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...
best bullpen chance good joey letting seven six starters took
We have a good bullpen when our starters can go six or seven innings. I feel we have the best bullpen in the league. We took a chance letting (reliever) Joey Cole go, but right now, I feel it was a good decision.
best expect field head sounds tomorrow worse
I didn't expect to play today, and it sounds even worse for tomorrow (today), so we'll see what happens. You never know with the weather. We wanted to play if we could and we were able to. (Campanelli head groundskeeper) Tommy Hassett is the best groundskeeper I've ever been around and we've got the best field I've seen, and that allows us to play after all that rain.
bats best five gonna good hits pitcher swinging win
We only had two hits in the first five innings, and you're not gonna win very often doing that. We've been swinging the bats good lately, but it just wasn't our night. That was their best pitcher and he did a good job.
ninth
We've got to get it going before the ninth inning.
area gone manage town whenever
Whenever I have gone to manage in a town, I try to find out as much about that town and the area around it as I can,
center four great home mow wonderful
I have had four wonderful years here, and I am not going to go home and mow the lawn. There are some great lawns out there, but lawns are left, center and right.
job proud
I was real proud of the job Shad did,
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,
expect game guys people played supposed teams type
I think the teams we have had here have been Brockton kind of teams, hard-working blue-collar type guys who play the game the way it's supposed to be played and how the people here expect you to play.
anyone plays roles
Julien plays his roles well. He probably plays up to his capabilities, day in and day out, as well as anyone I've ever had.
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.
couple fully great healed hear injuries last outfield past ready ryan season struggled
From what I hear from people, Ryan has done some great things in this outfield the past couple season. He struggled through some injuries last season but is fully healed and ready to go this year.
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.