Quotes about ball
ball came drove offense short victory
That was a victory for the offense today. We drove the ball down the field, first down after first down. We came up a little short but that's a victory.
ball catch difficult easy full grasp grass home innings realize synthetic threw weak wet worked
That was a very difficult play. For one or two innings I had to realize that it was raining, that the grass was wet, and that when you have synthetic turf wet it is difficult to catch a ball and grasp it very well. I threw it home and I had to do it at full blast, not just an easy throw, a weak throw, but I had to do it full blast, and it worked out well.
ball tough win within
That was a tough play but it was within (Weeks') reach. It's a play, if you're going to win the ball game, that's got to be made. Ned Yost
ball free game huge throws tough turn
That was a tough one, real tough. We had some costly turnovers at the end. I thought we pretty much had the game in hand. But they got those two free throws and then we turn the ball over. Those were huge plays.
ball balls control knew lay missed played stood sweet threw
That was a sweet shot. We knew they'd control the ball well, so we threw some counters at them. We missed some opportunities to lay some balls in, but we stood up and played them well.
ball breaking game hard solid throwing tough win
That was a solid win for us. Riverside is always a tough team. Donny was on his game that day. He was throwing hard and getting his breaking ball over the plate. He tossed a lot of first-pitch strikes.
ball establish good inside start terms
That was as good of a start as we've ever had in terms of being able to get the ball inside and establish an inside game.
ball beat confident forcing guys hit man open position rhythm scheme second shots tried
That was a scheme to make someone else beat you. I tried to get the ball to the open man. In the second half, I kind of got out of rhythm and started forcing shots. ... I have to try to get in a better position early. ... Other guys are going to have to hit shots and I'm confident they can do that.
ballgame double drive hit less line man plus saved third twice
That was a real plus for us because he saved the game. We just need more of that. Twice we had a man on third with less than two out. Once we hit into a double play, and once we kind of rolled into a line drive double play. That's the ballgame right there.
ball catch difficult grasp grass hard home soft synthetic threw throw wet worked
That was the play of the game. It was raining, the grass was wet, and when you have wet synthetic turf it is difficult to catch a ball and grasp it very well. I threw it home as hard as I could, because a soft throw wouldn't work, and it worked out well.
ball critical half last minutes played point
That was the most critical point in the game. We haven't played well in the last minutes of the half this year, but we played well, got it to one, and that was the ball game.
balls box defensive focus game great hands helped main playing save stretch
That was the main thing I wanted them to focus on was not to letup on the defensive end. Play great defense, box out and they got their hands on some balls down the stretch playing great defense. That really helped save the game for us. Kay Yow
ball beat emphasis game main players time trapped tried
That was the main emphasis of the game plan. We trapped him every time he got the ball and tried to make the players around him beat us.
ball game key kids second
That was the key to the first game. The second game, we put the ball in play a lot better. Our kids responded well after the first game loss.
ball hardest hit
That was the hardest ball ever hit to me down at first base. Mark Teixeira
balls beat simple teams until win
That was the game. Until we can win balls in the air, we are never going to beat teams like that. It's as simple as that.
balls closing game good hit job loose open
That was the game right there. We did a good job of closing out the half. We did a better job on the glass, got to some loose balls and hit the open shots. Eric Schmidt
ball bodies catch definitely game last late playing time
That was the game plan. We put a lot of bodies around him. Every time he would catch the ball we had a double-team on him to get the ball out of his hands. He's been playing well of late and we definitely didn't want him to put up 30 like he did last week. Jason Terry
ball came game plan
That was the game plan from the beginning, but he came out and scorched us. We had to do anything we could to get the ball out of his hands.
ball control team
That was very pivotal, very important. Obviously, you can't let a team control the ball that way. Brian Billick
ball taking
That was very gratifying, ... I mean, taking the ball away is what we're all about. Pete Carroll
ball bouncing great plays unless
That was unbelievable. It was awesome. I've never been a part of something like that. The game's usually over unless you get some great plays like we did, but the ball was bouncing our way that year. Brian Urlacher
ball sort taking typical
That was typical Pistons' basketball. We got what we wanted and tightened up on our defense, started taking some things away from them and the ball started going in. We just sort of willed our way. Chauncey Billups
ball charlie continues four hard hit hope hot leading night stays tonight tough worrying
That was two back-to-back triples leading off that inning. Patrick hit the ball hard all four at-bats. The two triples he hit were hard-hit balls. I hope he stays hot this weekend. I hope Charlie continues to hit well. He had a tough night tonight with one hit, but I'm not worrying about Charlie.
ball catch guess guys hit kept saying
That was tough. I catch that, there's two outs. It's frustrating. He hit it well. Some of the guys were saying the ball kept going. The way he hit it, I guess it did. Xavier Nady
ball game move
That was the whole game plan. Just to move the ball around and when you have opportunities, shoot.
ball emphasis huge men outside post
That was the emphasis for this game: get the ball inside. We know their post men are not the biggest. Randolph could have been a huge factor. We probably did put up too many outside shots.
ball care foul game good looks turned
That was the difference; the game turned right there. We didn't take care of the ball very well, we weren't getting, if any, good looks and they were. They were making shots, they were getting put-backs and they got to the foul line. Mike Miller
ball difference games shooting win
That was the difference right there. You're not going to win too many ball games shooting like that from the line.
ball difference
That was the difference in the ball game.
ball close errors extremely game indicative point score tight turning
That was the big turning point of the game. The score was not very indicative of how close the game was. It was an extremely close game. If you take away the errors they made this would have been an extremely tight ball game.
ball best hoping hunter jones last seen threw throw
That was the best we've seen Hunter Jones throw the ball this year. That's the way he threw the ball last year. We were just hoping he'd get it back on track, and I think he did tonight.
ball best level performance seen shot year
That was the best performance we've seen this year by anybody. She shot it well, penetrated well, read what we did to her well. She's got another level of ball pressure.