Wade Simoneaux
Wade Simoneaux
Wade Simoneaux is a former head coach of the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball team. Before coming to Louisiana Tech for the 2003 season, he served as the hitting coach, recruiting coordinator, and infield coach for the Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team. He played third base for Nicholls State where he graduated in 1984...
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At one point or another this upcoming weekend, you may see four true freshman in there at one time. They're good freshmen that I have to play out there to get their feet wet, but there's been some growing pains as you can expect.
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The wind played a huge factor. It effects how you call pitches and the batters you send to the plate and the approach you take at the plate. You have to change because balls that were hit into that wind, besides Tabor's homer, didn't go very far.
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It was a great win for these guys. They deserve it. They never gave up and they continued to hit the ball. It means a lot to us as a program.
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It's always good to take the opener. We've got a good veteran senior (Matt Lacy) on the mound tomorrow. I do that so I can use my bullpen on Friday. Lacy usually gives a good outing.
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We played a lot of tough people on the road, played in some tough environments. We're used to it. We're gonna battle. It taught us how to battle, how to overcome a bad call by the umpire, how to overcome the mistakes that we make. We could've folded our tents early, saying we won (Friday). But in this conference, you can't give in.
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We've got to throw the freshmen into the fire because they're going to be very good before it's over. I know they're our future on the mound and they're only going to get better by going out against good people in a regional-type atmosphere like we'll see this weekend.