Herman Demmink
Herman Demmink
air balls credit executing good hitters hitting job keeping pitchers pressure putting
(The Cavaliers) are executing very well, and their pitchers are doing a very good job of keeping our hitters off balance. Give them credit for what they are doing. We are hitting a lot of balls in the air and not putting pressure on their defense.
good playing
That's a very good confidence-booster. We haven't been playing with a lot of confidence.
couple credit program
You just have to give O'Connor credit for what he's done with the program -- where it was a couple years ago and where it is now.
momentum needed
We needed to get a positive, get a little momentum and take it into the weekend.
start time
We know this is the time we have to start getting hot.
anybody apparent beat country given rest shown
It's very apparent that anybody can win. The rest of the country has shown that, on any given day, you can be beat if you're not ready.
We use it as motivation. But we know we haven't done anything yet.
chance compete national needs team
Any team we think has a chance to compete for a national championship needs to be able to take the show on the road.
behind biggest happens likely lose ordinary panic point ready reason
I think the biggest thing right now is we want to come out, and play well. But there's no reason for us to panic if something out of the ordinary happens this weekend. Hey, it's not likely we're going to go 56-0, so at some point we're going to lose a game. We've just got to put it behind us and be ready to play every day.
gives hard knowing playing somebody
Knowing that we're going to have somebody with heart, playing as hard as he can, gives us a little more motivation.
credit hard hit slider
He had a hard slider and was working in and out with his fastball. Give him credit: He hit his spots.
approach struggled waste
I haven't struggled this year, but I haven't done the right things. It was more of an approach (Sunday) to each at-bat that I wasn't going to waste any opportunities.
ball eighth great hard heavy lead ninth pick throws velocity
He throws a very heavy ball and it's hard to pick up. He has a lot of velocity and his split-finger is fantastic. It's great to know ... that when we have a lead in the eighth or ninth inning, we're going to get that win.
guys improving younger
You could see the younger guys improving and all of us getting better.