Dave Esquer
Dave Esquer
David Charles Esqueris the head coach of the California Golden Bears baseball team...
act front maybe means season strange time
How they act during this time means a lot. It's just been one of those strange years where things go a lot differently than we expected. Who knows, maybe the story of the season is in front of us.
good guys hard job keeping pressure runs score
We've got to get some of these big guys going to take some of the pressure off of our pitching. We've done a good job keeping the score down, but unfortunately runs have been hard to come by.
best conference gain momentum playing prior rather
We're not playing our best yet, so that's a little concerning. We'll have to gain some of that momentum in the conference rather than prior to.
against competition environment good hostile level rising
We're going to be in a hostile environment against a very good team. It's going to take us rising to the level of our competition (to win).
gave runs score together
While we gave up more runs than we've been used to, we've still got to score runs too. We just haven't been able to put it all together at any one time.
best respect
We've got a lot of respect for them and we know that we'll have to play our best to win.
bad four hurt league losses recover three trying weekend won
We've won three out of our four (conference) series, but unfortunately one bad weekend in league can hurt you. Two one-run losses and one big-series loss and we're still trying to recover from that.
team
If we're going to be the team we need to be, we need them both.
allen behind game guys hit percent proper rely sixty stuck team waiting
Sixty percent of the time, if he makes an out then we're stuck waiting for an extra-base hit from the guys behind him. It's just the proper play. It's kind of by the book, but this is a team game and we have to rely on more than just Allen Craig.
average error given margin middle pitching position runners scoring staff
Our middle of the lineup and our average with runners in scoring position just haven't been that good. We haven't given our pitching staff any margin for error yet, and that's been a little frustrating.
coming continue easier fewer four happen hitting per push strike striking
I think they're coming around. We strike out four or fewer times per game, and that's excellent. It's a whole lot easier to get yourself hitting if you're already (making contact) than to get yourself hitting from striking out. If we continue to push and feel positive, it'll happen if we make it happen.
capable establish indicative level matured obviously team
I think it's indicative of a young team that hasn't matured yet that we play to the level of our competition. We've got to establish some consistency. We obviously know what we're capable of at our best, and we're not at our best.
needs
I feel for the kid. He needs at least a little luck.
against balls couple fall few hard nice share stomach
He's had his share of well-hit balls that were outs and they're all working against him. So it was nice to see a couple fall for him because he's had to stomach a few hard ones that didn't fall.