Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Brian Lara

If I have to put anyone to bat for my life, it'll be Kallis or Dravid.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 were a little more comfortable offensively and we did swing the bats better. Baseball's a hard game and we have to be more comfortable when we play it. Scoring early today helped us relax a little bit.

Adam Gilchrist

I would be comfortable to bat anywhere,

Adam Gilchrist

I now know what Sachin Tendulkar feels every time he bats in India.

Harsha Bhogle

Like an author, a cricketer signs his name on every innings he bats or bowls in; indeed for every cricket ball that challenges him on the field.

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.

I thought we played really well all day long. To play them as close as we did in two games gave us some confidence. Wayne is 19-1 in the league and we were right in position to beat them twice. We had some guys swinging the bats well.

I thought we pitched well today and Blevins gave us his best outing of the year. We didn't swing the bats particularly well, but we got timely hits when we needed them. Of course, we are glad to win another series.

I thought we pitched very, very well, and gave our bats an opportunity to heat up. We took care of business. I thought overall it was a good day.

I thought we pitched two good games. We were able to swing the bats a little better and put some pressure on the other team.

I thought we hit him (Todd) well. We swung the bats well in the second game, but we just left too many men on base.

I thought that we swung the bats better tonight. We also did a great job with our short game and we pitched through some adversity. We are starting to defend the field better, which is critical to being a good club.

I thought that we did a decent job. We've just got to make sure that we're on our game defensively and that we're communicating well with each other. I was proud of what they did. We've just got to make sure that our bats are on for our next game.

We are kind of an explosive team with the bats. That's pretty much the way it's been with our bats all season.

We are keeping games under control now. And we have the hitters to win close games. The girls feel they have the bats to win a game in the bottom of the seventh.

We are just getting better and better. Now is the time to peak, and I'm glad our bats finally woke up tonight.

We're coming around, if we can just get the bats going. This was a good game for us to play. Once we got through the first, we settled down. We played some good small-ball, and great defensively.

We were swinging the bats the whole game, putting it in play. When Coppola hit it out, they saw he got elevation, and suddenly the groundouts turned into line drives.

Ned Yost

We were swinging the bats really well today.

With our speed, we think it's a strength and we can score runs. We just didn't have our bats today.

When we played them before, we didn't bring our heads, our bats or our arms. They brought themselves, and that's it. I was dumbfounded, really.

We've only played two or three games in the past two weeks. I didn't know how our bats would react, but we swung it well.

(The Panthers) weren't able to throw their No. 1 or No. 2 guys, but not to take away anything from my kids, we swung the bats well. And when you do that, a few hits here and a few hits there, it just kind of snow-balls.

You have got to win games, no doubt about it. There's no remedy like winning. We thought Friday's win (6-5 in 12 innings) would spearhead that. We thought we would come out and swing the bats the next couple of games, and we haven't done that.