Famous Quotes & Sayings

(Lee) threw his fastball well. They swung the bats well still but Lee did a good job.

Craig Biggio

Obviously, we had some pretty big bats last year. But this year's lineup isn't so bad, either.

Obviously we had a lot of walks in those middle innings. I still look at five runs after two and you should still produce a few more. If I look at it from our team's perspective, we've got to put some more at bats together.

Larry Parrish

Obviously we're not swinging the bats good right now. And when you don't swing the bats good, it takes away from the energy of the club.

I can't figure it out. I'm a little puzzled by it. It's pretty brutal how we're swinging the bats right now.

David Hawkins

The pitching was good tonight. It was just our bats went cold after the first inning.

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I was telling our guys to get as few walks as possible because we wanted to swing the bats today.

If we get the bats going, I think everything else will fall into place.

Johnny Damon

I grabbed Trot Nixon's bats today and I'm grabbing any bat that feels good now.

Chipper Jones

I lost track of how many at-bats we had today. After seven or eight at-bats, the bats starting getting heavy. Guys hadn't eaten since 10 or 11 this morning. It takes a lot out of you. You've got to gut it out. They did. I wish them luck. They played an outstanding series.

I hate to say it, but I'm getting used to it a little bit. Our defense is strong. Even if it's close, as long as we can get a couple of runs, we're in good shape. Hopefully we can wake up the bats a little bit.

John Lackey

I felt pretty good. I had good command of all four of my pitches. They've got guys that can swing the bats over there. It's a challenge to face them.

Johnny Damon

I felt like I had to salute the fans because they were always great to me here and I know now they're just booing the uniform. They appreciated everything I did and how I played the game. I'm just disappointed we didn't come out swinging the bats better.

I feel good about our chances (Saturday). We've got a good pitcher on the mound, and hopefully we can swing the bats a little better.

Somebody knew somebody in Syracuse and we got a bunch of busted bats and lathed them down and presto, belay pins.

She has shown us from the beginning of the season that she is able to do that. Even though she bats ninth, that doesn't mean anything. She's a hitter.

Shane really gutted it out. That is the longest he has pitched for us and we had him for 75 pitches. Give him a lot of credit for gutting it out and being very effective. That was a huge factor for us to have him come in and shut them (Phantoms) down. They swing the bats well.

Travis Hafner

Since we've been home, it's only been the one game where we scored any runs. We're missing out on a lot of chances and not hitting with men in scoring position. Everybody is frustrated that we're not swinging the bats better.

Lance Berkman

I don't feel like I'm on fire, but I'm getting my hits. I still have those at bats when I feel like I'm back in spring training. I'm not complaining, don't get me wrong. If I feel like this all year and hit good that's fine.

Those were good wins for us. We pitched well, we played defense and we got the hits when we needed them. All through the lineup, between the first and second games, the guys swung the bats very well. Just a good day overall.

Today was the first day we really swung the bats aggressively. We have a lot of potential but we're young. If we can put it all together and become more consistent, we could be tough.

We have looked OK in preseason scrimmages, but our bats need to come around. We are better offensively than we were a year ago.

Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams.

Mike Scioscia

When you're not swinging the bats well you look flat. Our club was ready to go. We had a lot of energy.

Mike Scioscia

When you're not swinging the bats well, you look flat.

We did swing the bats pretty decent in game one. We played from behind but were able to make a nice comeback. The game was close for most of it.

Lance Berkman

We've done a nice job at the plate. There's going to be ups and downs and you just have to try to enjoy the times we're swinging the bats well. The last three games we've done a good job competing and putting up runs.

Wayne King

We can't keep them down forever. Even though they're struggling right now, they're going to swing the bats through the course of the season.

We just didn't swing the bats the way we should and we lost. We'll be out watching Hawaii tomorrow and we'll be pulling for them.

We came out focused and had some really good at bats out of every player today. I thought we hit it hard, which we've been doing but we found the holes today.

Today was a big game because I told the guys we either were winning the series or settling for a tie. We swung the bats a lot better today.

Trent threw about like he always does. He kept us in the game until our bats were ready. I'm very pleased with his performance.