For us, it started with the starting pitching struggling. That was the key. When you can't get a solid performance out of your starter then you're in trouble. Getting up 2-0 was nice but we struggled on the mound.
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Related When we walked out there, everything under the mound was dry. But there's that layer of two inches t... JEFF FERRELL What we got him for was to balance out our rotation and to give us another quality, top-of-the-rotat... WALT JOCKETTY We do have some numbers, I wouldn't call it excess. It's nice to have starting pitching, and it's th... DAVE LITTLEFIELD We started off slow. Male was getting good pitching and we weren't swinging the bats that well, but ... DONNIE ENGLISH A good game for us, although I was worried about Eddie [Guardado] in the ninth, he was out of sync s... MIKE HARGROVE Starting off the second half of the season, we knew that this was going to be a big week for us and ... LARRY HARRIS You can't get down in this district. We started 0-2 and that makes it hard. You can't ever give up. BETH YOUNG We were really up for it, ... The Australians normally come at us hard from day one. To get one up o... DARREN GOUGH I haven't played for a while in the league so it was nice to get back out on the field, but it was e... SIMO VALAKARI It was huge to get up on Galena. When they're up 10-0, its feels like it's 20-0. They get the lead a... KYLE SCHELLIN Our guys started playing hard and that was the big difference. We came out aggressive, then missed a... ANDRE PAYNE It's nice when he's on the mound. It was another strong game for him. When he's on the mound it make... SCOTT GERLACH Josh battled out there for his first game. We kept him at 70 pitches. He didn't get in too much trou... TIM WILLIAMS We have been struggling. We let a team get into the game. and when a team goes up on you by 18 point... JEFF SHAW All three of our pitchers did a good job of pitching ahead in the count. All week, the bullpen reall... GARY POWERS Today, I really struggled staying back on the rubber and getting the ball down. But when I did, you ... ADAM WAINWRIGHT And the day came out... the mask was removed... and who was behind it? ... No Face... a pe... DEYTH BANGER He basically has a patent on that type of performance. He's done a great job as a both a closer and ... DAN CALLAHAN We played a good game in that one. Brett pitched a good game and helped us out with a good performan... ANDY KEITH I guess for us the season started on that Boxing Day when we found out that Troy was missing, and th... PAUL GARDNER The rules only applied to people who couldn’t afford different rules. CAMERON STRACHER We learned how to close out a game. The defense, with a 2-0 lead, handled that really well. Then to ... DOUG STEINES I elevated the ball when they got the three runs. But overall, I must say, it was a nice feel out on... BARTOLO COLON We'll get there. Right now with district starting, it's like we're 0-0. We just need a good solid 32... DOMINICK ROMERO As a team, it was a real good, solid performance to start the season out. It's good to get on the po... CURT GROTTENTHALER There was a point when we were 16-2 and we felt like we had struggled a little. But then I said ther... DEAN COFFLAND That one was like an insurance goal for the team. Once we got up 2-0, the whole game changed. We sta... KYLE CONRAD It was a roller-coaster ride in terms of starting out 5-0 and then struggling at the end, but then r... DAVE HART It was a good weekend for us with our pitching and defense being very solid and we were very aggress... DALE LORTZ Any win on the road is a big win. Today, we were able to do the things that we struggled with yester... JEFF SCHEXNAIDER We started back then and then worked on getting the support of the city council. The most important ... LUGE HARDMAN When you get in foul trouble it helps to know you have solid people to bring in and help out. It's a... CLAUDE TYLER It was a good day for us last year because if you get to a final you want to win the game. It had be... DARREN FERGUSON Nice start. That was a big shot in the arm for us. He's been struggling a little bit with the bat, s... DAVE ROWELL It seemed like when we could get the ball inside, we could score or get a nice kick-out and shot. Bu... BROCK CARRIER I had been struggling with my golf swing, but even though I missed the cut at Doral, I felt like I w... DUDLEY HART When they did score the go-ahead goal and went up 2-1, they just came out harder and started putting... GABE GAUTHIER Our starting pitching was, to put it bluntly, lousy this weekend. We know we're having some defensiv... DAN CALLAHAN It was nice to get the responsibility of being a full-time starter. ANDY YAKULIS Anytime you get your first win it is something that you have worked toward since way back in the sum... ANDREW CONNOR It was a good performance for us. The crowd was kind of rowdy, so it was nice to pull out a win at t... KACEY MCNULTY We're finally starting to get our offense in sync. We haven't been pitching well, and now we lose a ... SMOKE LAVAL (Casper) put the team on his shoulders and led us to victory on the mound. He was a nice spark for u... BRUCE STEINBECKER The seniors did a nice job of leading us. We started out the season 2-3 and then went 15-4. These gi... BILL SYCKS It was nice to get the first one out of the way. I've thrown off that mound and I felt pretty comfor... JON LESTER I think the early bullpen injuries really threw us out of sync, ... We had some issues in the starti... GARY MATTHEWS I think the key was our zone. And just getting out there and getting steals and pushing the ball up ... JUSTON WARA We've seen it before and we didn't want to quit on an inning. It gives us momentum but the momentum ... BILLY GARDNER We were struggling in the first quarter then our defense picked it up. In the second quarter we star... LUOL DENG The trouble with thinking was that, once you started, you went on doing it. TERRY PRATCHETT We let them get out to a 4-0 lead in the first quarter. This was certainly not one of our best defen... BOB STREETEN (A) 2-0 lead at half-time was good boost for us. We played well with short players and put on a lot ... ANDREW CSETER We did a very nice job against their press early. Then they dropped out of it and started giving us ... RICK CLARK We were looking to get some free passes but we ended up getting hits. What was impressive was the bo... STEVE ANTICH We started pulling on the line, and this huge gator pops up on the surface. Martin was armed with a ... JAY FRANCIS Fogg was great, and Zach backed it up with a stellar performance himself. It was nice to have those ... DANNY ARDOIN It was a great game, especially for this early in the year. I was proud of our kids that we fought b... DICK MANDELLA They had kept us off when we were hitting the ball up but not hitting it out. The kids were getting ... APRIL STARY We had some nice sets to run against a 2-3. We wanted quicker ball movement, quicker decisions with ... DREW FRANK She was backing out when, for unknown reasons, her 2-year-old daughter ended up getting in the back ... JAVIER SAMBRANO It was just good for us to play solid basketball. We had been struggling lately, even though we were... JEFF OVERMYER I knew we weren't as good as people were talking about. We started out 5-0, and Vidalia was the best... CRAIG BEESLEY I struggled with my breaking ball, especially in the early going, but we spotted up the fastball pre... CLAY THOMLEY The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your compl... MARK TWAIN This was a must win. Our backs were against the wall starting 0-2 and we got the job done in a big w... ED CARLSON They got out to a 3-0 start. We came back and it was 3-2, then 4-2 and then we fell apart and they w... BRIT MUNSTERTEIGER It was our home course so we wanted to get under 500 as a team. But all of the girls struggled out t... MARSHA BUTLER I?m pleased with the pitching performance. We did a nice job of hitting our spots. ALAN KNIGHT You know going in that everyone is gearing up for the fastball and they want to hit it. They had a g... DANIEL CROPPER He threw strikes and when he got in trouble, he got groundballs. That's how to pitch, ... A performa... MIKE HARGROVE We felt pretty comfortable, especially scoring that goal to make it a one-goal game with 14 minutes ... GRIFF RICHARD It was a big win. It was a good solid performance. We kept the pressure on them. JOE GALLEGOS It was big, especially how we started the game. We came out really sluggish, but stuck with it, so t... BEN GORDON It was on a 1-2 count with two outs. It was a big win because we were down 4-0. MADDY COON They hung around. I was a little nervous. We hit a couple posts in the second period, and sometimes ... SCOTT OWENS It shouldn't have mattered, not when Miel and the other girls in his class wore jeans more than they... ANNA-MARIE MCLEMORE You've got to just persevere in that instance. You know Matthew has had a fantastic record. It's not... KIM HUGHES It's tough to get a feeling for a team this early in the year but I'm not going to complain about be... JASON ANDALO The second half was also filled with solid defense and (scoring) opportunities. But the game ended i... GREG WALL Along with Zach Fry having a pretty good night on the mound, the kids didn't give up. That was the b... BRAD POCKLINGTON (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON All three games have been great games. I think we finished real strong. After we cut it to one in th... DEAN BERARDO We realized how important it was for us to play well. We got back to basics. When we were struggling... CLINT KRIEWALDT We got in trouble in the second game when we served out too many times. Then we made a rotation erro... BOB ROGERS It's nice to get that out of the way. You want to make a good impression on your teammates and play ... MARK RECCHI It was dramatic. The big thing you look for on special teams is changing field position. When your t... DAVE ARNOLD It was 29-22 at halftime, but we got in quite a bit of foul trouble, and they started dropping 3s on... JOSH MCPHERSON This is a nice format because we get 10 guys competing on one of the area's most challenging courses... PAUL STRAND I remember when we were in the World Cup in Australia and I had to win the singles against Tony Payn... ERIC BRISTOW They just started fouling at the end and in the past we've really struggled from the free-throw line... FAEZA BOUDERRA Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willing... J.G. BALLARD Devin did a great job. It was senior night, so that was nice. (Parrish) owns us. It doesn't look lik... RICK BREED The secret of getting ahead is getting started. MARK TWAIN We came out a little flat today, but our defense was solid. Thankfully, we manufactured a few runs e... ANTHONY LEE It was a lot of excitement because the S-2 stage was what was the holdup for the Apollo mission and ... PRENTICE CARTE They had us on our heels and to come out of the first period with a 2-0 lead was phenomenal. We know... CAL ROADHOUSE It was nice to finally get out of the gym and play outside. Our pitching threw strong and the hittin... JARED UNDERSALL When I was at the Academy, we started 6-0 [in 2002, finishing 8-5]. Why did we kind of slump off? We... ANTHONY SCHLEGEL It was nice to keep the hitting streak alive. But I would have been happy going 0-for-3 and getting ... MARCUS GILES I started acting when I was 13 in New York. Worked there for a couple years, then auditioned for a s... KRISTANNA LOKEN
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JOSH JENKINS Advice is like castor oil, easy to give, but dreadful to take. JOSH BILLINGS Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corr... JOSH BILLINGS A good way I know to find happiness, is to not bore a hole to fit the plug. JOSH BILLINGS If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it as the old woman did her lost spectac... JOSH BILLINGS Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he m... JOSH BILLINGS Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined. JOSH BILLINGS Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. JOSH BILLINGS A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates. JOSH BILLINGS Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethe... JOSH BILLINGS Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist -- it reduces him to... JOSH BILLINGS The trouble with people is not that they dont know but that they know so much that aint so. JOSH BILLINGS Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool. JOSH BILLINGS The happiest time in a man's life is when he is in the red hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable... JOSH BILLINGS To enjoy a good reputation give publicly, and steal privately. JOSH BILLINGS I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else. JOSH BILLINGS In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us. JOSH BILLINGS As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for. JOSH BILLINGS If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any sa... JOSH BILLINGS Forgiveness is the oil of relationships. JOSH MCDOWELL There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. JOSH BILLINGS It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to... JOSH BILLINGS Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors. JOSH BILLINGS I honestly believe it is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so. JOSH BILLINGS Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves. JOSH BILLINGS The trouble with most folks ain't so much their ignorance as knowing so many things that ain't so. JOSH BILLINGS Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal. JOSH BILLINGS There is no greater evidence of superior intelligence than to be surprised at nothing. JOSH BILLINGS I don't care how much a person talks, if they only say it in a few words. JOSH BILLINGS Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel. JOSH BILLINGS Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you prophesy right, no... JOSH BILLINGS Don't put off till tomorrow what can be enjoyed today. JOSH BILLINGS One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit nev... JOSH BILLINGS Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has. JOSH BILLINGS Poverty is the step-mother of genius. JOSH BILLINGS Remember the poor, it costs nothing. JOSH BILLINGS I am a poor man, but I have this consolation: I am poor by accident, not by design. JOSH BILLINGS Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs. JOSH BILLINGS A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay. JOSH BILLINGS Pity cost nothing and ain't worth nothing. JOSH BILLINGS About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgme... JOSH BILLINGS Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability to stick to one thing til... JOSH BILLINGS If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy ... JOSH BILLINGS