Nick Fuller and Lonnie Chisenhall kicked off the 'Cocks.

[Mephistopheles]

Lonnie was BAs top freshman and Fuller the number four fish.

 

Major news out of South Carolina tonight, as two of the nation’s top four freshmen were dismissed from the nation’s No. 2 team. Outfielder/righthander Lonnie Chisenhall, who was hitting .313 out of the three-hole in the Gamecocks’ lineup, and righthander Nick Fuller, who had yet to allow a hit or a run in five innings of work this season over six relief appearances, were permanently dismissed from the club for violating athletic department policy. News reports out of South Carolina say the players face multiple counts of burglary and grand larceny.

 

“This is a very unfortunate situation,” South Carolina coach Ray Tanner said in a statement. “Both of these young men come from outstanding families and I feel bad for their parents. It is inappropriate for me to make any other comments, as this case is now in the hands of the legal authorities, but they are no longer part of the Gamecock baseball program.”

 

This is a major blow for a South Carolina club that figured to rely increasingly on both players as the year progressed. In particular, the Gamecocks will miss Chisenhall’s power bat. Fuller has an electric arm, but he is more replaceable now that junior lefthander Arik Hempy is back from Tommy John surgery.

 

This hurts South Carolina even more over the long term than it does for 2007. The Gamecocks are a deep enough team that they might be able to withstand losing Fuller and Chisenhall this year, but the two freshmen figured to be major pieces of South Carolina’s foundation for the next few years. Without the duo, South Carolina’s No. 2 recruiting class looks far less impressive; it would probably still rank as a top-25 class thanks to impact junior college transfers Jay Brown, Jordan Costner and Travis Jones and freshman righty Blake Cooper, but out of that group only Cooper will be around in 2009. Now it will be even more important for freshman righthander Sam Dyson to return strong next year from his offseason labrum surgery.

 

Tanner is expected to hold a 12:30 p.m. news conference on Tuesday, so maybe we’ll get more information then.

 

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/college/?p=61

 

http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=47953

[mg420]

kind of makes one wonder if this is drug related.

[Slugger_16]

Son of a ...

 

Ray Tanner broke down a couple of times during the press conference this afternoon.

[NCCubFan]

Son of a ...

 

Ray Tanner broke down a couple of times during the press conference this afternoon.

I knew you'd make an appearance in this thread. :D

[imb]

Son of a ...

 

Ray Tanner broke down a couple of times during the press conference this afternoon.

I knew you'd make an appearance in this thread. :D

 

woah, thats uncalled for. Just because the word [expletive] is in the title, you knew a girl would show up? Ouch.

[Mephistopheles]

Son of a ...

 

Ray Tanner broke down a couple of times during the press conference this afternoon.

I knew you'd make an appearance in this thread. :D

 

woah, thats uncalled for. Just because the word [expletive] is in the title, you knew a girl would show up? Ouch.

 

slugger's a gamecock fan.

[NCCubFan]

Son of a ...

 

Ray Tanner broke down a couple of times during the press conference this afternoon.

I knew you'd make an appearance in this thread. :D

 

woah, thats uncalled for. Just because the word [expletive] is in the title, you knew a girl would show up? Ouch.

If you were joking, OK. If not, it's not a good idea to call out a moderator when you don't know what they're talking about. As mentioned, my comment was based purely on knowing that she's a big South Carolina fan. It had nothing to do with the word "[expletive]."

[Transmogrified Tiger]

kind of makes one wonder if this is drug related.

 

I'm guessing the burglary and grand larceny was enough.

[imb]

Son of a ...

 

Ray Tanner broke down a couple of times during the press conference this afternoon.

I knew you'd make an appearance in this thread. :D

 

woah, thats uncalled for. Just because the word [expletive] is in the title, you knew a girl would show up? Ouch.

If you were joking, OK. If not, it's not a good idea to call out a moderator when you don't know what they're talking about. As mentioned, my comment was based purely on knowing that she's a big South Carolina fan. It had nothing to do with the word "[expletive]."

 

Just a little sexist I thought, thats all.

[NCCubFan]

Son of a ...

 

Ray Tanner broke down a couple of times during the press conference this afternoon.

I knew you'd make an appearance in this thread. :D

 

woah, thats uncalled for. Just because the word [expletive] is in the title, you knew a girl would show up? Ouch.

If you were joking, OK. If not, it's not a good idea to call out a moderator when you don't know what they're talking about. As mentioned, my comment was based purely on knowing that she's a big South Carolina fan. It had nothing to do with the word "[expletive]."

 

Just a little sexist I thought, thats all.

It had absolutely nothing to do with sexism. The term "[expletive]" was completely irrelevant. The comment was based on the university itself, not its nickname.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

kind of makes one wonder if this is drug related.

 

Huh?

[mg420]

kind of makes one wonder if this is drug related.

 

Huh?

 

i mean perhaps they were involved in drugs which caused them to steal for $ to buy said drugs.