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Monday, June 23, 2008
Bulldogs vs. Bulldogs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Making the championship final of the College World Series against that other bunch of Bulldogs from Fresno State already has marked David Perno’s 2008 Diamond Dogs as really special.
But the UGA baseball coach and players aren’t just winners. They’re a class act, as my old high school buddy Dan (who’s now a judge, by the way) discovered last week.
Dan and his son spent the week in Omaha at a 13U baseball tournament and, while there, got to attend three CWS games, including Saturday’s big win over Stanford. But the best part of the trip, Dan says, was Thursday night. The North Gwinnett Bulldogs were dining in Anthony’s steakhouse when the UGA baseball team arrived. As they walked in, the kids from Gwinnett gave them a big ovation.
A few minutes later, Dan says, Coach Perno came back to find out who the kids were and spent time talking individually with the boys. Later, several of the UGA players, including Matt Cerione and Gordon Beckham, stopped by to talk with the young players and wish them well.
“Coach Perno, who left the banquet room two different times to come talk to the boys, and the players could not have been more gracious,” Dan says, “essentially interrupting their meal to give twelve 13-year-old boys the thrill of their trip (and two of the mothers, who started fanning themselves when Matt Cerione came in!)”
Dan sums it up: “No surprise to you, but the UGA baseball program is one class organization.”
Indeed.
Big woofs to Perno’s Pups!
BULLDOG BITES: ESPN.com’s Ivan Maisel has compiled a list of four coaches and four players who transcend college football and remain relevant long after they left the game. Again, no surprise here but Georgia’s Herschel Walker made the list, along with Red Grange, Archie Griffin and Tommie Frazier. As Maisel says, no one combined size and speed in as forceful a manner as Herschel, the first really super freshman to make an impact. Another well-deserved kudo to the player Dan Magill dubbed the “goal line stalker.” … Georgia’s two national champions (so far) this season, the Gym Dogs and the men’s tennis team, will be at the White House on Tuesday to meet the president as part of Championship Day. It’s been quite a year for UGA athletics. And it ain’t quite over yet!
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