Famous Quotes & Sayings

If you can't catch, you don't win. And you have to play bunt defense. Those are the things that hurt us.

The key was getting the lead-off runner on base. And then knowing we had to move the runners. They looked at me to call it (the bunt off), but I wouldn't call it off.

The key is that we're not playing from behind. When the pitchers do good and our hitters come through, it allows us to bunt and hit and run and do the things it takes to win.

Derek Jeter

Any way you can get it done now. Robbie put down a good bunt to get the runners over. It seems like every at-bat is important at this point in the year.

Sayers had a great day. He produced big for us, and that bunt kept a rally going. It seems like with this team, we have a different hero step up every day.

After missing out on a chance to score more runs in the sixth and then not getting that bunt down, it was certainly nice to see Manual pick us up after that. It's also definitely a good feeling to put together a couple of wins after going through some struggles like we did.

Brandon Morrow

A lot of the southern teams rely more on slugging than the west coast teams, who like to hit-and-run, bunt and use speed on the bases. I'm going to challenge (Baylor) with the fastball, but I don't think I'm going to change anything else.

It's all about execution. We got the hit, and got the bunt down and then the sacrifice fly. The kids executed down the stretch.

We're trying to get her to switch hit and bunt left-handed. She has good speed, so that will be helpful. She'll probably be at the top of the order.

You don't have to worry about slumps with him because he can always bunt to get on base.

Willie Bloomquist

We already had an out and that took the sacrifice bunt out of the equation, and I had to get there.

It was an ESPN highlight. There wasn't anything wrong with the bunt or the runner. Matt just made an unbelievable play.

I've gotten the bunt sign twice in seven years. I'm not sure why (Buford) changed the sign. Maybe he had some confidence in me. I'm glad he did.

It's just reaction. You work on those bunt plays in Spring Training. It's just fun to execute them.

Everyone knows he's a little guy, but he plays his heart out, I'd take him on my team any day of the week. He's always on base, he's always stealing bags, he's making the plays when we need it, he's laying down a bunt when we need it, the guy just does everything on the field.

Steve Finley

It's not easy, but it's fun. It's a game. Before we did it, I said nobody should even bunt because I was going to win.

It's always fun to watch Natalie play on defense because you never know when she will make that great play or make a throw that no one expected. Offensively we've seen a lot of growth in her this last year, expanding her game to include the short game, using her speed to be able to slap as well as drag bunt to get herself on base.

Brandon Phillips

I can bunt to move guys and to get hits. We're trying to compete and win. I was happy because I'm trying to do anything.

I can bunt better to move runners, and I can hit better. I've worked on it and want to see how much I've improved.

They laid down the bunt and we had a miscommunication on our defense. We haven't played like that all year. They are a hitting team but they will lay down the bunt with runners on base.

The funny thing is I had called a bunt before that pitch. But I decided to call it off right before that pitch he hit the home run.