio State, Etc of The College Football World. We Are A Blue Blood Program and Dann It We Need To Play Like It, Coach Like It, And Win Like It Again and Soon. Go Canes! Same Applies To Baseball We Are A Blue Blood Program. In Basketball We Aren't A Blue Blood Yet but Fastly Knocking On That Door! Big Dan R. Needs to Nail The Baseball Coaching Hire. Also. We Better Get A Damn Softball Program up and Running in Next 5 Years and Competing in ACC. We Can Play Home Games at Tropical Park as there isn't any room on Campus!
Posted by: Terrance Sullivan | June 09, 2023 at 01:28 AM
BREAKING NEWS: Gino DiMare steps down as Miami Hurricanes baseball coach
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/breaking-news-gino-dimare-steps-down-as-miami-hurricanes-baseball-coach/ar-AA1ciUYm?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=c881baad753943a1e6af84b6bf594cde&ei=45
Posted by: U No Who | June 09, 2023 at 10:20 AM
Probably one of the biggest recruiting weekends ever this weekend, especially on the defensive side. Mario needs to work his so called magic, if we are going to get back to the way things should be us talking shyt and thumping dudes.
Agreed Tee, Mario is a grade C coach. Needs to not metal with the OH side of the ball, period.
Posted by: Herbieibis | June 09, 2023 at 12:21 PM
Great interview by Josh Pate with Mario: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgo3PHeZwqw
Posted by: Ohio_Cane | June 09, 2023 at 02:23 PM
NEW BLOG IS UP!
Posted by: 58 Straight | June 09, 2023 at 06:06 PM