Jim Schmitz
Jim Schmitz
Jim Schmitz is an American college baseball coach, formerly the head coach at Wilmington, Cincinnati, and Eastern Illinois...
deal great job major second staying
I probably should have made more of a major deal about Saturday's second game. We've been doing a great job of staying in games.
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I'm excited how Mike pitched above 80 pitches. We're excited to see him give us five or six innings on Saturday.
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The neat thing for this game is we didn't get all excited that we were beating Illinois. We play the same way no matter if it's Illinois or Illinois State or anyone else.
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The neat part is that we're swinging early in the count. When you get two strikes, it's hard to get base hits.
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As a coach we always say no, but everybody knows it is. Everyone will come out the students, the fans. Even last week against Southern we had a good crowd.
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Instead of settling down, he gives up two hits and the lead. It's a lack of focus that really bugs me.
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Chris didn't locate it in far enough. He left it over the middle and you saw the results.
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It would have been easy to give up but I think we're the best 3-9 team around. I'm really confident this team has the ability to turn it around. This is probably the best hitting team we've had in the history of the school.
division number past people played
They're always going to the Division II World Series. We've played a number of people in the past like Olivet Nazarene and Quincy and haven't done well.
chances damn gave gonna team
They're pretty damn good. When you give a team like that as many chances as we gave them, you're gonna be in trouble.
bring seems time walk
It seems that every time we bring in a pitcher, they walk the first batter.
correct itself
It's not something that will correct itself in a day.
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Five and four is a good spot to be in right now. Coming home with two wins gets us in the hunt. These next few series are going to be unbelievable.
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The thing I'm most surprised about is the run production. I knew he'd be a catalyst and get on base and steal bases, but the way he drives the ball has really impressed me because he's not a home run hitter.