Ed Nottle
Ed Nottle
Edward William Nottle, nicknamed "Singing Ed" because of his avocation as a singer, is a former minor league baseball relief pitcher and manager...
certainly decision
It's a decision that certainly could have backfired, and still might.
aggressive early hitters talking
We're just not being aggressive enough early in the ballgame. I'm talking hitters and pitchers, and that has to change.
decide oil ready start until wait warm whether
At first, they wanted to wait until we were ready to start to decide whether to play, but I didn't want to have Oil Can (Boyd) warm up, and then not play the game,
came hits hitting keeps needed
Zacuto just keeps getting big hits for us, and Salvo came through, too. He hadn't been hitting that much, but he got one when we needed it.
city earth hard money people work
This is a blue-collar city with people who work hard for their money and are really down to earth,
beavers came cold game great hot job kevin lately losing needed second strong tough
Kevin Beavers did a great job in the second game. He got a little tired. Beavers has been hot and cold this year, but lately cold. He came out strong and we needed the game after losing a tough one in the first game.
bullpen good hoping night pitching rest shape tomorrow
I think we're in good shape for the rest of this series, pitching-wise. I'm hoping I won't even have to use the bullpen tomorrow night (tonight) with (Grant) Dorn and Can (Oil Can Boyd) pitching for us.
bullpen gets worry
Our bullpen doesn't worry about who gets a save. They just come out and do the job.
ahead bother credit guy soft strikes stuff threw
Give their guy credit, he threw a lot of soft stuff up there, but he threw a lot of strikes and got ahead of the hitters. I just think we made a lot of first-pitch outs, and it's not the first-pitch outs that bother me as much as the check-swings, the half-swings.
defensive drove felt game gave hit nice night plays rusty
Hector had a nice game at shortstop for us. I felt Eugene Julien was a little rusty out there, so I gave him the night off. Hector made some nice defensive plays in the field, got a big hit and drove in a big run.
became facility fell following love meeting people
People here fell in love with the ballpark, and the facility became a meeting place first, and then they started following the ballclub as they got to know some of the players,
coach win
I know I'll never win championships here like Coach Colombo did for all those years, but he told me a lot of things about what Brockton is about.
proud terms
I'm very proud of what this organization has done in terms of our involvement in the community,
I like the way things are going for us right now,