Canes

Miami Hurricanes baseball team has won 19 of 20 after sweeping Clemson this weekend.  They are doing this by having fun and playing the game hard.  You can really see this team trusting in each other as it seems to be a different hero each game.  Keep it up all the way to Omaha.

Routine

Have a routine and trust in it. Routines allow you to be consistent which is key for success. Find your routine if it's a hitter or pitcher find what works for you and stick with it.

Papi

Everyone that see's David Ortiz come up with big hit after big hit does it surprise you?  It doesn't me,  it's not because we know he can do it, it's because he has been put in that situation time and time again and it doesn't phase him.  What I mean is if you practice in certain conditions (with pressure) you will get to the point that it's just another at bat.  See most players don't put themselves in these situations in practices so when they are faced with this situation in games they don't know how to respond to it in a positive way.

Ring

It's what you play for as an athlete to get that ring. Play hard, have great teamwork and many good things are possible as the 2013 Boston Red Sox showed us.  I believe it starts with the coaching staff and continues to the players.  This has to be a cohesive unit for it to survive the ups and downs of a long season.  Remember, the ring is the thing!

A-Gon

Alex Gonzalez had a little reason to feel pressure on opening day on a new team in a new city.  He commits an error which cost the Tigers a few runs as he gets booed most players would just fold up and their day would be done.  Not Alex, what does he do, next at bat he forgets and puts to use short term memory and comes up clutch with a triple which helps the Tigers tie the game and then comes up with a single to win the game in the bottom of the ninth.  If this doesn't show thick skin and the importance of a short term memory I don't know what does.  So what next pitch!