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Usually we're slow coming out of the gates with the bats. Today we came out swinging the bats early ...
JOE CARUSO We're not playing pitter-patter at the plate any more. We talked to the team about how we were dead ...
TONY ROBICHAUX I thought we played well enough to win. We had many quality at-bats, but we needed that one hit to g...
AL FRICKE We showed a lot of resilience. Braden Wells was huge at the plate with three quality at-bats and we ...
MIKE LITTLEWOOD He wasn't getting many at-bats, and he didn't have any prospects of getting more at-bats. We like hi...
MIKE HARGROVE The hitting coach, Hal McRae, told me after (Andy) Pettitte struck me out (in the third) with a grea...
ALBERT PUJOLS Hits have been hard to come by for a little while. It's good to contribute and put a couple of quali...
GARY BENNETT We needed to get the bats going again. We were a little timid.
CRYSTAL BLAISDELL We've got to capitalize on those situations when we're in charge. We need to have better at-bats.
CRAIG FAULKNER I don't know how many at-bats I'd have, but it would be more than I have now. We had so many guys at...
HOWIE CLARK We don't have the bats to let it rip. We have to have situational hitting.
BILL ALEXANDER![]()
When we played the Dodgers in St. Louis, they had to come through our dugout, and our bat rack was r...
STAN MUSIAL With the unbalanced schedule, over a third of our at-bats are against these teams so it's important ...
MICHAEL YOUNG We'll get a lot of playing time. We could get four games in two days and possibly more than that. We...
KAREN KALHOEFER We've hit a ton from game one through game 10. Even today we didn't strike out a lot. We had quality...
GREG CHANDLER We know we can hit a lot better than that. Coach Graham talks about [situational hitting] all the ti...
BRIAN FRIDAY Usually we have to scratch and fight for nine innings of baseball. But when you play in a championsh...
BOB MILLER I'm not surprised at all. If you get good pitching, good defense and quality at-bats, not just batti...
DON SUTHERLAND I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES After we threw the ball away a couple of times, we figured out [Glen Rose] was going to come after u...
BOBBY PEEKS We didn't have very good at-bats.
JOSEPH HUNTER I've been getting consistent at-bats, which always helps, ... It's definitely helped me feel more co...
GREG DOBBS We needed to get our guy back. The younger guys need him because he helps them a lot, critiques thei...
ANTWAAN RANDLE We needed to get our guy back, ... The younger guys need him because he helps them a lot, critiques ...
ANTWAAN RANDLE It really did, and that's the thing I'm so disappointed about. We got nine hits in that first game a...
BOOMER WALKER Our hitting is getting better. We had some very good at-bats and made some adjustments.
DAVE HEISE We?d been thinking about moving into Evergreen for a while. We needed more visibility, and when we f...
CHARLES STEPHENS We were definitely nervous coming out tonight. Our focus wasn't quite there, and we needed to make s...
ERIN HICKS The guys that we have been putting in have been playing hard. We have had to improvise a lot with li...
JAMEY COLLINS The rain has just killed us because we've lost four or five games. We just need to get our girls at-...
BART MCAFEE Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this d...
CHASE UTLEY Well, we played pretty well today. Put good wood on the bats. We just needed to play a little better...
CASEY HAMILTON We like to push the ball, get it in the lane and kick it back out. When we do that, we know we have ...
CRAIG HAASE I thought we swung the bats extremely well. We were pretty disciplined all night and for the most pa...
ANDY DENNINGS I think at the end we sort of handed the win away when we didn't take two tires. We could have gotte...
CASEY MEARS The fact that I wasn't dressing, I was a little bit surprised, but I knew early in the week. We just...
BOBBY WADE Our offense has really come around. We're swinging the bats well and getting good at-bats. When we g...
BOBBY PIERCE We swung the bats well and pitched really well. The guys have been doing what we ask them to do. Our...
BRIAN GRUBER This was a close game at the beginning, but we struck out many times with runners in scoring positio...
KIRK HOUCHIN Those three kids have swung consistent bats all spring and they came through with those doubles all ...
CHRIS ARNOLD I'm feeling pretty good at the plate. I just wish it would have come in a win. I had quality at-bats...
JOE MCEWING It's starting to warm up a little outside and I think our bats are about to come around a little bit...
GREG MCVEY We have been swinging the bats pretty good. They are real short handed up there and they don't have ...
KYLE POOCK We liked what we saw of him in spring training and hopefully we don't lose him. But he wasn't gettin...
MIKE HARGROVE Getting consistent at-bats... makes it much easier when you're out there.
XAVIER NADY Gary Blumenthal has long been an advocate and a champion for those who needed a champion and friend ...
ANNABETH SURBAUGH We took advantage of some extra opportunities we were fortunate to get. You have to make those extra...
CHARLIE HICKEY We could have easily folded. I mean, we're 1-4, we haven't been playing well, and we're down 17-0 at...
ANTOINE WINFIELD Over the trip we played really well. The 6-0 record explains everything. From an offensive standpoin...
DAVE SCHULTZ The last five days before the opener, we didn't get after it. We did not have a lot of at-bats in th...
DEAN TREANOR We can count more women who needed to be in this session. They are out there. We're aiming at women ...
KATHRYNE BOROUGHS I have a lot of catching up to do. Here it is March 18th and I have six at-bats.
BRIAN SCHNEIDER We have swung the bats in the last two weeks the best since I have been coaching. This is one of our...
JOSH HERRING We've been swinging the bats, and we got decent pitching, two nice pluses to have.
DAVE MOATES They guys came in focus and ready to swing the bats. It was like nobody wanted to make that last out...
BRADLEY ROBERSON Definitely. I was hoping right there that we could get something going, and we did. We scratched out...
DAMON HOLLINS I know of Calhoun, and I know that he's a very good pitcher, especially for a freshman. I'm not goin...
DAVE LEGG We've been swinging the bats well, and hopefully that continues. It's nice when they come out swingi...
DENNIS BRAUN We came out swinging the bats fairly well. Defensively, we had a tough break. A few costly errors le...
DAVID REYES One night in late spring nearing dusk we walked out our front door to hear the chirping, squeaking s...
BEN SMITH Really the last couple of times out we've really done a much better job of pitch selection with our ...
BRIAN MORRISON It took me a year to figure out that I needed to spend a lot more time on special teams.
GUY PERRON The kids hit the ball well today - in fact, if anything we might have been a little too aggressive a...
CHUCK GRANT Defensively he was more of a liability in the second half of last season, but we needed him to play ...
JOE URSO The season has been going really well for us. As usual, the first couple of weeks of any season were...
CHARLES VIDRINE Alexis really came through the last three or four games. She continues to have quality at-bats and s...
LUKE WESNESKI Our kids have been swinging the bats all year long. Five of them are hitting at least .500 and befor...
PAUL CROFT Mike was outstanding. We asked him to do a lot, and he came through. He has been playing good hockey...
DON LOWE We have definitely improved on our hitting. We have put our bat on the ball, executed the plays and ...
BRANDY FRAZIER I like our at-bats. We've had good at-bats against the good teams we've played, and we've had good a...
GLENN RUTENBAR The guys did a great job of battling and had some great at bats in that last inning. We didn't have ...
DAVID BEASLEY We needed to figure it out earlier in the season. We thought we had a shot (at an upset) tonight, bu...
ANTONIO VELOSO Obviously we had a lot of walks in those middle innings. I still look at five runs after two and you...
NATHAN STEVENS It's disappointing to not get this one in. We ran into a red hot team that's swinging the bats well ...
CHRIS WIDGER It has been hard. At first, we were struggling. But then we started to come together when we needed ...
BRANDY WILLIAMS He's really on a tear. He's seeing the ball well, and he's looking for good pitches. It's just a mat...
DALE CUTSFORTH We were contagiously all bad at the same time, now we're contagiously all swinging the bats pretty g...
JAY PAYTON When you love to ride, you love to ride. A lot of people have Harleys around here and people have be...
JEAN NIETUPSKI![]()
Not everyone has the time to be normal.
LJUPKA CVETANOVA We're still swinging the bats well. We're hitting the ball hard and getting hits at the right times.
DENNIS RINE We were very opportunistic tonight offensively. We did a good job of battling in a few at bats and a...
TIM CORBIN We talked about that. We needed to even that out. Getting three definitely helped.
DANA FIEDLER Even when we are not playing our best, we still find a way. We had a lot of different guys step up a...
BRUCE LARNER We'll see how our roster shakes out, but Choi does have minor-league options if we want him to get e...
THEO EPSTEIN Those games build character. When you have games like this, coming back against their closer, it giv...
BILLY SYLVESTER Who's at the advantage? Either you haven't had to use as many pitchers, or you've gotten more inning...
KIRK FREDERICKS We just came out hitting. We hit today. We did things we needed to do.
BART MCAFEE 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 I would think about it. I don't know if I would do it, just because I committed and it's something I...
CHIPPER JONES I tried to treat it like a regular game, and not stress too much about competition or the fact that ...
MATT FOOTE![]()
The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have.
CRAIG GROESCHEL I figured the area needed it. There really isn't much in the area, and you'd have to go to Bangor or...
BOB MATTISON It got sloppy out there at the end. We pulled through. Guys were able to keep their head - unlike me...
JUAN DIXON We have to just keep working. Our bats are starting to come around and we're hitting the ball hard ?...
AMY HALE![]()
Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll alw...
TONY LA RUSSA Offensively, we did what we had to do. We got some guys on base and were hitting the ball alright, b...
ROD SCHWARZ (Non-conference) games are important to every college team. These games help us stay sharp and we ge...
JAMES VILADE I wish we had been more organized and determined with respect to carving out the time that we needed...
OSSIE DAVIS We just have to figure out who goes where in our bullpen. We got guys who just couldn't find the pla...
ERIC MCARTHUR We have a right to life, not on it.
DANIEL MELGAçO
JOE CARUSO We're not playing pitter-patter at the plate any more. We talked to the team about how we were dead ...
TONY ROBICHAUX I thought we played well enough to win. We had many quality at-bats, but we needed that one hit to g...
AL FRICKE We showed a lot of resilience. Braden Wells was huge at the plate with three quality at-bats and we ...
MIKE LITTLEWOOD He wasn't getting many at-bats, and he didn't have any prospects of getting more at-bats. We like hi...
MIKE HARGROVE The hitting coach, Hal McRae, told me after (Andy) Pettitte struck me out (in the third) with a grea...
ALBERT PUJOLS Hits have been hard to come by for a little while. It's good to contribute and put a couple of quali...
GARY BENNETT We needed to get the bats going again. We were a little timid.
CRYSTAL BLAISDELL We've got to capitalize on those situations when we're in charge. We need to have better at-bats.
CRAIG FAULKNER I don't know how many at-bats I'd have, but it would be more than I have now. We had so many guys at...
HOWIE CLARK We don't have the bats to let it rip. We have to have situational hitting.
BILL ALEXANDER
When we played the Dodgers in St. Louis, they had to come through our dugout, and our bat rack was r... STAN MUSIAL With the unbalanced schedule, over a third of our at-bats are against these teams so it's important ...
MICHAEL YOUNG We'll get a lot of playing time. We could get four games in two days and possibly more than that. We...
KAREN KALHOEFER We've hit a ton from game one through game 10. Even today we didn't strike out a lot. We had quality...
GREG CHANDLER We know we can hit a lot better than that. Coach Graham talks about [situational hitting] all the ti...
BRIAN FRIDAY Usually we have to scratch and fight for nine innings of baseball. But when you play in a championsh...
BOB MILLER I'm not surprised at all. If you get good pitching, good defense and quality at-bats, not just batti...
DON SUTHERLAND I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES After we threw the ball away a couple of times, we figured out [Glen Rose] was going to come after u...
BOBBY PEEKS We didn't have very good at-bats.
JOSEPH HUNTER I've been getting consistent at-bats, which always helps, ... It's definitely helped me feel more co...
GREG DOBBS We needed to get our guy back. The younger guys need him because he helps them a lot, critiques thei...
ANTWAAN RANDLE We needed to get our guy back, ... The younger guys need him because he helps them a lot, critiques ...
ANTWAAN RANDLE It really did, and that's the thing I'm so disappointed about. We got nine hits in that first game a...
BOOMER WALKER Our hitting is getting better. We had some very good at-bats and made some adjustments.
DAVE HEISE We?d been thinking about moving into Evergreen for a while. We needed more visibility, and when we f...
CHARLES STEPHENS We were definitely nervous coming out tonight. Our focus wasn't quite there, and we needed to make s...
ERIN HICKS The guys that we have been putting in have been playing hard. We have had to improvise a lot with li...
JAMEY COLLINS The rain has just killed us because we've lost four or five games. We just need to get our girls at-...
BART MCAFEE Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this d...
CHASE UTLEY Well, we played pretty well today. Put good wood on the bats. We just needed to play a little better...
CASEY HAMILTON We like to push the ball, get it in the lane and kick it back out. When we do that, we know we have ...
CRAIG HAASE I thought we swung the bats extremely well. We were pretty disciplined all night and for the most pa...
ANDY DENNINGS I think at the end we sort of handed the win away when we didn't take two tires. We could have gotte...
CASEY MEARS The fact that I wasn't dressing, I was a little bit surprised, but I knew early in the week. We just...
BOBBY WADE Our offense has really come around. We're swinging the bats well and getting good at-bats. When we g...
BOBBY PIERCE We swung the bats well and pitched really well. The guys have been doing what we ask them to do. Our...
BRIAN GRUBER This was a close game at the beginning, but we struck out many times with runners in scoring positio...
KIRK HOUCHIN Those three kids have swung consistent bats all spring and they came through with those doubles all ...
CHRIS ARNOLD I'm feeling pretty good at the plate. I just wish it would have come in a win. I had quality at-bats...
JOE MCEWING It's starting to warm up a little outside and I think our bats are about to come around a little bit...
GREG MCVEY We have been swinging the bats pretty good. They are real short handed up there and they don't have ...
KYLE POOCK We liked what we saw of him in spring training and hopefully we don't lose him. But he wasn't gettin...
MIKE HARGROVE Getting consistent at-bats... makes it much easier when you're out there.
XAVIER NADY Gary Blumenthal has long been an advocate and a champion for those who needed a champion and friend ...
ANNABETH SURBAUGH We took advantage of some extra opportunities we were fortunate to get. You have to make those extra...
CHARLIE HICKEY We could have easily folded. I mean, we're 1-4, we haven't been playing well, and we're down 17-0 at...
ANTOINE WINFIELD Over the trip we played really well. The 6-0 record explains everything. From an offensive standpoin...
DAVE SCHULTZ The last five days before the opener, we didn't get after it. We did not have a lot of at-bats in th...
DEAN TREANOR We can count more women who needed to be in this session. They are out there. We're aiming at women ...
KATHRYNE BOROUGHS I have a lot of catching up to do. Here it is March 18th and I have six at-bats.
BRIAN SCHNEIDER We have swung the bats in the last two weeks the best since I have been coaching. This is one of our...
JOSH HERRING We've been swinging the bats, and we got decent pitching, two nice pluses to have.
DAVE MOATES They guys came in focus and ready to swing the bats. It was like nobody wanted to make that last out...
BRADLEY ROBERSON Definitely. I was hoping right there that we could get something going, and we did. We scratched out...
DAMON HOLLINS I know of Calhoun, and I know that he's a very good pitcher, especially for a freshman. I'm not goin...
DAVE LEGG We've been swinging the bats well, and hopefully that continues. It's nice when they come out swingi...
DENNIS BRAUN We came out swinging the bats fairly well. Defensively, we had a tough break. A few costly errors le...
DAVID REYES One night in late spring nearing dusk we walked out our front door to hear the chirping, squeaking s...
BEN SMITH Really the last couple of times out we've really done a much better job of pitch selection with our ...
BRIAN MORRISON It took me a year to figure out that I needed to spend a lot more time on special teams.
GUY PERRON The kids hit the ball well today - in fact, if anything we might have been a little too aggressive a...
CHUCK GRANT Defensively he was more of a liability in the second half of last season, but we needed him to play ...
JOE URSO The season has been going really well for us. As usual, the first couple of weeks of any season were...
CHARLES VIDRINE Alexis really came through the last three or four games. She continues to have quality at-bats and s...
LUKE WESNESKI Our kids have been swinging the bats all year long. Five of them are hitting at least .500 and befor...
PAUL CROFT Mike was outstanding. We asked him to do a lot, and he came through. He has been playing good hockey...
DON LOWE We have definitely improved on our hitting. We have put our bat on the ball, executed the plays and ...
BRANDY FRAZIER I like our at-bats. We've had good at-bats against the good teams we've played, and we've had good a...
GLENN RUTENBAR The guys did a great job of battling and had some great at bats in that last inning. We didn't have ...
DAVID BEASLEY We needed to figure it out earlier in the season. We thought we had a shot (at an upset) tonight, bu...
ANTONIO VELOSO Obviously we had a lot of walks in those middle innings. I still look at five runs after two and you...
NATHAN STEVENS It's disappointing to not get this one in. We ran into a red hot team that's swinging the bats well ...
CHRIS WIDGER It has been hard. At first, we were struggling. But then we started to come together when we needed ...
BRANDY WILLIAMS He's really on a tear. He's seeing the ball well, and he's looking for good pitches. It's just a mat...
DALE CUTSFORTH We were contagiously all bad at the same time, now we're contagiously all swinging the bats pretty g...
JAY PAYTON When you love to ride, you love to ride. A lot of people have Harleys around here and people have be...
JEAN NIETUPSKI
Not everyone has the time to be normal. LJUPKA CVETANOVA We're still swinging the bats well. We're hitting the ball hard and getting hits at the right times.
DENNIS RINE We were very opportunistic tonight offensively. We did a good job of battling in a few at bats and a...
TIM CORBIN We talked about that. We needed to even that out. Getting three definitely helped.
DANA FIEDLER Even when we are not playing our best, we still find a way. We had a lot of different guys step up a...
BRUCE LARNER We'll see how our roster shakes out, but Choi does have minor-league options if we want him to get e...
THEO EPSTEIN Those games build character. When you have games like this, coming back against their closer, it giv...
BILLY SYLVESTER Who's at the advantage? Either you haven't had to use as many pitchers, or you've gotten more inning...
KIRK FREDERICKS We just came out hitting. We hit today. We did things we needed to do.
BART MCAFEE 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 I would think about it. I don't know if I would do it, just because I committed and it's something I...
CHIPPER JONES I tried to treat it like a regular game, and not stress too much about competition or the fact that ...
MATT FOOTE
The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL I figured the area needed it. There really isn't much in the area, and you'd have to go to Bangor or...
BOB MATTISON It got sloppy out there at the end. We pulled through. Guys were able to keep their head - unlike me...
JUAN DIXON We have to just keep working. Our bats are starting to come around and we're hitting the ball hard ?...
AMY HALE
Just because you're down to your last strike, you're not out yet. You can always do more. You'll alw... TONY LA RUSSA Offensively, we did what we had to do. We got some guys on base and were hitting the ball alright, b...
ROD SCHWARZ (Non-conference) games are important to every college team. These games help us stay sharp and we ge...
JAMES VILADE I wish we had been more organized and determined with respect to carving out the time that we needed...
OSSIE DAVIS We just have to figure out who goes where in our bullpen. We got guys who just couldn't find the pla...
ERIC MCARTHUR We have a right to life, not on it.
DANIEL MELGAçO
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