Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

We'll have a good mix of young and old. We are going to swing the bats and play good defense and try to throw some pitching in there.

Those guys were swinging the bats well. It's frustrating to go out there one inning after another and give up a home run every inning.

We were in the cages and coach (Bob) Todd said something to freshman Zach Hurley. What he said clicked in my head. All our bats finally woke up. It seemed like we were hit or miss the last five, six or seven games.

You'd like to have some more offensive production but we hit a little more than we've hit the past week or so. We've seen some good competition and hopefully those bats will start coming around a little more for us.

We don't have the bats to let it rip. We have to have situational hitting.

We're not swinging the bats well right now, so we're putting a ton of pressure on our pitchers and defense to make every play.

Felipe Alou

I saw him hit 10 home runs in 40 at bats one spring training. If he's in spring training mode, watch out.

Our kids have been swinging the bats all year long. Five of them are hitting at least .500 and before today, Eric was hitting .730 and he's got six home runs now. He's driven in 11 runs and has at least 13 stolen bases.

Our guys had some quality at bats even though we struck out a lot early. We took some good things from those at bats and didn't get discouraged. We learned things each time. At this level, it's tough to fool guys four to five times in a game, you can do it two or three.

Over the trip we played really well. The 6-0 record explains everything. From an offensive standpoint a lot of it was just mental and being able to get everybody their at bats. Everyone is comfortable now and we have our bats going into the conference season.

Derek Jeter

Names don't win games. We have to go out and swing the bats more. You don't want to fall behind this club because their bullpen is pretty good.

Don Mattingly

I like being close to the bats.

Andrew Flintoff

I'm not someone who needs to bat and bat to be in form.

We couldn't generate any offense today. We didn't swing the bats and when we did, we popped it up for an out most of the time.

We really are starting to grow up now. All season long, I've been telling them to get their bats going and that other stuff will take care of itself. The easy part is throwing strikes and playing defense. We haven't done that consistently this year, but boy, we sure did it well today. We did everything well today.

We feel like if we can get a pretty good offense together, we'll win some games. Pitching's been good all year long and the bats started coming around today, which is good because we've been talking about it way too much.

Ron Gardenhire

We've got to play a very good Detroit team, and obviously, we didn't swing the bats very well in the first two games (in Kansas City). So, righting the ship, that comes over a long period of time.

We swung the bats well tonight. And that is important. Its good to get that first win as well.

We swung the bats well right off the jump.

Miguel Cabrera

We swung the bats very good tonight. I'm glad to see the guys swing like this.

We swung the bats tonight and we're capable of it every time we come out. We hit 'em tonight and they fell.

We swung the bats really well today. It was a good team effort.

We swung the bats really well. Offensively we were pretty good.

We swung the bats really well and had a lot of guys on base. We also did a good job of running the bases.

We swung the bats pretty well, but it's hard to claw back when you're in such a huge hole.

We swung the bats much better, got a big lead and got to look at some pitchers who've been hurt a little bit. They came back on us a little bit, but the guys did what they had to do.

We swung the bats aggressively. It was nice to see.

We did get some hits, but we left guys on base. We're just not swinging the bats the way we need to. But everyone we're putting out there on the mound is doing a great job.

Nick Johnson

We're just trying to get ready for the season. Try to stay healthy, get your work in. We just need to get the bats going. It's been a while.

We've been improving, we've been improving everyday. We still made a lot of mistakes tonight but we're gonna get better. I like the way we swung the bats tonight. We really kept our front side down and we hit it in the gaps. That's the way we like to hit.