Gene Stephenson
Gene Stephenson
Gene Stephenson is an American college baseball coach, who served as the head baseball coach at Wichita State from the start of the 1978 season until June 2013, after that year's season was complete. As of the end of the 2012 season, he had compiled a 1798-647-3record. He has the second most wins among active coaches, and ranks second all time in career victories. Only Augie Garrido of the Texas Longhorns has had more wins. He reached 1200 career wins...
against business care control knew missouri position state
We knew if we could take care of business against Missouri State and Bradley, we'd be back in the race. Now we're a position where we can control our own destiny, if we play well on the road.
against business care front games knew mean missouri short state taking teams winning
We knew if we could take care of business against Missouri State and Bradley -- and by taking care of business, I mean winning all of them -- we'd be in it. Anything short of that, we couldn't do it. We'd be at least two games out with a lot of teams in front of us.
best felt missouri overall premier top university valley
I've always felt WSU was the premier university in the Missouri Valley Conference. We have the best community. We have the best overall facilities. We should be ranked, in all sports, at the top of our league.
balls drop five fly game giving last letting pitch runs seemed six throwing wrong
I mean, we've scored 12 runs in the last five games. It was another weak, anemic night, more of the same. It's just we were never in the game after we couldn't pitch and keep them under control. Once we started giving up runs, letting fly balls drop and throwing to the wrong base, down by six runs seemed like 60.
ballpark excited night quiet seem seemed
Not like it used to be. It didn't seem like we were excited -- this whole ballpark just seemed quiet all night to me.
glad horrible three weekend
I'm just glad this weekend is over. We were horrible this weekend. Horrible all three days. Just horrible.
brown catch caught last matt performs plays surprises time
I have no idea how he caught that ball. You can't say enough about Matt Brown and how he plays the outfield. There's nothing about the way he performs that surprises me, but every time he makes a catch like that, it's better than the last one.
adjust game key pitcher whether
The key to any game offensively is whether you adjust to the pitcher. We didn't adjust to that pitcher at all. We didn't do much of anything offensively.
anybody ball
They can go get the ball with anybody and make all the plays.
continue deliver mistakes
We just continue to make the same mistakes we've been making for weeks. We're not able to deliver at the plate.
everybody talk
Everybody does. But it's one thing to talk about it, and another thing to do it.
progress
Every day is progress. We're making progress like a turtle, but we're making progress in the right direction, I think.
body chance given
This is really getting to him. He's never really given his body a chance to heal.
history pitchers program quite tradition
After Kris Johnson, all our pitchers pitched like they were scared. I don't know why. We were quite an embarrassment tonight, to the whole program and the history and tradition of our program.