Mike Trapasso
Mike Trapasso
Mike Trapasso is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Hawaii Rainbows baseball team. He has held that position since before the 2002 season...
approach bats capable concerned early eighth good guy haunt hitting home ninth runner single swung talented team third
We had a good approach and swung the bats well early in the game. I was concerned in the eighth and ninth when we got a runner to third with one out and couldn't get them in. You know those things will come back to haunt you, but it didn't tonight. This team (Fresno State) is very talented and every single guy is capable of hitting a home run here.
fired games good guys national nice recognizes start understand
While it's nice to get some national recognition, all that really recognizes is that we got off to a good start our first 14 games and nothing more. Our guys understand that. They're not going to be all that fired up about it.
hits shut three
We only got three hits and got shut out.
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It's all about the nature of the sport. Baseball doesn't make money in college. There might be two or three baseball programs that break even.
games win
I told them you have to keep an even keel. Let's go out and win tomorrow. We've got a lot more games left.
command fall fastball freshman pitchers strikes throw work
Darrell couldn't throw strikes during the fall of his freshman year. We work so much with our pitchers in the fall on fastball command and his fastball is his No. 3 pitch.
blizzard
It's still snowing. It's like a blizzard outside. It's nuts.
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It was evident in his first game that Darrell had no fear. He has the pitches that get you ground balls and strikeouts. His fastball command has improved. Now he is getting a strike on the first pitch most of the time. When he gets ahead, a batter is in trouble.
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When we're going good we tend to keep going back to the same place (in this case California Pizza Kitchen) every Friday.
guys improve plenty
That's why I told our guys be happy, but don't be satisfied. We showed we have plenty of things we need to improve on.
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I thought Steven was a little empty. He was at 106 pitches and Frost was getting good swings off of him. Steven was getting a little tired and we had all the faith in Rich to get the job done.
waiting
I think a lot of (pollsters) are waiting to see what we do this week.
catcher confident good job knows role
Landon knows his role and knows he is our catcher of the future. He is a confident kid. He has done a very good job as a freshman.
again guys hat tip win
Just tip your hat to those guys (and) come out and try to win again tomorrow.