Rodney Taylor
Rodney Taylor
Vice Admiral Rodney Graham Taylor AOwas a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy, serving as Chief of Navy from 1994 to 1997. Born in Queensland, Taylor entered the Royal Australian Naval College at the age of thirteen. Graduating as dux of his year in 1957, he later specialised in navigation and served during the Vietnam War. Commanding HMAS Vampire as well as HMAS Torrens, Taylor planned and coordinated the deployment of Australian ships during the Gulf War. Retiring from the navy...
gave girls giving quotes reminded silver today
One of my quotes for the girls today was, 'Leave your silver platters at home, because we're not giving them anything. Then we gave up the first one ... I reminded them to put their silver platters away.
angles bats catch confident early great kids season taking took
She took a great angle. We've been stressing that. Early on in the season we weren't taking great angles ... The kids can play defense, we just need our bats to catch up. We need to get confident at the plate.
calls dad emotion emotions pitches shows
She shows no emotion on the mound. I can't read her. I don't think her dad (who calls her pitches from the sideline) can read her.
field leader
She's a leader all the way through, on and off the field.
gets
She's nails. She gets out there and gets into her own little zone.
coming defensive forward great looking player
She's a great defensive player in right field. She's just a great kid. She's someone that we're looking forward to coming back. We can put her anywhere.
focused games pitcher quick
Our pitcher wasn't focused -- we had too many walks, and hitting-wise, we weren't there. It's one of those games where you get away as quick as you can.
great hopefully jessica rest win
Jessica pitched a great game. Getting that first win will hopefully kick-start her the rest of the season.
bay came game hats lemon ready whether
With this being the only game for us this week, I don't know whether they got comfortable or what. Hats off to Lemon Bay though, they came out ready to play.
needed somebody stop
We needed somebody to come in there and stop them. And what she did was huge.
defense jessica pitches pitching problems pulled
We've been having some problems with our hitting, but we're working on that. Again, our pitching and defense have pulled us through. Jessica always pitches well for us.
coaches deal decided pitching
Once they decided they were going to make that change, they went to their pitching coaches and started pitching from that distance. It hasn't been a big deal pitching or offensively.
help nice pull together
It's nice when they pull together to help someone.
couple girls
We only had 10 girls for a couple of games. It went through the whole team.