Former Gator David Ross looks ahead and hopes for a good year in his second season as manager for the Chicago Cubs. Last Season The 2020 season was one unlike any other the MLB has ever seen. The season didn’t actually start until July 23, over two months after the …
Read More »MLB Roundup: Marlins in the Playoffs, Braves Sweep Reds
Game 2 of the Marlins and Cubs NL wild card Series was postponed yesterday due to weather in the forecast. The game will now be played today at 2 p.m. After winning Game 1 on Wednesday, the Marlins lead the series 1 -0 and have the opportunity to close it …
Read More »Ross Ready For First Season As Cubs Manager
On Oct. 21, 2019, David Ross signed a three-year contract for the Chicago Cubs to replace Joe Maddon as their manager. We are scheduled to begin the 2021 campaign at home for the second year in a row. View the full #Cubs 2021 regular season schedule: https://t.co/SpL1SKbiXV pic.twitter.com/AiP4L5uc6s — Chicago …
Read More »Former Gator David Ross Talks MLB Season Hopes as New Cubs Manager
On October 24, 2019, the Chicago Cubs hired former Florida Gator David Ross as their manager. Ross replaced skipper Joe Maddon and signed him to a three-year contract. Hopes for a Return to the Diamond Ross’s first year taking on a managerial role has come to a halt due to …
Read More »Gator Great, David Ross, on managing the Chicago Cubs
Former Gator, David Ross, was announced as the General Manager of the Chicago Cubs this past off-season. After taking the Cubs to a historic World Series victory in 2016, Ross looks to lead the team but in a new role. Early Career Ross started off his collegiate career at Auburn …
Read More »Former Gator David Ross Ready for Cubs Challenge
Former Florida Gator ball player David Ross was introduced as manager of the Chicago Cubs this past weekend after retiring from the MLB after the 2016 season. Ross was given a three-year contract with an option for 2023. Ross played for the Cubs for two years, starting in 2014 and …
Read More »Historic 1998 Gator Baseball Team is Honored
The 1998 Florida Gator Baseball Team was honored on the field Friday night before the start of the Florida-Auburn game. The ’98 team became the first team in school history to earn the number one seed at the College World Series. Some of the former players who showed up for …
Read More »David Ross After Baseball
David Ross started his baseball career in 1996 with the Auburn University Tigers where he played until 1998. He then transferred to the University of Florida and became one of the few players to attend a College World Series with two different teams. After college, Ross was drafted to …
Read More »A Gator Grad and a Gainesville Native Star in World Series Finale
In what some are calling the greatest game of baseball ever played, two players have ties to the Gainesville area. Andrew Miller, a Gainesville native and Buchholz High School graduate, who is a relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians and David Ross, a catcher for the Chicago Cubs who played …
Read More »Cubs Force Game 6, Hold Off Indians
For the first time since 1945 the Chicago Cubs “Flew the W” at Wrigley Field during the World Series. The crowd of 41, 711 cheered on anxiously as Aroldis Chapman took the mound in the seventh inning to record his first ever eight-out save. It was a tall ask by manager Joe …
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