Ron Allen
Ron Allen
Ronald "Ron" Allenwas an African-American poet and playwright who described his work as a "concert of language." The Detroit native employed intuitive configurations of languageto invent new meaning and structures for the exploration and expression of language arts, including poetry and theater...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth13 September 1947
field five pitchers played threw
We played a lot better in the field. And all five pitchers we used threw well.
heck seven threw
I didn't know if he could make it to seven (innings). He gutted it out and threw a heck of a game.
focus game offense players
We just wanted our players to focus on our game and play more efficiently on offense and defense. I think we were able to do that.
regroup
It was unfortunate, but we have to look forward. ... We'll regroup and find a way to get better.
annual great second solid speed tournament
Our annual 12-goal tournament is a solid second to IPW. The 12-goal tournaments are great for speed and excitement.
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We had some big hits. Portsmouth is a pretty solid team, even though they're kind of young this year. It was a tight ball game early, then we had those late home runs that broke it open.
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Everybody in that locker room wearing a Cincinnati jersey wants to win. There's not a lot of teams still playing now, not a lot of teams still practicing. It's not ideally where we want to be, but if we play our game the way we should, we can win the NIT.
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We just did not play a solid basketball game. Against a good team like that, you cannot make the types of mistakes that we made.
address cause exist interest worthy
Right now, it doesn't exist and never has existed. It would be a worthy cause to address the tribes' interest in Washington, D.C.
ball defense good hop tonight
Tonight we were able to hop on them early. Huntington put the ball in play, but we had good defense for once.
coming last looking lost seniors seven starters
We're not perfect, but we're looking OK. We lost two seniors last year, but we've got seven starters coming back.
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It was a good ball game. Both teams had opportunities early. We just happened to finally take advantage of them late.
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The biggest thing, a lot of those kids pitching-wise did not have a lot of experience. We went 7-7 in the league, which isn't good, and most of the returning guys know that. They know the bad and the good of the program and most of those guys have been in both places - they've been through the 14-0 and the 7-7.
ball gave momentum run stand stopped took wind
It was gigantic. Before the stand they were able to run the ball on us, but when we stopped them, it gave us momentum and took the wind out of their sails.