I want the kids I coach to say the guy was a good baseball guy.

I anticipate a couple of bumps in the road. But I expect us to be playing some really good baseball by the end of the season.

This area is good for baseball, and I know it because we were competing for the same kids against Marist, ... We lost some of those battles and we won some.

We've got enough talent to be competitive. We've got some kids that know what it takes to win. We certainly can be in the hunt for the league title.

I can tell you this for sure, it was when I played baseball in high school and I was in the outfield and I would literally pray to God - I'm not joking, I'd pray to God not to let the ball come to me. I was so bad, I was just terrible. I played soccer - I was the goalie. I would pray to God it didn't get kicked anywhere near me. I was an awful athlete.

You can put the [hit-and-run on], but the kids have to execute it. That was Mount Carmel baseball. We challenged our guys to come up with a better effort, and they responded.