TALLAHASSEE — It was the shot heard round the world. Or at least from Tallahassee to Gainesville.
Quincy Nieporte's towering homerun in the 12th inning of FSU's contest against Florida gave the Seminoles a 4-3 win in mid-April and a 2-1 victory in the regular season series. But it was the slugger's ensuing celebration — an emphatic bat flip as he watched the baseball sail out of Dick Howser Stadium – that is still a talking point as the two rivals prepare to faceoff again, this time in the Super Regional round of the NCAA Tournament.
FSU's sophomore first baseman was watching the selection show for the NCAA tournament in the clubhouse his teammates about two weeks ago.