Wayne Graham
Wayne Graham
Wayne Leon Grahamis a former major-league baseball player and the head coach of the Rice Owls baseball team in Houston, Texas. He has coached one College World Series championship team and five NJCAA World Series champions...
focus good guys pitching
We're going to have to find some more pitching somewhere. I think the guys can do it if they just focus on making good pitches.
against forward great guys looking measure opportunity ourselves
We know what we are up against but our guys are looking forward to it. It's a great opportunity to measure ourselves up against the best.
bay beat best forgotten gave happened happy hiding last none plenty stern work year
We are happy enough with how things have gone, but Bay of Plenty were semi-finalists last year and they will give us a stern work out, ... None of us have forgotten what happened last year. They gave us a real hiding and we know we are going to have to be at our best to beat them.
competition form number team
They are the form team of the competition and unquestionably New Zealand's number one team,
feed game guys lead looking players sort younger
This is the sort of game where those guys lead the way and the younger players will be looking to feed off their direction.
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This could turn Houston into the baseball capital of the world. Seeing Major League Baseball every day really opened it up. It enhanced the dream.
bat dual feels function joe obviously role sunday
Joe feels that he can function better in his dual role as a Sunday starter. He's obviously a bat that we have to have.
afford against arm bat beach either field josh left man opponents quality relay until
Josh is a quality hitter, and against Long Beach it showed that we can not afford to have his bat out of the lineup. So until his arm is well, against quality opponents we're going to have to have Josh either play left field with a long relay man or play first base. His bat has got to be in the lineup.
catch guy happened pitch
He just happened to get a pitch up and the guy (Russell) happened to catch it.
although opposition perhaps quality
That can happen, although it perhaps had as much to do with the quality of the opposition as anything,
grieve work
You can't grieve too much ? you're down two infielders right now. You just have to try and work your way through it, that's all.
team unique thinking
There is nothing wrong with [pitching by committee] in mid-week [games]. It creates unique problems for hitters. I think it creates more problems for good-hitting teams than it does for the other teams.
crow matter looks
It's a matter of how the bullpen looks as to whether Bell goes in there or Crow goes in there. Bell won't be ready for a start for another 10 days.
adversity games guy
Everybody can have a bad game, and we did. These guys have all proven that they can handle adversity. We're in the midst of a little adversity.