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...
ball good guys people pick superior
We've got a lot of weapons. We've got speed, and we've got a lot of guys with superior talent. In good ball clubs, people pick each other up, and that's what's happening.
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.
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.
catch guy happened pitch
He just happened to get a pitch up and the guy (Russell) happened to catch it.
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.
action arm base great playing rehab relay stress third throw
The whole thing about playing him at third base is that he doesn't have to make a relay throw and he can rehab his arm. He's got a great arm action so he doesn't have to stress it.
ahead behind count pitches
We didn't play behind him. I thought he was behind in the count a lot, and when he was ahead in the count he didn't make the pitches that he usually makes.
good though
He's a good athlete. Even though he's made some acrobatic catches that should have been easy, he's made them all.
area concentration omaha pitching question
Fullerton is just like us, in that their first area of concentration is pitching and defense. I think they are an Omaha team. I don't think there is any question about it.
anticipate develop existing fall fill harder individual talent worked
We've worked harder this fall than we ever have because we started earlier, ... We started right when we could and started doing the individual work because we anticipate that we have a lot of talent and that there is some talent that we need to develop to fill in with the existing talent. It does look good.
again beaten comfort friday home last starts
We can't really take any comfort from that (the history). Everything starts again from Friday night, and they'll be smarting after getting beaten at home in the last round.
book flying focused good hanging interviews last launch night relax sleep tough yesterday
It's been pretty tough on him with it hanging over his head. On Monday, I think, he had something like 26 interviews to do. But now with the book launch over he's been able to relax a bit. He had a good sleep last night and went flying yesterday (Wednesday). He's pretty focused now.
anytime behind believe builder close game morale relief seems tied victories
It seems like our close game victories are tied to our relief pitching. Anytime you can come from behind and win, it's a morale builder because the more you do it, the more you believe you can.