Quotes about bat
battle feeling gave lead nice winning
It's nice to battle back after we gave up the lead and get that winning feeling after the game. Mike Johnson
battle playoff spot team
It's nice, but we should have 40 or 45 wins. We're a better team than 29 wins. We're going to battle for a playoff spot soon.
bat bit days early hoping luck nice pick
It's nice to pick up a bat again, but it's very early days so there's nothing to report. I'm just hoping for a bit of luck now. Michael Vaughan
bats defensive great nice
It's nice to have the bats come around. And we had some great defensive plays, too. Ken Macha
bat bring guys hang normally plays supposed trying
It's something that guys normally do for years before they get comfortable to play at this level, and I'm just trying to hang in there and make the plays that I'm supposed to and bring my bat to the lineup every night,
bats best bunch game hurt kids throw work
It's still a work in progress. Not having a preseason game hurt us. We've got a bunch of kids who can throw strikes. And I've got to get the best bats in the lineup somewhere.
battle
It's still a battle but everything is fine. Brian Roberts
bats good outside plate starting struggled swings warm warmer
It's starting to warm up a little outside and I think our bats are about to come around a little bit. Our bats have struggled at the plate and that's no secret. So it's always good when it's warmer out because the swings look a little freer.
battle deal good physical
It's something we've had to deal with all year. We're not a physical team. We battle it in different ways. That versatility is what has made us such a good team.
batting gonna ground practice ready sore
It's sore a little bit, but I'm gonna do everything today. Batting practice, ground balls. I'm ready to go. Luis Gonzalez
battling pennant race
It's so big because the team's battling out there and we're in a pennant race. Sean Burroughs
bat fine line round trying wish
It's such a fine line with hitting. I wish I had all the answers, especially when it comes to that, trying to put a round bat on a round ball. Gary Green
bat best good issue joe needs ready realize talked whenever
It's not going to be an issue whatsoever. Jorge and I have talked about it, and we're going to do what's best for the team. We want to get to the playoffs, and that's where Jorge makes his living. He's such a good hitter; you've got to have his bat in there. I realize that I just have to be ready whenever Joe needs me.
bat concern swinging
It's not a concern to me. I hadn't even thought about it. Jenkins is swinging the bat OK. Ned Yost
battle earn economy half hard money spend
Economy is half the battle of life. It is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well. Charles Spurgeon
batting cricket drawing itself morning needs positive team teams
Everyone in the whole team wanted to be positive this morning and go for a win. Cricket itself needs positive games. It doesn't need teams batting out and drawing games. Graeme Smith
battle fought hand handling understand
Everyone has to understand this is a battle that has been fought for at least 20 years, and we have a very experienced hand handling it, John Sununu
battle chance confidence harder home simpler simplify wins work
Everyone has more confidence at home. We battle harder at home and we get some wins that way. We need to work harder overall, especially on the road. We need to play a simpler game. When you simplify and keep things low-scoring, then you have a chance to win. Kimmo Timonen
battle game half last minutes night time wait week
Every night for the last week and a half has been tough. We wait for the last 12 to 15 minutes of the game to try and battle back, but by that time it's too late. Carmelo Anthony
bats definitely good guess help needed pitching staff swing
It's definitely very disappointing. I guess we just needed to swing the bats a little better and help out our pitching staff tonight. We had some good swings, and unfortunately we just couldn't do much more. Johnny Damon
bat hoping playing
It's better than (learning) right off the bat he's done for the year. We're hoping they don't find any more (damage) and that he'll be back playing soon.
battling great grinding guys kept team
It's huge. It was just a great team effort. The guys got it done at the end. We just kept grinding and battling and I was able to make some saves. John Grahame
battle bit
It was a bit of a battle and it wasn't pretty at times,
battle beat bit great knew last ohio rivalry state twice year
It was a bit disappointing, we typically have a great rivalry and battle with Ohio State -- we beat them twice last year so we knew they'd be out to get us.
bats
It was a big inning for us. We really got our bats going.
batting bowling confidence draw flow game good great scoring time
It was an important time of the game and to be contributing in that way it would have made me feel good even if I was scoring runs. It was a great relief. Hopefully, I can draw some confidence from my bowling and flow through to my batting here. Andrew Symonds
bats came finally good job
It was a pretty good job all around; the bats finally came through for us.
bats nice swing
It was nice to swing the bats and get some hits.
bats coming freshmen good help nice pitches progress swing veterans
It was nice to see us swing the bats well and are freshmen pitches are coming along. We're going to need them to help us on the weekend, and they made some progress tonight. Offensively, our veterans did a good job.
bat bit fun guys nice side swing
It was nice to see these guys swing the bat a little bit better. To be on this side, it's a little bit more fun than being on the other side when we were at Canby. That wasn't any fun at all.
bats nice
It was nice to see our bats get going again.
bats nice
It was nice to see our bats come alive.
bath buttons flying gave laughed
It was kind of funny, buttons were flying everywhere. We all laughed and gave him a Gatorade bath in there.