Famous Quotes & Sayings

The Blue Jays have been major players this winter, securing the pitching they desperately needed and the big bats they were looking for to compete in a tough division with the Yankees and Red Sox. Toronto is certainly much improved and bettors have taken notice, so too should the rest of the league.

The bats have picked up. It seems like one hit gets them started and then they just keep it going.

The bats coming around to compliment our strong pitching.

Dan Campbell

The bats came alive, which is good to see going into Warrensburg this weekend. ... Our lineup's getting set -- I'm getting pretty set on who I want where.

The bats are finally coming alive. We swung the bats well, and opened the gates in the seventh.

Chris Burke

The best part about it is knowing that we don't have to go back to Atlanta, ... We had some bats out of the lineup and everyone was kind of hoping that we were going to do it with just one swing of the bat. Luckily I was the guy. I am fortunate to have big hits at all levels, but this is very gratifying.

That hit was the difference, it blew the game open. We swung the bats really well today.

I keep telling our power hitters not to try to hit home runs because actually when you hit a home run, it is like hitting errors, so we need to focus on the process of having good at bats and the power will take care of itself.

I made some good pitches there, and our bats did the rest,

Ken Macha

It's nice to have the bats come around. And we had some great defensive plays, too.

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.

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.

Johnny Damon

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.

It was a big inning for us. We really got our bats going.

It was a pretty good job all around; the bats finally came through for us.

It was nice to swing the bats and get some hits.

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.

It was nice to see our bats get going again.

It was nice to see our bats come alive.

It was a good hitting game for Lindsey and everyone on the team. Their bats really came through for us.

Jason Gillespie

I've had a ball. There was just a sense of disbelief. You've got to put it in perspective though, I'm a bowler who bats a bit and let's just leave it at that.

It was a good win for us. Anthony pitched well for us to start the game and our bats were good. When we score first, we normally win the game.

Mike Candrea

It was a great offensive performance. We got some bats unleashed. Overall, I thought offensively we looked really good and got some key hits and put a lot of runs on the board. That's good for the pitcher that's for sure.

They're a good team and they kept fighting back all night. We just swung the bats better tonight.

Jim Perrin

In one way I'm glad we're starting to swing the bats better and getting runners on base. Now it's the timely hits we need to get. Once we start getting those to sneak through or fall in we'll be fine.

Tony Campos

I really liked how we swung the bats today. It's nice that we don't have to rely on the same three or four girls to get it done every time. Everyone in our lineup is hitting very well right now, which is very important to our success.

Joe Torre

When you're in a slump, you do something different, just to try it. I remember one time I was in a slump, and I borrowed one of Henry Aaron's bats and hit two homers. I used my own bats the next night. I just needed a change.

Kirk Gibson

Everybody has bad at-bats -- except McCutchen.

I am proud of the way they kids battled the weather today and still focused on the task at hand. I was happy with the way we swung the bats and we got some great pitching out of all three of our pitchers. We have a short turnaround now before our next game, but we are off to a great start. We just have to keep it going now.

Hopefully, our pitching will hold up. Buchholz has been swinging the bats awfully well (scoring 35 runs in three tournament games), so we'll have our work cut out for ourselves.

Albert Pujols

Hopefully everybody starts swinging the bats better. Our bats are not where we want them right now. Half of the team is not hitting that good, but we're finding ways to win some games -- and that's the most important thing.

Derek Jeter

Before everyone anoints this the greatest offense ever, let us play a little while first. The names don't win games. You have to go out there and perform, and we really haven't swung the bats well.

Eden Phillpotts

His father's sister had bats in the belfry and was put away.