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...
best team
They have been (the best team in the league) all year, from Day One. They haven't had a glitch.
believe hard stay
It's hard to believe what he could do if he could stay healthy.
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.
consistent couple last
The last couple of games, we've had a lot more consistent at-bats and a lot more consistent approaches.
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.
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.
battling fact focus force hard means pennant pride somebody step work
The fact that we have something to work at, like battling somebody in a pennant race, means that pride will step in for us. It will force us to play hard and focus on the game.
ball dangerous hate might playing
A lot of these Americans can't skate, so I'd hate to see that. It might be a lot more dangerous than playing ball in those conditions.
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.
Because you're going to need one in the big leagues.
call figure leagues somebody
In the big leagues you can just call up somebody to put in there. In Triple-A we're pretty much on our own. We've just got to figure it out because we're not going to get any help.
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.