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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
along communication good last pleased saw side trust useful value weekend
It's as much about good communication and trust as anything, but we're pleased with how it's come along and you saw the value of it last weekend when we were able to keep a pretty useful Canterbury side at bay.
best flashes game puts shown team
They've shown flashes of what they are about so far, so have we. So the team that best puts its imprint on the game will probably get the points!
bracket craig improved sure
We've still got a bracket with Craig and Adam. Craig's improved significantly but we need to be sure he's fine,
against ahead field good opportunity playing series win
We're playing on a really good field over there and against a good team. It's a good opportunity to get ahead of the game. We need to win the series over there bad.
ahead although blew boys confidence couple half job main scoring second taken tough
We blew a couple of scoring opportunities in the second half but the main thing is that we got the job done in the end. The boys have taken a lot of confidence from that although there is another tough one ahead this week.