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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
although opposition perhaps quality
That can happen, although it perhaps had as much to do with the quality of the opposition as anything,
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.
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.
catch guy happened pitch
He just happened to get a pitch up and the guy (Russell) happened to catch it.
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.
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.