Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

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.

(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.

We need to get out there and play. We need to work in guys that haven't been getting consistent at bats and at the same time get ready for the MAC weekend series.

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.

We came back and started swinging the bats the way we're capable of the last half of the day. These conditions are pretty much on the horrible side, but the kids showed some great character and stuck to it and played very well in the end.

We only had two hits in the first five innings, and you're not gonna win very often doing that. We've been swinging the bats good lately, but it just wasn't our night. That was their best pitcher and he did a good job.

We were very opportunistic tonight offensively. We did a good job of battling in a few at bats and also had some key two-out hits that brought in runs.

We have been emphasizing defense a lot lately and it came through today. And as long we keep swinging the bats and pitching like that we'll be competitive. This team loves challenges and we met the challenge today. Next week is a whole new challenge, first in the non-conference games and then with Michigan and Michigan State.

We had a stellar defensive game, even though we had three errors. This was a tremendous confidence- booster for the team. We didn't strike out too many and we did it with our gloves. The bats were there and the pitching is coming around.

We've got a few guys who are swinging the bats really well. Hopefully, the hitting becomes contagious. We'd like to see some more guys contribute offensively.

We're swinging the bats really well and starting to build some confidence. We're still trying to find guys that fit roles.

We're swinging the bats pretty good right now.

We're swinging the bats extremely well. From one through nine in the order, the players are taking good hacks.

We're swinging the bats and have our pitching rotation where we have a good feel for our starters and how we want the bullpen. I feel like we're right on schedule.

Bobby Crosby

Tonight it was one rough inning. Besides that, we looked good and we swung the bats well. I don't think (dropping series openers) is a trend. I hope it's not.

Dick Adams

We had a good start after the bats struggled in the first game.

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.

We got good starting pitching every time out. We swung the bats pretty good, but it all starts on that mound.

Try to keep our bats quiet, ... and sooner or later, we're going to get you.

We really came out swing our bats today. They have been struggling with that the last three games and haven't been putting runs on the board.

We did a real good job finishing. We came out swinging our bats real good. Everybody, from top to bottom, hit the ball.