Ron Nelson
Ron Nelson
Ron Nelson is a composer of both classical and popular music and a retired music academic...
coached game guys hit remember seeing
I'll always remember this win. It was an important (area) game for us, but seeing all the guys I coached through the years - that's when it hit me.
win
We're going to try to win this one and even it out.
era imagined last lost pitching team
We lost all our pitching from last year, but we got a team ERA of like 1.1 right now and I just never imagined that.
ask bases coming five hitters loaded number six
We had the bases loaded with no outs and the number four, five and six hitters coming up to the plate. What more could you ask for? We didn't get it done.
highest possibly seed trying
We're trying to get the highest seed we possibly can.
expected follow score seems starting three
If they get on and score some runs, then everyone else seems to follow them. They have been starting for three years and now what is expected of them.
invest somebody
but when somebody comes in to invest $1.2 million, you let them do what they need to make this work.
best felt five half schedule six teams
That's the way our schedule works. We felt like we'd play five of the six best teams on our schedule the first half of the season.
defense facets great might offense previous seen
I might have seen Opelika with a better offense and a better defense in previous years. But I've never seen them with a combination of the two. They're doing great in all facets of the game.
good past practices suspect week
I think they're still the same Shaw they've been in the past. And I suspect they've had some good practices over there this week as well as we've had over here.
angry bunch
The only thing that did was make a bunch of angry Raiders.
close couple saw surprised throw
I wouldn't be surprised if you saw him close a couple of games. We wouldn't want to throw him more than an inning, though.
came capable exactly four gave good hard josh knows matt trying
Josh was a little off tonight. He was probably trying a little too hard because he knows a lot of those guys. But Matt did exactly what he's capable of doing. He came in and gave us a good four innings.
expecting great last steady year
He had a great year last year. He was real steady at shortstop and at the plate. We're expecting big things from him again.