Dave Esquer
Dave Esquer
David Charles Esqueris the head coach of the California Golden Bears baseball team...
bats believe starting taken time
We're starting to believe a little bit. We're starting to believe in our bats a little bit, and it's taken a long time to get there. That's big for us.
ballpark develop except goal good hard pitching time
Our goal is to just develop some consistency, so we know when we come out to the ballpark how we're going to play. We haven't done that except for pitching and good defense. We've had a hard time getting going offensively.
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.
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).
best respect
We've got a lot of respect for them and we know that we'll have to play our best 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.
against hometown motivated
There's someone who's going to be very motivated to do well against his hometown team.
hold hurt obviously risk starters thinking
Thinking of the long season, it's better to hold him out than to risk injury. I don't know if (his absence) was a factor, but obviously not having one of your starters out there can hurt you.
players team
Some players have to play and have to play well for us to be the team we want to be.
closer days games park today tough
It was tough today. On days like today this park can keep games a lot closer than they should be.
cost couple defense effort errors flu good last lucky mistakes night seven stomach three
Our defense has made seven errors in the last three games. I don't think we've made seven errors all year. (Ross) had a stomach flu the night before, so we were lucky that he could even pitch. It was a good effort on his part and we made a couple mistakes that cost him.
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.
needs
I feel for the kid. He needs at least a little luck.