Jeff Pentland
Jeff Pentland
Jeffrey William Pentlandis an American baseball coach. He has coached in college baseball and Major League Baseball...
guy guys hit run
You have to be able to run well in the No. 2 spot. With Ichiro on base, the No. 2 guy will take pitches, so he's going to have to be able to hit well with two strikes. I think we've got guys who can do that.
ball good hitting left sign
It's a really good sign that he's hitting. He left hitting the ball pretty good. He was hitting it long ... and far.
ball basically deviate disregard early game hard hitters inside late looking pitch played program pulling react reverse start stay
A lot of times the game is basically played away because that's easier. Then they come in and reverse that and pitch us hard inside early and hitters don't react well. They start pulling off the ball and kind of looking for it (inside). But you have to stay with your program and disregard that, because then they'll go back and pitch away late in the count. You can't deviate from your approach.
ability gather individual job offense rebound team ways
We've just got to rebound from this situation. We've got a lot of ability here, and we've got a long ways to go. We've got to gather up as a team, because it's a team offense and it's not any one individual that's going to get the job done.
bring good learned time
We're very good friends. But essentially I learned a long time ago, you need to do things your way. If it happens, so be it. If it doesn't, they'll probably bring in another guy.
best happened leagues spent time understanding year
We spent a lot of time on communicating with one another, getting a feel for one another, and understanding that the best thing that happened for him in 2005 was that he got his first year in the big leagues under him.
home thinking
I don't even want him thinking about home runs.
Obviously, when you don't get any hits, there aren't any opportunities.
jeremy reed
We made a lot of progress. I'm not one to put expectations on people, but I think you're going to see a different Jeremy Reed this year.
bit complement hoping pitchers runs score throw
I'm hoping we score enough runs where our pitchers feel so comfortable that they don't have to go out and throw a shutout every game. Hopefully, we complement them a little bit better this year.
care center holes priorities spending time
Jeremy's one of our priorities right now because he's our center fielder and we just need to make him better. We're spending a lot of time with him to take care of some of the holes he has and just to make him a better hitter.
amazes
He just amazes me with what he can do.
god pitches starting stay swing
We're starting to swing at pitches that God couldn't hit. We have to stay with our approach, and we've been getting away from it at times.
balls god goes guys notice start stay strike swinging team
When a team goes through what we're going through right now, we can't go up there and get wild. We have to stay in the strike zone. When a team goes bad, the first thing you notice is guys start swinging at balls that God can't hit.