John Russell
John Russell
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth3 January 1921
CountryUnited States of America
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They basically saved the game for us with the plays they made. They're exciting players and have some range.
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It's the first game of the year. It's just one of those things you take in stride; it's over and you come back tomorrow.
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Games like this, you have to give Columbus a lot of credit. They came out swinging the bats very aggressively. They got comfortable. That's what happens when you score a lot of runs, you start feeding off each other.
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I don't think it will affect them much, I hope not. We didn't expect to win every game the rest of the year anyway.
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I'm running because I'm upset with the way our government is being run. It's being run right into the ground.
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I love what I do. I love the job I have right now, ... If managing comes along, that's great. If I continue to do this, that would be great, too.
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We knew coming in the offense was going to be a little bit of a work in progress. We don't have guys that are going to hit it over the fence all the time; we're going to have some quick innings like we did tonight, but we are starting to show signs that we can put things together.
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To get two runs the way they pitched us was pretty good.
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This is an academic enterprise of a particular kind in the fine arts: taking a program and honing it to a very high degree.
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Once we get some things ironed out and guys start getting a little more comfortable, things will turn around. We're the kind of team that it's going to take a little bit of time to build it.
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Any young pitcher who has stuff like Brito does, (needs) consistency. (He) has to be able to command the strike zone, command his pitches, and handle the running game. ... That's what I saw in the big leagues the last three years in Pittsburgh (as an assistant coach). Young pitchers that were consistent survived.
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People are there by choice. It's increasingly unusual that undergraduates are willing to commit their time to something like this. What we do tends to fly in the face of a lot of popular culture. It's being committed to music making of a fairly high order.
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One of the things I'd like him to do is be able to steal the big bases, when everybody knows he's going to steal.
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What I expect is consistency of doing it right every day. Each day has to be a learning experience, but at the same time you have to be at the top of your game. That's tough to do, that's one of the things if you're going to be a major-league player the consistency factor of your daily approach has to be very good. That's what I expect him to improve on.