Famous Quotes & Sayings

James Moody

We had several guys step up and show us that they'll be able to give us some big innings. They did an outstanding job. We need our pitchers to keep us in the game. We hit some balls well over the weekend, but we've got a long to go offensively. We'll work on that all through the off-week.

We had passed balls and wild pitches and that was another momentum shift. In that sense, we helped them move into scoring position.

We walked too many people, booted some balls and they hit. We threw all three pitchers at them. Unfortunately it set the tone for the game.

John Beilein

We couldn't have done it without the crowd. It's a lot easier to dive for those loose balls when the crowd's behind you.

Joe Girardi

We counted it up. We hit 11 balls on the button. And what did we get, five hits?

Both of the errors hit on the exact same spot on my glove, right on my thumb. We work on that every day in spring training and we get balls hit a lot harder than those two were. The only way I can explain it is that maybe I took my eye off it at the last second, because those plays should be made 100 percent of the time.

Brandon did a good job ? got them to hit ground balls ? and then Marcus did an excellent job." ()

Jeff Samardzija

Brady and Mo put up some crazy numbers. I just caught a couple of balls, but those two were going crazy. They were scoring touchdowns left and right.

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.

Ned Yost

Vargas was on his game today. We had some good swings and hit some balls on the nose, but we just hit them straight up.

David Eckstein

You get a pitcher to throw eight balls in a row like that (actually eight balls in nine pitches), and it can be hard for him to get back in the zone.

Austin Ainge

We got a lot of loose balls and tipped rebounds. Our big guys did a good job down low. That ... proved to be the difference in the game.

We give them goals now in practice. We don't just hit balls at them. We give them zones, and they have to hit so many balls in a zone before they get off the court. Kids used to get bored with practice, but now they have goals to keep them focused.

We gave away too many balls today because we were under pressure.

We had a light day attacking. We were not strong at the net and we weren't digging. A lot of balls fell to the floor and that's unusual for us.

We just kind of stuck the bats out there, and balls started falling in.

Troy Percival

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.

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.

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.

We've had a handful of games where we've just had runners where they don't need to be. We've had some passed balls that have hurt us and we just can't seem to keep runners where they are.

Tom Anderson

We'll hit some balls and give these kids a chance to get their muscle memory different. Some people are naturals when it comes to hitting a golf ball and others have a little more trouble getting their swings down. Either way, they'll get feedback on things that can help their game.

Steve Spurrier

We'll have to see how it all plays out. Certainly Blake is our starter. He threw some errant balls out there today. Blake didn't play his best; he knows that. He's still the starter, but it was encouraging that Cade sort of proved that if something happens he can go play. We thought he would be. We'll try to get Cade as ready as possible. He's definitely second right now.

Scott Baker

Tonight's game can be summed up in one word and that would be effort. We didn't talk about it but that was the key to the game. We had guys diving on the floor going for loose balls and we were coming up with them.

Mike Hargrove

Tonight he was really good. He can get wild and throw a lot of balls. We tried to let him do that, but he didn't.

Max Mirnyi

There is something about the size of the balls that is not making me comfortable. They aren't friendly.

There he was, O.J. Simpson, just chipping golf balls in his front yard.

I've seen gigantic balls of mono, the size of a large trash can. There is a huge volume around wrecks and reefs. There's just a whole lot more people fishing in the same small area.

I've spent a lot of time in the cage working on my timing. The balls weren't dropping in for me at the beginning of the year, but it all evens out in the end.

Aaron Hill

I've taken ground balls there during batting practice and Orlando's given me tips like a good veteran. ... I'll work hard at it and it'll feel like home,

Jacques Kallis

I've started hitting some hard balls at training this week and I've felt really good. I've had a combination of rest and treatment and I've strengthened the elbow a lot. I haven't got any pain.

I've never seen so many balls that we've blocked fall on our side of the net.

Lleyton Hewitt

I've never played with balls that are getting that big. It's as simple as that. I thought the balls in Rotterdam were quite heavy till I came here. You know, the court's definitely, you know, it's a little bit rough out there. That's always going to chop the balls up a little bit more than a smoother court, such as a US Open hard court. But, you know, there's no reason why the ball should get, you know, that heavy.

Nate McLouth

I've really worked on specifics, like my top hand. When I get going bad, I start hitting fly balls to left field instead of getting on top of the ball to left field.