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...
best came hits maybe needed
That's the best thing about it. We came up with the hits when we needed them. Now, maybe that will give us some momentum.
hit middle
I always thought he would hit in the middle of the lineup.
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.
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.
beat believed good nobody
Nobody believed they were any good when they beat us. Now, they must be good.
against automatic catch early five four label late maybe playing remember second sure team wins
It used to be a two-tier league. I can remember in the late 1980s, early 1990s, there were some automatic wins against maybe four or five teams. You were pretty sure to win two out of three. Now, I don't even look and see who any of them is playing this weekend. Because it's not like, 'Man, maybe we can catch a break.' You just have to play them all. There's not one team that I think you can label second tier.
bullpen feeling justin relief tomorrow
We are still feeling our way. We are going to give (senior right-hander) Justin Meier a bullpen tomorrow or he may come in relief to get him ready.
game good late took
Dirks took us late into the game and it was a good win.
catch fifth fourth groove needed somewhere time until
(Dirks) really didn't catch his groove until somewhere about the fourth inning. I think the fifth is the first time we had the first 1-2-3 inning. We needed it.
four friday gentleman major three
That gentleman from Vanderbilt, probably in three or four years, major leaguers aren't going to want to see him on a Friday night.
guys realize rebuilding sure trying veterans
This is a rebuilding year. But you can't say that around here. These new guys don't know any better. They don't realize we're usually doing better than this. It's the veterans we have to make sure aren't trying too hard.
build character club guys hope momentum proud tribute win
It's a tribute to the character of our club to come back and win this series. I'm very proud of the way the guys competed, and we hope we can build some momentum from this.
club feisty good roll seem
They're a club that's always feisty and well-prepared. They seem to be on a really good roll right now.