Smoke Laval
Smoke Laval
Raymond Peter "Smoke" Lavalis an American college baseball coach who is currently the head coach of the University of North Florida Ospreys. He is a former head coach of the Louisiana State University Tigers and the University of Louisiana at Monroe Indians baseball teams. He has led his teams to two College World Series, five conference championships, and seven NCAA Division I Baseball Championship appearances, and has received a number of coaching awards...
ball beat best carolina club guys playing south
We have been getting beat by a better ball club right now, and our guys are hurting. South Carolina is good, and they have been playing at their best right now.
hit middle
I always thought he would hit in the middle of the lineup.
alabama club deep friday good great guy night others playing
We're playing an Alabama club that's always feisty. They have a great Friday night guy and two others that take them deep into games, and they have a good closer.
best good late swings
Late in the game, when you get your best swings off, good things will happen.
turn
Hopefully, we can turn it around this season.
base both good hard hits impressed offensive played quality
I was very impressed with our offensive at-bats in both games. I think we had quality at-bats, hard outs and the base hits were hard. Once again, we played very good defense.
ball good hit seen swung three zone
He was in the zone with three pitches. Even the one ball that was hit really shouldn't have been swung at. That was as good as I have seen him pitch.
division last pitch
He (Coleman) was much better than his last outing. He showed that he can pitch at the Division I level.
hit looking ran stand tall trying
He just ran into one, and he was looking for something to drive. I think he was really trying to stand tall and hit a double, but he hit it well.
chance fills giving keeps pitches three win zone
He keeps giving you a chance to win when he fills up the zone with three different pitches for strikes.
baseball concerned
We could make the tournament, but I'm more concerned with how we're playing. We could play better baseball and still not do anything. Or we could play the same and get in the tournament. I want us to play better.
advantage consistency recent tonight took
We were more opportunistic tonight than we have been in recent games. That was the key; we took advantage of opportunities and we had some consistency at the plate.
basketball baton circle expected experience goes happens nature starts until win younger
You circle 'em up. That's the nature of the beast, especially in Baton Rouge. It starts with football, goes right through basketball and to baseball. You're expected to win every one. Until you experience it, with a lot of the younger guys, it happens too fast.
bat game good hard judge last pitching plan quality swing swings today
You can't really judge pitching on a day like today because anything can get out of the park. If you swing the bat hard enough, good things will happen. That was our game plan today, to get quality swings that we didn't have last time.