Al Carter
Al Carter
Albert Houston Carter Jr.is a former reporter and sports columnist for the Houston Chronicle, The Dallas Morning News and other major daily newspapers in Texas and Oklahoma. His writing career spanned three decades. He was the recipient of numerous national and regional writing awards, including Oklahoma Sportswriter of the Year and Texas Sportswriter of the Year. He has made frequent appearances on TV and radio sports shows and has had numerous articles published in sports magazines and books...
andrew hit position proud run
It was big. The hit and run on the play before with Andrew ... I'm just as proud of that. It put us in a position to score.
holiday hope line shooting shot
They shot like that in (the holiday tournament). I hope they keep shooting like that from the free-throw line if we play them again.
danny finished fourth front good points
Danny had a good fourth quarter. He finished some fast-break points on the other end. He was out in front and got some deflections.
effort kids losses promise proud providence state stay suffered
This is going to be as frustrating as all the other losses we've suffered in the state (tournament) before. This loss. Providence two years ago. They're going to stay with me forever. But I promise you we'll be back. I'm proud of the effort our kids gave.
behind couple early good happened hitters hold late pitchers year
This early in the year we're going to hold our pitchers down to 60 or 65 pitches. You get behind the good hitters and they'll make you pay. That's what happened a couple of times in the late innings.
coach jim martin providence scout seen sound
Providence is a fundamentally sound team. Coach Jim Martin was here to scout us. He probably didn't see anything different than what he's seen of us before. And we know what they do. It's just going to come down to execution.
ball consistent few happened hitting runs score scoring seems southern wait
Seems to be the way we play lately. Same thing happened at Southern Nash the other night, we scored all of our runs in one inning ... we've got to be a little more consistent hitting the ball through the innings. Not just hit and wait for one big inning. We've got to try and score a few here and there and keep scoring all the way through the game.