Quotes about balls
balls good hit league major needs playing
We thought it would be good for him to get some playing time. He hit some balls hard, that were right at guys, but he's a little rusty. He's a Major League player. I like his swing. His legs, his health, he's doing much better there. He just needs some at-bats. Bruce Bochy
balls couple early instead momentum runs
We had a couple of balls where if they get down early instead of being caught, it's a different game. We've got to find a way to get some runs early and get momentum back on our side.
balls blowing fields lining people stadiums word
We were entrepreneurs before the word was ever invented. You had to do everything, from lining the fields to blowing the balls up to getting people in the stadiums to see us play.
balls coverage effort field gave halves losing outside pleased pressure
We were dumping it out today. Our outside halves gave us more effort than they have been and I was pleased with that, but coverage has to be better. We were losing a lot of balls on the outside of our field and that put a lot of pressure on our defense.
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With scar tissue, you don't know how it's going to heal or what's going to happen with it. Dr. Yocum told me, 'Once December comes, you might throw two balls and know you've got no chance. Or you might go out and throw for three weeks and it won't bother you.' But it's not something where it's 100 percent yes, you're going to be there, or 100 percent no. Troy Percival
balls beat cap coach couple easy fought loose mercy teams tip
You have to tip your cap to Mercy. I thought when they got down nine, they didn't panic. It would have been easy for some teams to panic, but I know a coach Kohs team doesn't panic. They just fought back and beat us to a couple loose balls to make a difference.
balls contact forcing great ground job pitchers
The pitchers did a great job in forcing contact and getting the ground balls. The infield had a lot of chances, some of them tough, and got it done without an error.
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(Ellis is) left-handed and lighting fast and reminds me of a young Leslie Fakes. The pair will be exciting to watch get to balls you just don't expect them to get to because they're both willing to lay out for it.
balls change decided early holding pace saw stopping weapons
Early on I saw that the wicket was holding up, some balls were actually stopping so I decided to use the wicket as one of my weapons and change up my pace a lot. Dwayne Smith
balls business catch catching feels seems time
Each day, it just seems like there's one or two balls that I catch that I have no business catching those balls. And there's one or two balls that I should catch that I miss. It's kind of give and take. Each time I go out there, it feels more and more comfortable.
balls elevated few obviously pitching square throwing unable zone
Early, he was topping out about 84 (mph), throwing BP fastballs. Obviously you can't keep pitching down in the zone at 85, so he elevated a few balls and we were unable to square them up. Royce Clayton
balls both create feet good knows natural win
Eugene is just a natural striker. He has everything you want: he's got speed, can win balls in the air, is good with both feet and knows how to create space. Oh, and he's a 4.0 student.
balls crucial errors situations twice
Errors in crucial situations twice are what killed us. They had two hard-hit balls on us. Tim Brown
balls center felt great win
Everything went pretty well, I didn't have many balls out in center field. Offensively, I felt great. It was a great win for us.
balls catch easy excellent hands physical progress
Everything is new to him. He's making progress every day. He's a very physical guy. You can see when we get balls to him inside, he's not easy to tackle. He can catch the ball. He has excellent hands and excellent timing. Mike Williams
balls calls games hit landing win
Everything is going our way. The balls are landing our way, the calls are going our way and we're getting that big hit when we need it. Everything you look at, how can't we win this thing? But we still have two more games to win. Mark Buehrle
balls days gets guys jersey pulling seems
There's something about that guy. He always makes plays. It seems like guys are pulling on his jersey and he still gets balls off. It's just one of those days where we know he's going to make plays. We just have to make more than him. Nick Harper
balls far huge inside kept loose picked shots
Brittany (Kent) was huge for us tonight, as far as rebounds. She got in there and picked up some loose balls and got some shots inside and kept us in it there for a while.
balls concrete fields good ground night rain weather work
Boy, the infield is like concrete out there. Ground balls get by you in a hurry. We can use the good weather to get our work in but you'd like to see a little rain at night to soften up the fields a bit. Ned Yost
balls cold gym hard nice pitchers ready stayed strong though throwing time weather week worked
Even though the weather is nice for this time of the year, it's still too cold for these pitchers to be throwing a lot of balls outside, so we stayed in the gym this week and worked hard so when we do get outside, we will be strong and ready for the season.
balls believe bottom giving good hit key love work
Believe me, there's no sense of complacency in here at all. We're going out and giving it everything we've got. Bottom line, we're not getting a lot of love in key situations. We've had some good at-bats and hit balls hard, but we're not getting any breaks. We're going to work our way out of it.
balls hitters last power watched
Big power hitters can hit balls out of this ballpark. We watched it last year, we watched it this year.
balls chance deserved everybody grow knew players second shape
Everybody knew what to do. We got second balls well and never let them escape. We didn't give a chance away. We deserved to win. They are getting back in shape now. We still have to see the players grow and improve. Dick Advocaat
balls everybody trying
Everybody was scrambling around trying to find balls for me. Nancy Lopez
balls everybody goes hit horses kids love people small toss
Everybody goes out and stomps down the divots made by the horses. People toss balls around or hit balls with small mallets. The kids love it.
balls corner double left mistake paying pitch tend
Every mistake that I make, we're paying for, ... It's a corner you try not to back yourself into, because you tend to pitch tentative, and I can't do that. I left two balls up in the zone, splits. One was the double off the wall. Another was up. Curt Schilling
balls everybody hitter ice likes throwing
Every hitter likes fastballs just like everybody likes ice cream. But you don't like it when someone's stuffing it into you by the gallon. That's how you feel when (Nolan) Ryan's throwing balls by you. Reggie Jackson
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Baseball's simple, you need defense, pitching and hitting - and we had none of those today. Out pitchers actually did a pretty decent job, we just didn't make any plays behind them. Ohio had some balls fall in for them, but we didn't help ourselves much.
balls bit consistent felt match rhythm top
As the match went on, ... I felt like I was getting better rhythm and on top of the balls ? and being a little bit more consistent with my shots. Lindsay Davenport
balls confident ground hitters nasty season throws
As the season progressed, it was like, 'Holy cow.' Carlos has such a nasty sinker and throws so many ground balls that he can be really confident about making the hitters put the ball in play.
balls beginning bit good played second
At the beginning I was a little bit nervous. Didn't play that good. But then in the second set I got in the game, played some good balls and got a little bit confident.
balls flat hit outfield three
Connor flat out dominated. Only three balls were hit to the outfield today.
balls call congress pitcher republican
An investigation of the Republican administration by a Republican-controlled Congress is like having a pitcher call his own balls and strikes. Harry Reid