Paul Mainieri
Paul Mainieri
Paul Mainieriis the head coach of the LSU Tigers baseball team. Prior to that position he was the head coach of the Notre Dame baseball team from 1995–2006, the United States Air Force Academy baseball team from 1989–1994 and the St. Thomas University baseball team from 1983–1988. Mainieri coached LSU to the 2009 College World Series championship...
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This is obviously a huge series for us. You need to take care of business at home in our conference because the road games are just such tough games to win.
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This shows we could be a good offensive team; I hope this carries over for the rest of the week. Scoring early is important for this team because we are not a home-run hitting team and we don't have an enormous amount of power in the lineup.
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Wright State out-pitched us. I told coach (Rob) Cooper that if his team pitches like that all season, his team will win a lot of games.
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We don't need any incentive when we play Rutgers. They've been our big rival since we've been in the Big East. We both entered the conference in the same year, and we've been pretty consistently the top two teams in the league ever since.
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If we play our game - pitch as well as we can and play good defense - do the things that we do, then I think we can compete with South Florida and have some good results this weekend.
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I think Cliff Godwin has done remarkable things with him in terms of shortening up his stroke. Even though he had great years the last couple years, sometimes his swing got a little bit long and there were certain kinds of pitchers that could get him out. I don't think there's any kind of pitchers that can get him out now.
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That was a tough decision, but I think I would have done the same thing.
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I thought in the second inning we had some really big hits and that kind of set the tone for the game. It was great to see some guys come through with some clutch hitting. I think we showed that we're capable of being a good offensive team when everybody's clicking and swinging the bats the way that they can.
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He's a little sore still. But we're hoping everything we'll come out okay after the tests.
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He's been so reliable for us coming in, throwing strikes, changing speeds. And he's been like that all year for us.
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He's been a great lead-off hitter for us, just like I envisioned he would be.
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He wasn't laboring. It was an easy 99 pitches. He'll be fine for Sunday.
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We have no reason whatsoever to take Cleveland State lightly. They've lost a lot of tough games this year, and this will probably be the biggest game of the year for them.
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You'd much rather be recognized by the pollsters and the people in the community than not. The thing we have to guard against is living in the past.