Former Gators shortstop Tim Olson found himself in a bit of an awkward position over the past couple of weeks. On one hand, he wants the Gators to do well and for outfielder Jacob Young to continue mashing the cover off of the ball. At the same time, Young was chasing down Olson’s school-record 29-game hitting streak.
Olson insists that there wasn’t an internal conflict like you might imagine. Instead, he understood that his 21-year-old record was meant to be broken. He was happy for Young after he broke the record with an infield single in the eighth inning against Florida A&M last Sunday.