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It was a rough month for Florida baseball’s Brendan Lawson. The Gators’ starting shortstop had seen his production drop rapidly at the plate. For context, Lawson had gone from matching his home run total from last season through UF’s first 22 games to going well over a month without hitting a long ball.
The frustration led him to call the one person he knew could get him out of his slump — his dad, who promptly flew from Canada to help his son. “We went to a high school and hit BP for two hours on Thursday night,” said Lawson after UF’s series win over Kentucky. “I always found that when I’m not feeling my best, I need to make a few tweaks.
My dad is the best person to go to. ” The Lawsons went to hit batting practice at P. K.
Yonge, the day before Florida ’s series-opening matchup against Kentucky, where the duo was actually kicked out of the facility. “We were hitting balls onto the softball field, and I guess they didn’t like that,” Lawson said. “We got sent back to the cages here.