Ron Polk
Ron Polk
Ronald GeorgePolkwas a long-time head baseball coach at Mississippi State and is considered, by some, to be the "Father of Southeastern Conference Baseball." Polk compiled one of the most successful winning records, as a coach, in both MSU and Southeastern Conference history. In 31 seasons as an SEC coach he compiled a 1218-638-2record. His career record stands at 1373-702-2. He currently ranks 9th on the all-time wins list nationally for 10+ year Division I coaches. His teams won five SEC...
arguing arrested
They told me I was going to be arrested if I didn't get off the field. For what? Arguing a call?
fine practice ready team tennessee
Tomorrow, we'll practice, but it won't be a long practice. Then, we'll get ready for a fine Tennessee team this weekend.
athletic ballpark directors game gonna good great handle people
We're going to play the game somewhere. I'll let the athletic directors handle that. I ain't gonna tell you Smith-Wills is a better ballpark than the new one, but it's been good to us over the years. They've done everything we've asked. They put in a new (playing surface), they put in new lights. I think it's been great for the people down there.
best counting invincible
When we had the 6-3 lead, they were counting the 19th victory. They thought they were the best, and they're still the best in my mind. But they thought they were invincible, maybe. But no one is invincible in sports.
bullpen pounding strike
Our bullpen has been great. We've been pounding the strike zone.
ball home realize run second win
Little did you realize in the second inning that one home run is going to win a ball game.
ok
I think he's all right. We'll take an X-ray for sure, but he should be OK for the weekend.
thinking tough winning
That's the tough thing about winning 18 in a row. They're down there, thinking it's the end of the world. They wanted to see how long this thing could keep going.
bank next runs wish
I wish we could bank some of these runs for the next day.
nearly ours
We had nearly as many hits, but they put them together. That's what it's all about. We just spaced ours out.
brooks depth good gotten paid
We had a lot of depth then, when Brooks was cut. Plus, he's gotten better. He's very good defensively. He's paid his dues.
game trying
We're not down on them. We're just trying to get the game under control.
bat chance close components pitching swing three win
Three components of the game, I think, we've done very well for the first 11 games. Pitching has been outstanding ... That's going to give you a chance to win games. Hitting, I still think we can swing the bat better than we have. (That) makes for a lot of close games.
below clubs good normal opponents perennial struggling
I'm not down on the opponents, but most of those opponents were .500 clubs or below .500 clubs. Like even (Arizona), a normal perennial power, is struggling right now because of young players, so I don't know if we were that good when we were 18-0.