Rick Sweet
Rick Sweet
Ricky JoeSweet is a former professional baseball catcher and current manager of the Milwaukee Brewers' Triple-A affiliate, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. He played three seasons in Major League Baseball between 1978 and 1983, and has since had a long career as minor and major league coach and minor league manager...
guys hard impressed keeps knows might people pitching throw
I'm so impressed with him. He knows how to get people out. Sometimes guys who don't throw hard don't get opportunities, but if he keeps pitching the way he's pitching, he might get an opportunity.
click gets good offense pitching upholding
The pitching is upholding its end. Our offense is just a click off. When it gets there, we'll have a pretty good lineup.
control couple pitch quality strike throw
He will throw a quality strike and then throw a couple that are not. He's got to get it to where he has control of every pitch he throws.
bit guys people pitchers power tend walk
Guys who do walk people tend to be more your power pitchers who get a little bit wild. We don't really have any power pitchers.
ahead ball contact higher pitch plate throw
That's always an emphasis. If you want to say pitch to contact or get ahead or throw strikes, it's all the same. You've got to throw the ball over the plate to be successful, especially at the higher levels.
defense good hit nice pitching
I really thought our pitching did a nice job, our defense was not very good and offensively we did not hit like we will hit.
expected hit offense poor start strong trying
We expected our offense to really be the strong part of our team. But we got off to such a poor start in Ottawa, and it's like we're still trying to get that big hit to get us going.
against ballgame ben care experience good help keeps learn step
Ben pitched a very good ballgame (until the fourth), but one of the things he has to learn is, when things are going against him, he doesn't know how to step back and say, 'What am I going to do here? What do I need to do?' He just keeps throwing. That's something that experience will help take care of.
bad good throw
Everything's up. He'll throw a good pitch, but there are too many bad ones right now and they're going to get hit.
Well, we don't have to come back here, and that's all I can say. We just need to get out of here.
ask needs though trust
I won't even ask him if he needs a day off, because I can't trust him to tell me honestly. I just have to tell him, 'You're off tomorrow,' even though he won't like it.
doubt ethic reason work
Without a doubt, his work ethic is the No. 1 reason why he is where he is.
ball cutting far paid practiced putting spent spring swing time training
That was huge. We spent a lot of time in spring training working on two-strike counts. We practiced that, as far as putting the ball in play and cutting down your swing a little bit, and it paid off.
bullpen everybody exactly guys help knows last sat talk three
We sat down and had a little talk with our bullpen and got everybody in roles. That's been a big help the last three games. Guys didn't know when they were going to pitch. Now everybody in our bullpen knows exactly when I'm going to use them.