Charlie Puleo
Charlie Puleo
Charles Michael Puleois a retired Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1981 to 1989 with the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves...
field good heck hit left runners sophomore wall
Aaron's only a sophomore and he's going to be a heck of a player. He had a good at-bat. He just popped it up. It's one of those things, (Monday) he hit one off the left field wall with two runners on.
calmed counts fired kids left pitches swing three tough
He had three 0-2 counts where he left some pitches up and they just jumped on them; those kids swing the bat. I think he was fired up with all the kids in the crowd. But once he calmed down, he was tough to hit.
against gets good job
We should have done a better job against their first two pitchers. Kirby-Jones had real good stuff, if he gets you out that's fine. I thought we weren't very competitive against the first two guys.
advancing ball good job keeping kids odd palm pitcher runners
We did a good job of advancing runners and keeping the ball in play. It was tough. Their pitcher (Holt) has an odd pitch. He has that palm ball. These kids don't see much of that.
early help older team upset
We've got some older kids, but not with a whole lot of varsity of experience. We're still a team developing. I'm not upset with these early losses. Really, I think it will help us down the road.
andrew cause costner difference good grand homer morning people slam swinging tonight track
It's good to get Andrew back on track swinging the bat. He had a grand slam this morning and then a three-run homer tonight which was the difference maker. If we can get him to swing consistently like that, and with (Morgan) Costner and (Bryan) Crosby, we can cause some people some trouble.
debut eyes impressive kids opened
It was a very impressive debut for a freshman. We have some young kids that really opened up some eyes this weekend.
absolutely bunch catch everybody gets guys half hitting hopefully last struggled
Absolutely (hitting is contagious). You look at the way we were last year. Half of these guys weren't even playing. We struggled to hit. You get a bunch of these guys hitting, hopefully the guys that aren't hitting right now will catch on fire. When they all hit, everybody gets happy.
arm care full pitches strength sure thrown tough tyler
I thought Tyler pitched very well. He's experienced a little tightness in his arm and it's been a long year. He's thrown a lot of innings, but he made some tough pitches tonight. We need to take care of him a little bit. He's a little tired. We have to make sure we have him at full strength going down the stretch.
ball bryan came coming gave hitting momentum run
It got the momentum right back to us. They came out and scored -- we gave them that run really -- Bryan coming and hitting that ball just makes a big difference.
again confidence gaining guys monday overall playing road rough wednesday
Overall I think we're gaining confidence. We still have a rough road ahead, we have these guys again Wednesday and South-Doyle on Monday but I see us playing with more confidence and enthusiasm.
ball breaking fastball good needed sharp struggled
He wasn't as sharp as his first game, but he still had a good fastball. He struggled with the breaking ball and the change-up. But when he needed it, he had his fastball and he located it.
coming good numbers saw signs struggled stuff though trying
I'm trying to get Hartsell straightened out. He really struggled tonight, but even though he struggled -- the numbers aren't that good -- I saw some signs that some of his stuff was coming back.
ball came developed district good group grown season start themselves
If you would have told me that we would have been 11-3 in district at the start of the season with the group that we came in with, I'd tell you I'd be shocked. But they really have grown and they're all getting a lot more confidence. And they've developed themselves into a pretty good ball club.