Related
It's all about staying aggressive and getting ahead of hitters. I didn't get ahead of many hitters a...
LUKE HUDSON He started getting ahead of the hitters. He was getting into hitters' counts in the first inning. Ev...
DREW DANNER I was concentrating on getting ahead on hitters, to make it easier. I was very confident.
ELIZARDO RAMIREZ He's been doing that ever since the start of the season-- throwing strikes and getting ahead of hitt...
BRIAN FISCHER I get a lot more playing time than I have in the past. I think it has made me a lot better player, g...
ABBY ARLEDGE I was concentrating on getting ahead of the hitters to make it make it easier on myself by throwing ...
ELIZARDO RAMIREZ I wanted to go after their hitters early and let my defense do the work.
DAVID POUTIER They know how to throw strikes. And I want them to throw strikes. That's what I've been emphasizing....
JOSE OQUENDO Our staff did a good job of getting ahead in the count with many of their hitters. They are a great ...
JASON ABERCROMBIE I think the Dodgers are good hitters, but I just am getting better right now. My fastball and my two...
BYUNG-HYUN KIM Everything was going fine. Then I walked the leadoff batter, and that's never good. I still felt lik...
BRAD HALSEY I'm used to it. I'm used to kind of getting shoved in the back row behind the hitters. I like it. I ...
ABBY ARLEDGE![]()
[Carpenter is] really going after hitters, and ... getting in situations and making pitches and stay...
TONY LA RUSSA I thought that she pitched better in the first game than the second. She looked like she was steerin...
CAROL HUTCHINS So far, the pitching has been very good. The hitters are still getting their timing down. The pitchi...
JARED VOSS Lauren did a good job of getting the ball to the hitters, and we have such good hitters that (one ne...
JULIE KOLCUM I think he's made vast improvements. Not only is he one of the better hitters in the league, I would...
KURT WOLFE It's just great to see our starters going deep in games and our bullpen getting some confidence. Now...
MARCUS GILES Sam threw a great game, mixing her pitches well and staying ahead of the hitters. We hit the ball we...
RANDY BARTON He's gotten better. He's more aware of it and the impact it has, especially being under the microsco...
LARRY ROTHSCHILD He's been one of our hotter hitters, better hitters, all year. He's got a good idea at the plate. He...
JOE MIKULIK She did a great job. She stayed ahead of hitters and took care of business.
CYNTHIA ZEA He went right after the hitters.
DON MONEY All three pitchers threw well. The pitchers were ahead of the hitters tonight.
BARRY GODSEY With the guys we have coming back, we're looking for them to be better hitters. Some of these guys h...
CHARLIE LEMBERGER Vincent Spaulding pitched a terrific game. He got ahead of the hitters, kept them off-balance and ma...
DALE HALL I pretty much had trouble getting everything over except my fastball, and when you do that hitters a...
DUSTIN NIPPERT Devin stayed within herself and relied on her mechanics. She's been one of our most consistent hitte...
HOLLY BROWN This kind of protects our hitters.
JOE GIRARDI![]()
As hitters, I think we take for granted at times how good our hands are and just how much the value ...
VERNON WELLS We are playing better in all areas, offense, defense and I like our pitching too. Coach (Doug) Sisso...
DAVID PERNO We have to get better technically in all phases. Sustaining our blocks (running game), pass blocking...
ANDY BITTO I'm proud that my boys didn't panic after getting down early. Our defense got better and better as w...
CHRIS ALLRED (Our hitters) did a good job of being selective and when they got a strike they did a good job of pu...
JOHN KING I think that we've done our homework. We are getting ahead.
CAROL HILSON Courtney has to get a little more mentally strong on the mound. She's played a lot of competitive so...
BOB COOLEN He's ahead of schedule, and he just keeps getting better and better. He really has a knack for hitti...
PAT MURPHY![]()
He was terrific. He throws a lot of strikes and for the most part he stayed ahead of the hitters. He...
JOE TORRE We try to score runs one an inning, but our runs have come in bunches this year. When Royal was gett...
STEVE COOK The biggest thing for our hitters is to stay with their game plan, stay disciplined, and getting goo...
GREG BEALS Kyle's done a good job all year long. He's throwing strikes and working ahead in the count. All our ...
CLAY MCCAMMON Most of the managers are lifetime .220 hitters. For years pitchers have been getting these managers ...
BILL LEE I just hoped to go in there and give us a chance to win. I didn't expect to go five scoreless. I jus...
KAMERON LOE I think it provides an unfair advantage to the hitters.
BOB BRENLY Discipline at the plate is crucial to being a good hitter. We made good adjustments as hitters this ...
KATHY LEITKE He threw a complete game win and you can't ask anymore for a freshman. Cain did a wonderful job of k...
ERIC ETCHISON Marina pitched well. She has two one-hitters this season, but this was her first no-hitter.
CRAIG LAUGER I think he's the same Greg. He just keeps doing what he does best -- stays ahead in the count agains...
HENRY BLANCO Our plan was to not give up a lot of big plays, ... Our defense is getting better and better each we...
JAY BROWN (Hite) did a good job being effectively wild for the first three innings. Then she started being wil...
GARY GREER We just kept talking and kept moving on defense, looking at the hitters and making smart plays.
JENNIFER NOLASCO We might have played our best game tonight. The defense made the plays, Sam pitched well and our hit...
EMILY MARTIN Our defense has been getting better. The last two weeks in practice, we've seen an amazing improveme...
HEATHER SAWYER Our pitchers struggled to get ahead of their hitters. When you do that against a lineup like they ha...
ROBERT ABALOS![]()
Time spent in getting even would be better spent in getting ahead.
SOURCE UNKNOWN It's nice to pitch to hitters and have defense behind you. My arm has been 100% for a month or a mon...
PHILIP HUMBER After a rough start, We changed some things up and did a better job of getting more body on them and...
LARRY KOSTELAC Their durability is impressive. All aspects of this team are getting it done. The hitters have come ...
BOB WICKMAN We have to focus on getting hitters to transition aggressively and play strong every time, ... We go...
BETH SHELTON I really thought I was going to have a good game and give my team a chance to win, even after the fi...
LUKE HUDSON I was trying to get ahead of the hitters early. They usually waited and didn't swing at the first pi...
KRYSTAL LEWALLEN The way the course is set up, it doesn't favor long hitters, short hitters or medium hitters. It fav...
DAVID DUVAL The last couple of weeks she's done a lot better job of locating her pitches and making sure the hit...
ANDREW REDD I was just glad to be able to go out there and help the team. I was able to get ahead of hitters, be...
EDGAR RAMIREZ![]()
They've really bumped any short hitters out of consideration. It's more difficult for shorter hitter...
TOM WATSON It must be nice for today's hitters when you don't have to worry about being thrown at. It&#...
HARMON KILLEBREW I think they were getting a little tired, and we executed offensively. We were getting stops and reb...
BEN MURDOCK New Bern did a good job in the second game getting the ball to their hitters. When they can do that ...
BRYAN GOEHRING There's their two best hitters. Their best hitters got challenged and they won the challenge.
WALT PATYNSKI He can really pitch. He has worked hard and is a very smart guy. I [have] got to say that today he i...
FELIPE ALOU We came up in the first inning and our first three hitters all struck out. Then they put up a three ...
JOE BUCKLEY They both pitched in middle school and have plenty of summer ball experience. In addition, our defen...
CAROLYN ECKHARDT I take a lot of pride in (not walking hitters). Early in the year, it was really getting me in troub...
DAN HAREN That's a blow for us. He was playing as well as anybody -- superb defense and one of our best hitter...
BRUCE BOCHY I think we have a lot of big hitters. One through nine, everybody contributes and can hit.
LAUREN LANCASTER Our hitters did a nice job of limiting their mistakes. That was a big factor in our being able to co...
GREG MURLEY I got ahead of a lot of hitters in that game, and really that's what I need to do every time out. Co...
JOSH LEWIS Offensively, I think we're going to have a little bit more punch than we've had in the past. We're g...
BARRY HATFIELD Our pitching is getting better and our defense is getting better and, hopefully, our offense is maki...
BRIAN BREWER Most of the managers are lifetime .220 hitters. For years pitchers have been getting these managers ...
BILL LEE Steeleville, I think we kind of came in with our heads a little high, expectations a little too high...
ALLISON SPENCE Lisa is playing the best I've ever seen her play. She's doing that by taking better shots, and her s...
KATHY OLIVIER I was proud of our hitters for battling. We were strong all the way around.
JANA MCGINNIS Alma has always had strong hitters and a very deep line up.
BRIDGET GRALL![]()
Winning isn't getting ahead of others. It's getting ahead of yourself.
ROGER STAUBACH For the last couple of years, Miller has been a solid player. She is one of our top hitters, and she...
BILL HENDERSON At this time of the year, you're either getting better or getting worse. I think our team is hungry ...
ALAN BUSS She moved the ball real well and kept our hitters off-balance.
NICK PARRY Our middle hitters did a good job. Haley (Halcomb) did a nice job dishing the ball to the hitters, f...
LAURA SMITH I don't think it was necessarily jitters, ... I was just trying to be too fine in the first inning i...
CLAY HENSLEY Chelsea has been as good as expected for us and Katie's defense just keeps getting better every game...
CARRIE MYERS Speculation about resignations with the weekend ahead of us has made people a bit crazy about gettin...
DINIZ PIGNATARI I think that we played well and as a team. We had some good play from the back and they made it easi...
BRENDA WICKWIRE These guys are proven hitters in the major leagues. There really wasn't much to do. They're our best...
LUIS SOJO I think the key was our zone. And just getting out there and getting steals and pushing the ball up ...
JUSTON WARA We knew that we had a height advantage. So we wanted to get a lot of quick hitters in the lane. Jake...
MICHAEL PYLE![]()
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
MARK TWAIN I think we're definitely getting close, as far as just executing his game plan -- his style of play ...
JUAN DIXON If they like you, they like you. I guess pitchers tend to move up faster than hitters. It's more dif...
BOONE LOGAN Their offense is much better than their defense. We didn't want to let them in our zone. Our best de...
CHAD DION
LUKE HUDSON He started getting ahead of the hitters. He was getting into hitters' counts in the first inning. Ev...
DREW DANNER I was concentrating on getting ahead on hitters, to make it easier. I was very confident.
ELIZARDO RAMIREZ He's been doing that ever since the start of the season-- throwing strikes and getting ahead of hitt...
BRIAN FISCHER I get a lot more playing time than I have in the past. I think it has made me a lot better player, g...
ABBY ARLEDGE I was concentrating on getting ahead of the hitters to make it make it easier on myself by throwing ...
ELIZARDO RAMIREZ I wanted to go after their hitters early and let my defense do the work.
DAVID POUTIER They know how to throw strikes. And I want them to throw strikes. That's what I've been emphasizing....
JOSE OQUENDO Our staff did a good job of getting ahead in the count with many of their hitters. They are a great ...
JASON ABERCROMBIE I think the Dodgers are good hitters, but I just am getting better right now. My fastball and my two...
BYUNG-HYUN KIM Everything was going fine. Then I walked the leadoff batter, and that's never good. I still felt lik...
BRAD HALSEY I'm used to it. I'm used to kind of getting shoved in the back row behind the hitters. I like it. I ...
ABBY ARLEDGE
[Carpenter is] really going after hitters, and ... getting in situations and making pitches and stay... TONY LA RUSSA I thought that she pitched better in the first game than the second. She looked like she was steerin...
CAROL HUTCHINS So far, the pitching has been very good. The hitters are still getting their timing down. The pitchi...
JARED VOSS Lauren did a good job of getting the ball to the hitters, and we have such good hitters that (one ne...
JULIE KOLCUM I think he's made vast improvements. Not only is he one of the better hitters in the league, I would...
KURT WOLFE It's just great to see our starters going deep in games and our bullpen getting some confidence. Now...
MARCUS GILES Sam threw a great game, mixing her pitches well and staying ahead of the hitters. We hit the ball we...
RANDY BARTON He's gotten better. He's more aware of it and the impact it has, especially being under the microsco...
LARRY ROTHSCHILD He's been one of our hotter hitters, better hitters, all year. He's got a good idea at the plate. He...
JOE MIKULIK She did a great job. She stayed ahead of hitters and took care of business.
CYNTHIA ZEA He went right after the hitters.
DON MONEY All three pitchers threw well. The pitchers were ahead of the hitters tonight.
BARRY GODSEY With the guys we have coming back, we're looking for them to be better hitters. Some of these guys h...
CHARLIE LEMBERGER Vincent Spaulding pitched a terrific game. He got ahead of the hitters, kept them off-balance and ma...
DALE HALL I pretty much had trouble getting everything over except my fastball, and when you do that hitters a...
DUSTIN NIPPERT Devin stayed within herself and relied on her mechanics. She's been one of our most consistent hitte...
HOLLY BROWN This kind of protects our hitters.
JOE GIRARDI
As hitters, I think we take for granted at times how good our hands are and just how much the value ... VERNON WELLS We are playing better in all areas, offense, defense and I like our pitching too. Coach (Doug) Sisso...
DAVID PERNO We have to get better technically in all phases. Sustaining our blocks (running game), pass blocking...
ANDY BITTO I'm proud that my boys didn't panic after getting down early. Our defense got better and better as w...
CHRIS ALLRED (Our hitters) did a good job of being selective and when they got a strike they did a good job of pu...
JOHN KING I think that we've done our homework. We are getting ahead.
CAROL HILSON Courtney has to get a little more mentally strong on the mound. She's played a lot of competitive so...
BOB COOLEN He's ahead of schedule, and he just keeps getting better and better. He really has a knack for hitti...
PAT MURPHY
He was terrific. He throws a lot of strikes and for the most part he stayed ahead of the hitters. He... JOE TORRE We try to score runs one an inning, but our runs have come in bunches this year. When Royal was gett...
STEVE COOK The biggest thing for our hitters is to stay with their game plan, stay disciplined, and getting goo...
GREG BEALS Kyle's done a good job all year long. He's throwing strikes and working ahead in the count. All our ...
CLAY MCCAMMON Most of the managers are lifetime .220 hitters. For years pitchers have been getting these managers ...
BILL LEE I just hoped to go in there and give us a chance to win. I didn't expect to go five scoreless. I jus...
KAMERON LOE I think it provides an unfair advantage to the hitters.
BOB BRENLY Discipline at the plate is crucial to being a good hitter. We made good adjustments as hitters this ...
KATHY LEITKE He threw a complete game win and you can't ask anymore for a freshman. Cain did a wonderful job of k...
ERIC ETCHISON Marina pitched well. She has two one-hitters this season, but this was her first no-hitter.
CRAIG LAUGER I think he's the same Greg. He just keeps doing what he does best -- stays ahead in the count agains...
HENRY BLANCO Our plan was to not give up a lot of big plays, ... Our defense is getting better and better each we...
JAY BROWN (Hite) did a good job being effectively wild for the first three innings. Then she started being wil...
GARY GREER We just kept talking and kept moving on defense, looking at the hitters and making smart plays.
JENNIFER NOLASCO We might have played our best game tonight. The defense made the plays, Sam pitched well and our hit...
EMILY MARTIN Our defense has been getting better. The last two weeks in practice, we've seen an amazing improveme...
HEATHER SAWYER Our pitchers struggled to get ahead of their hitters. When you do that against a lineup like they ha...
ROBERT ABALOS
Time spent in getting even would be better spent in getting ahead. SOURCE UNKNOWN It's nice to pitch to hitters and have defense behind you. My arm has been 100% for a month or a mon...
PHILIP HUMBER After a rough start, We changed some things up and did a better job of getting more body on them and...
LARRY KOSTELAC Their durability is impressive. All aspects of this team are getting it done. The hitters have come ...
BOB WICKMAN We have to focus on getting hitters to transition aggressively and play strong every time, ... We go...
BETH SHELTON I really thought I was going to have a good game and give my team a chance to win, even after the fi...
LUKE HUDSON I was trying to get ahead of the hitters early. They usually waited and didn't swing at the first pi...
KRYSTAL LEWALLEN The way the course is set up, it doesn't favor long hitters, short hitters or medium hitters. It fav...
DAVID DUVAL The last couple of weeks she's done a lot better job of locating her pitches and making sure the hit...
ANDREW REDD I was just glad to be able to go out there and help the team. I was able to get ahead of hitters, be...
EDGAR RAMIREZ
They've really bumped any short hitters out of consideration. It's more difficult for shorter hitter... TOM WATSON It must be nice for today's hitters when you don't have to worry about being thrown at. It&#...
HARMON KILLEBREW I think they were getting a little tired, and we executed offensively. We were getting stops and reb...
BEN MURDOCK New Bern did a good job in the second game getting the ball to their hitters. When they can do that ...
BRYAN GOEHRING There's their two best hitters. Their best hitters got challenged and they won the challenge.
WALT PATYNSKI He can really pitch. He has worked hard and is a very smart guy. I [have] got to say that today he i...
FELIPE ALOU We came up in the first inning and our first three hitters all struck out. Then they put up a three ...
JOE BUCKLEY They both pitched in middle school and have plenty of summer ball experience. In addition, our defen...
CAROLYN ECKHARDT I take a lot of pride in (not walking hitters). Early in the year, it was really getting me in troub...
DAN HAREN That's a blow for us. He was playing as well as anybody -- superb defense and one of our best hitter...
BRUCE BOCHY I think we have a lot of big hitters. One through nine, everybody contributes and can hit.
LAUREN LANCASTER Our hitters did a nice job of limiting their mistakes. That was a big factor in our being able to co...
GREG MURLEY I got ahead of a lot of hitters in that game, and really that's what I need to do every time out. Co...
JOSH LEWIS Offensively, I think we're going to have a little bit more punch than we've had in the past. We're g...
BARRY HATFIELD Our pitching is getting better and our defense is getting better and, hopefully, our offense is maki...
BRIAN BREWER Most of the managers are lifetime .220 hitters. For years pitchers have been getting these managers ...
BILL LEE Steeleville, I think we kind of came in with our heads a little high, expectations a little too high...
ALLISON SPENCE Lisa is playing the best I've ever seen her play. She's doing that by taking better shots, and her s...
KATHY OLIVIER I was proud of our hitters for battling. We were strong all the way around.
JANA MCGINNIS Alma has always had strong hitters and a very deep line up.
BRIDGET GRALL
Winning isn't getting ahead of others. It's getting ahead of yourself. ROGER STAUBACH For the last couple of years, Miller has been a solid player. She is one of our top hitters, and she...
BILL HENDERSON At this time of the year, you're either getting better or getting worse. I think our team is hungry ...
ALAN BUSS She moved the ball real well and kept our hitters off-balance.
NICK PARRY Our middle hitters did a good job. Haley (Halcomb) did a nice job dishing the ball to the hitters, f...
LAURA SMITH I don't think it was necessarily jitters, ... I was just trying to be too fine in the first inning i...
CLAY HENSLEY Chelsea has been as good as expected for us and Katie's defense just keeps getting better every game...
CARRIE MYERS Speculation about resignations with the weekend ahead of us has made people a bit crazy about gettin...
DINIZ PIGNATARI I think that we played well and as a team. We had some good play from the back and they made it easi...
BRENDA WICKWIRE These guys are proven hitters in the major leagues. There really wasn't much to do. They're our best...
LUIS SOJO I think the key was our zone. And just getting out there and getting steals and pushing the ball up ...
JUSTON WARA We knew that we had a height advantage. So we wanted to get a lot of quick hitters in the lane. Jake...
MICHAEL PYLE
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. MARK TWAIN I think we're definitely getting close, as far as just executing his game plan -- his style of play ...
JUAN DIXON If they like you, they like you. I guess pitchers tend to move up faster than hitters. It's more dif...
BOONE LOGAN Their offense is much better than their defense. We didn't want to let them in our zone. Our best de...
CHAD DION
There is something about the melody of 'Thunder Road' that just suggests 'new day.' ... 
There's a bright spot in every dark cloud. 
I suppose when you do it correctly, a good introduction and a good outro makes the song feel like it... 
The only thing that is obscene is censorship. 
I'm not a comedian. And I'm not sick. The world is sick, and I'm the doctor. I'm a s... 
When you have something for breakfast, you're not going to be starving by lunch. 
I read that all dogs have wolf DNA in them, which seemed preposterous because my dog, Tucker, is... ... 
I am stunned by how much time and effort I must spend marketing my book and interacting with my read... 
With my book 'How to Remodel a Man,' I was on Oprah, Fox News, the Early Show, and Good Morn... 
For many young people, the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher employment levels. 
The five steps in teaching an employee new skills are preparation, explanation, showing, observation... 
I had a ten-piece band when I was 21 years old, the Bruce Springsteen Band. This is just a slightly ... 
I do have two data identities. I have my name, Bruce Sterling, which is my public name under which I... 
I don't have an act. I just talk. I'm just Lenny Bruce. 
My wife heard me say I love you a thousand times, but she never once heard me say sorry 
Tender Mercies is a very low-budget film, but it was a huge budget compared to anything I had done i... 
I'm a pretty disciplined investor and pretty disciplined buyer. I do my due diligence. I do my h... 
If the brain expects that a treatment will work, it sends healing chemicals into the bloodstream, wh... 
Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you ... 
Engineering stimulates the mind. Kids get bored easily. They have got to get out and get their hands... 
The US military still blames the media for stories and images that turned the American public agains... 
There will be calmness, tranquility, when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed. 
I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to... 
The real heroes are the librarians and teachers who at no small risk to themselves refuse to lie dow... 
Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of... 
I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability. 
Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity pre... 
To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good... 
Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses. 
To me, the definition of focus is knowing exactly where you want to be today, next week, next month,... 
If I wasn't dyslexic, I probably wouldn't have won the Games. If I had been a better reader, then th... 
Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to sa... 
If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm. 
The notion that big business and big labor and big government can sit down around a table somewhere ... 
I used to think that cyberspace was fifty years away. What I thought was fifty years away, was only ... 
In every pang that rends the heart the Man of Sorrows has a part. 
Such is an actor's life. We must ride the waves of every film, barfing occasionally, yet maintain ou... 
For good or ill, your conversation is your advertisement. Every time you open your mouth you let men... 
Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. . . . Be a hero -- take the time learn ... 
In every pang that rends the heart
The Man of Sorrows had a part. 
Many a person who goes on a diet finds out in short order that they are poor losers 