We hit the ball a little better than what is shows. A couple of times we hit the ball right at their defense. Plus, they made some big plays when they had to. It was a difficult day for us. But we'll bounce back.
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Related When they hit the ball they found holes, and when we hit the ball it was right at someone. But, they... AMY PIKAS We hit the ball real well, but we hit it right to them every time. They just made the plays every ti... EDWARD JOHNSON Moses had a great pitching performance. He had great stuff all day long. We did hit it hard a few ti... BRIAN HUKEL We made contact, but we didn't hit the ball hard. We made their defense look better than I thought i... CHUCK GREEN We hit the ball, but we usually hit them at people. Pacelli is a strong team, and they made great pl... LORNA LAPORTE We hit the ball well today. Fifteen hits in five innings is a pretty good day at the plate. Our pitc... BRAD BOTSCH Overall, it was a good, close game. Both teams made some excellent plays. We hit the ball hard for m... JANET KEIRSTEAD The kids played hard and we made some plays and they hit the ball hard at us. They murdered the ball... JOE FRANCISCO Our pitchers did a very nice job. I think we only had two walks, so they did a good job of throwing ... BRIAN MORRISON (Douglas) hit the ball well against a pretty good pitcher. (Cutler) threw the ball well. He struck o... ROB HASTINGS We talked about putting the ball in play and battling against Cedric. Early in the game, we hit the ... JOE RODEGHERO We hit the ball well, but they made a bunch of errors. DON NOORDA We hit the ball pretty well at Kentucky but had some mental errors that cost us. It was fun to get b... JUSTIN SMOAK They gave us the belly play and we hit it. A couple times we caught them in the right defense. BUTCH GONCHAROFF I was putting the ball in play and the defense made a lot of big plays behind me. It gives you a lot... CASEY FOSSUM They played solid today, we definitely hit the ball well. Last year we didn't hit the ball in this t... LUKE WESNESKI Edgar found a way to get the ball where nobody was standing. We had the lead, lost it, got it back. ... KEVIN MILLAR We hit the ball real well and had some good quality at-bats. We got off to a nice start and made it ... JOE HUGHES They hit the ball very well even though we played good defense. They got too many hits. I think we [... CHAD ARTZ They are an outstanding defensive team and they made three plays when we had scoring opportunities t... JOEY ESTRELLA They made the plays when they had to, and we didn't. And their guards hit the big shots when they ha... BOB HOFMAN They had a ball that hit the base, and we didn't. We're out of that inning, and it's a 2-2 game if t... JAY NOVACEK I felt like our defense gave up a lot of yards, but made some big plays and got the ball back for us... JACK ZILLA Being able to hold off Nixon's runs was the difference. They (Nixon) can shoot the ball. They'd hit ... FRANK GONZALEZ I was very pleased with what went on, ... I hit the ball extremely well. I made a couple of fairly d... BART BRYANT They got some timely hits and they hit the ball in the right spots at times. JEFF GRAVIETT Merrill had good pitching and hit the ball hard, and I was proud that other than a couple of hiccups... ANN MOLSKI It was really a good defensive game, at the net as well as in the back row. Defensively, we made som... JACQUIE ROST The first couple of innings we couldn't shut them down. That was the difference. Give them credit. T... MATT COLLINS We hit the ball on the nose. Give them credit, they made the plays and Wood pitched really well. DEBBIE HOLCOMBE They just hit the ball well, but I was happy with our defense. COLLEEN NAVE You don't see it too often but we put a complete game together. Defensively, we played super. They h... DENNY LEATHERS We just didn't come up with a hit when we had runners in scoring position. We didn't hit the ball al... AL CARTER [Maine] had three pitches he was throwing that he looked like he had confidence to throw in any coun... JOHN OLERUD It looked like we had a good inside, outside combination going on. Their defense limited us to just ... BOB HOWELL We came out and played very well. Overall, we worked really nicely on defense. We had good team move... DEBBIE KLOCK It was kind of sloppy, but we played good. They hit the ball well on us, but we went up big early an... MATT ANASTASIO We hit the ball well, and I was extremely happy with our intensity at the plate. Playing good defens... LEM ELWAY We played well at times, we hit the ball well, and we had people up at the plate when we needed them... LEM ELWAY We put the ball in play and put a little pressure on them. They made a couple of errors here and the... TIM SMITH We've hit the ball well since we got back from Florida. And they (the Eagles) can hit the ball, too. BILL MILLER We hit the ball well. We came here ready to hit the ball. We wanted to get here a little early to ge... FRED HEATHERINGTON She hit the ball well. She pulled a couple balls and I was excited to see that. Usually she hits it ... SCOTT BISBE We missed a couple plays but we made enough to move the ball and get some points on the board. It wa... JAKE PLUMMER I think if they were any better, if they had held onto the ball a couple of times, we could have bee... ANTON OLIVER The rain made it difficult at times for the golfers. It made it difficult because you couldn't judge... CHARLIE COX We didn't hit the ball very good. We played good defense, we just didn't hit the ball. We're going t... DANNY DUNAWAY For a little more than three quarters, I thought we had stopped Jay County from getting the ball to ... FLAVA SIRK Coach (Dave) Odom had his team ready. They executed well, they took care of the ball, they spread th... TUBBY SMITH They got the ball through the infield when they needed to and we hit the ball right at people with r... BILL KEEFER We think it was a no-hitter. They had a hard-hit ball right at our third baseman that got by him. It... MIKE LITTLEWOOD We were awful. I thought what killed us was we went to a zone and they moved the ball and hit some s... JOE BRADY We faced a couple of good teams. This particular instance, we didn't hit the ball too well. Yesterda... JEFF HERRICK (Cambridge) just shot a lot better than we did. We didn't rebound well and they just seemed to have ... ROGER LAUHEAD I thought all three games were good ball games. I was a little disappointed that we didn't hit as we... FRED HILL We hit the ball hard. The (box score) doesn't show how well we hit the ball. I mean, we hit some nic... AIMEE LONIGRO We hit the ball well with timely hits and after the big first inning, we scored a couple runs, then ... SCOTT ROGERS They hit the ball well. We didn't hit spots with pitches and paid for it. JEFF FINCH We've had some slow starts, but we were very ready to play tonight. Wade pitched it well, we played ... CHRIS CAUBLE We really hit the ball today. (But) we are not making routine plays. Against better teams it has cos... BRETT BROOKS He (Ryan Hawn) throws well and we were lucky to hit the ball early and score a couple of runs. We pu... DAVID TREECE Nothing would go right for us. We turned the ball over a lot and they made some big shots. JAMONT GORDON We would like to have had more pressure, but the play action kind of froze us. We stopped the run. U... RON RIVERA We expected to hit the ball well but we were better on the long ball tonight. BRIAN GOODMAN What I was pleased with was that we hit the ball hard today. We made adjustments at the plate, and g... JACK BROOKS We've got some kids back. We're a little inconsistent offensively. One day, we hit the crud out of t... BILL MROWKA We played well in the first half, but in the second they hit their shots and we didn't and we also h... BOB NELSON I didn't throw the ball well. I had a couple of bad plays I should have made. We all made some plays... BRANDON COX We had a couple of mistakes down the stretch and that cost us the game. Tech is a great team and the... JOSHUA TINCH Their kid threw a pretty good ball game. We didn't hit the ball well until the end. We finally hit t... MITCH ASHMORE We hit the ball pretty well earlier in the season, but we had never hit the ball that well until [la... GREG CLEVELAND They hit the ball better than we did, and we didn't pitch very well. It was just one of those days. ... GORDIE GILLESPIE We came out early and hit, and we didn't stop hitting. They just made some nice plays on defense. Th... FRANK MAZEPPA They had numerous unearned runs. That's not to say that they didn't hit the ball, but we needed to m... BILL WOMACK We put the ball in play, but we did it with a purpose. We hit it hard and they were forced to make p... BRANDON FRENCH We didn't really help (Capuano) on offense. He was giving us pitches to hit; we just hit them right ... CHAD MOELLER We didn't hit the ball well tonight, but we did get the hits when we needed them. No matter what it ... SAMMY DAY When we got the lead, maybe we relaxed with it a little bit. They hit some shots, and we missed some... TYLER HANSBROUGH Offensively we were solid again. We hit the ball hard, but we left a lot of guys on base, too. We ha... BRUCE STEINBECKER All we want to be is competitive. We didn't get key hits at key times. Their pitcher did a good job,... LARRY DEEKS (South Fork) shot the ball well. We played a good game, they just hit all of their shots. MIKE ROBERTS We hit the ball well. It was a pretty good game all around for us. We have some kinks to work out, b... LAURIE MARKATOS Defense was the high point. They created a lot of turnovers. We moved the ball pretty well on offens... JEFFREY HARNESS (Snowflake) hit the ball really well. They were able to put the ball in play, and we threw a couple ... RAMON MORALES Ben Lilly threw excellent for us. Our defense backed us up and we hit the ball when we needed to. MARCUS GREER We didn't hit the ball very well today, and then we made some uncharacteristic errors. In a close ga... ERIC CHAMBERS I see left-handers a little better [than right-handers], ... But I don't change anything. I still ju... YADIER MOLINA The pitching looked good and the defense looked pretty good. It took a little while to get our bats ... BRAD POCKLINGTON The pitching looked good and the defense looked pretty good. It took a little while to get our bats ... BRAD POCKLINGTON I was trying to hit the ball hard somewhere, but both times right at people, JOE MAUER We hit a couple of shots in the third to loosen us up. Plus we gave Cara the ball to let her get goi... KIT KYLE PUCKETT We really had a good chance to win that game. Again, we didn't hit the ball and we didn't make some ... MARK PERCY We made errors. That's why we lost. We hit the ball a little harder. KAYLYN BAYLY Sarah really hit some big shots for us,. It was close midway through the second half. Meredith had a... HOLLY MISTO They came out in the same defense that we run. They pressured the ball and didn't let us get good sh... STEVE HOLLOWAY We didn't hit the ball tonight very well either. We're a better hitting team than that. We're going ... BILL BEATTY We're just not a good shooting team. When some teams get down double figures a couple of three's can... TOM BLAKE We gave a great effort, made some big plays when they counted. You know, it was just a couple of pla... BOBBY SIMMONS We hit the ball pretty well. We were right on it. BECKY SHAFER They got four in the first and we had an opportunity to come back and we didn't. Their pitcher strug... BRUCE BROBST
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DAVE GROHL There's always gonna be rock n' roll bands, there's always gonna be kids that love rock ... DAVE GROHL If there's one thing I'm good at, it's gathering people together to do something fun. DAVE GROHL Guilt is cancer. Guilt will confine you, torture you, destroy you as an artist. It's a black wal... DAVE GROHL My children were taught at an early age how money works and that it comes from hard work. They'v... DAVE RAMSEY You can only be young once. But you can always be immature. DAVE BARRY Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by... DAVE BARRY I care about what the fans feel. DAVE MUSTAINE One of my first records that I heard was 'Wish You Were Here' by Pink Floyd. DAVE MUSTAINE I am interested in politics. DAVE MUSTAINE I didn't like the way I was let go from Metallica. DAVE MUSTAINE Penelope Spheeris is a wonderful lady. DAVE MUSTAINE My mom and dad got divorced when I was very young, and growing up in a family where the head of the ... DAVE MUSTAINE I've never believed in singing about Satan and thinking he's cool, because he's not. DAVE MUSTAINE Well, the stuff that I liked growing up was AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, but I also liked the Beatles and gu... DAVE MUSTAINE Playing live is basically just hyperactivity and a certain sense of enchantment that I deliver to th... DAVE MUSTAINE Next thing you know they'll take your thoughts away. DAVE MUSTAINE No, I care more about what God knows than what man says. DAVE MUSTAINE The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. DAVE MUSTAINE Megadeth doesn't sound anything like Metallica. DAVE MUSTAINE I was always the new kid in school, I'm the kid from a broken family, I'm the kid who had no... DAVE MUSTAINE Megadeth is a legend, and I'm not gonna cheapen it like some of these bands that keep going long... DAVE MUSTAINE I like jazz, but I could never play it. You just sit there with a guitar the size of a Chevy on your... DAVE MUSTAINE I guess because I had such a horrible life growing up, going from place to place not knowing what I ... DAVE MUSTAINE My guitar was a loyal person to me. DAVE MUSTAINE When you've got somebody who's a flaming liberal like Bill Maher calling you out, something&... DAVE MUSTAINE I treat people the way I want to be treated, which makes me odd. DAVE MUSTAINE If you guys are going to be throwing beer bottles at us, at least make sure they're full. DAVE MUSTAINE