Famous Quotes & Sayings

I think that we can win eight of our next ten games. We can do this because I see the bats coming alive. Its going to be like a light switch for the team producing runs.

I think that it just recharges your battery a little bit when you finally have your work give you a favorable outcome. We were thrilled with the comeback, but have to take responsibility for why we got behind the in the first place.

I think we're going to try and give them different looks and hopefully give them three different pitchers so that they're not going to be able to gauge their bats on who's pitching.

John Mabry

Last year, it was like a machine. It just kept rolling and rolling and rolling and rolling. This year, it's like whoever steps in comes up and does the job. It's a different guy every night. It's not the usual suspects, because most of them are hurt. Somebody goes out there and battles and gets a key hit or makes a big play for us.

Last year it was a great battle and it was a close game between two solid teams. Hopefully, what we learned from that game last year, we tried to incorporate all season.

Eddie Guardado

Last year I mostly only pitched bullpens and batting practice. I went into the season without pitching in a big league game. But I was feeling great. So we're trying to keep the same routine here.

Lauren has a strong bat and she knows her position real well.

Cory Lidle

It broke his bat and went 330 feet. I figured it was going to be right there, but it kept back there. It definitely would've been a home run last year.

It became clear that his bat was not going to progress to the point where it would take him to the big leagues. We talked about the notion of putting him on the mound for a long time. Ultimately, we were waiting for him to really want to do it.

I think it's an uphill battle all the way.

I think its going to bother them for a while. But these guys are mentally tough and I expect them to battle back.

I think it's going to be a real battle and I can't wait for it. It's just put up or shut up right now.

I think it's going to be a battle for second place. I think we can get there. If we place in the top three, it will be the highest we've ever placed.

It comes up over and over and over again that a ten times increase in the weight-oriented density of batteries or the volume metric, the space-oriented density of batteries, would enable so many other moonshots that that's one that just constantly comes up over and over again, and we will start that moonshot if we can find a great idea.

I thought we swung the bat very well. Good hitters hit mistakes. We were very consistent.

I thought we swung the bats extremely well. We were pretty disciplined all night and for the most part we took care of some things we needed to work on and it was a nice outing at the plate.

Buddy Bell

I thought we were going to get out of the first with just one run. Payton's home run was big. That really messed up the day for us. Then when we're down 7-0 that's really an uphill battle for us. We're struggling to score one or two runs.

I thought we were going to die out there, ... We had to sleep on the ground. Use the bathroom in front of each other. Laying on that ground, I just couldn't take it. I felt like Job.

I tip my hat to Columbus Grove, they were too good up front. They handled us on both sides of the ball, they won the battle of the trenches.

Lindy Ruff

It is a big game and it would be a big win for us. The message is, we've got to give them the biggest battle we can give them.

Kyle Farnsworth

I threw him a fastball up and away, ... He just put the bat on the ball. It was there, and he hit it. There's nothing you can do about it.

I think the guys came together. We are starting to swing the bats a little bit.

I think the people would unite behind their leadership - even those critical of the leadership now. They would be willing to live under all kinds of hardship to battle an invader.

I thought going into this year that I would be a role player. I didn't think I would be hitting as well as I am, but I've grown comfortable and it's been working out well. Batting third makes you a big part of the lineup and it's nice to be an important part of the team.

I thought for an early, cold spring game we did pretty good. We didn't swing the bat as well as we'd have liked to. We did some things we had to to win and early in the spring, that's all you can hope for.

Buddy Bell

I thought Chip continued to play well, regardless of where he's at in the outfield, and he's swinging the bat good.

I thought, by the end of the game, we were swinging the bats as good as we have all year. And considering we just came back from spring break, that's a good sign.

I thought both teams did an outstanding job on the defensive court and really made it tough on both offenses. It was a battle all night long.

I thought both teams battled hard for the entire 95 minutes. Saint Mary's is a good team that is battling for results and whenever Santa Clara and Saint Mary's play in anything, you know it is going to be a very competitive contest.

I think you're battling common enemies that a lot of other communities are. It's occurring in a lot of Midwest communities.

Kurt Warner

I think you gain something with your teammates when you do, when they see you battling through stuff. I don't know if they look down on you when you don't, but I know there's an increased respect when you do.

I think the gains (in New York) were mostly due to short-covering on battered issues.

Pitman is finding their bats and starting to hit the ball. I think we are just battling some demons (on offense) right now that we just need to let go.