Woody Smith
Woody Smith
Forest Elwood "Woody" Smithis a baseball figure who spent 18 seasons playing in the minor leagues and another 12 managing at that level...
came carried district fort great last night runs scoring seven seventh south win
It was a great effort. We came back last night (Friday) scoring seven runs in the seventh inning for a big district win at South Fort Myers and it carried right over in to this game.
districts game goal last learned players season southeast together win year
Last year we had one senior, and this year we have six. Last year, we learned a lot from the Southeast game (final season loss) and the players want redemption. Our goal is to win districts and put something together in the playoffs.
ball fly home
I like our new dimensions. Right now, a fly ball here is a home run.
home league looked major
That first one looked like a major league home run.
attack saw
We saw that we could attack their approach.
continues hit
Definitely. If he continues to hit like that, he's going to make us better.
ability almost corey earned four game knew last ryan start talk until
There was a lot of talk about Ryan and his ability. I knew he could play, but he has earned his job. He only started one game in pre-season and didn't start until the last four games. Corey makes almost every play out there.
advantage ball hitting jump people seeing starting
We're seeing the ball and hitting the ball well. We want to take advantage and jump on people early. We haven't been doing that and we're starting to do that.
came good gotten hit
We came out and jumped on them. One more hit would have gotten us in real good shape. But they battled back.
built game good lead stopped
We built that 10-1 lead and then we kind of stopped playing. But we had a really good game offensively.
again pitch sure
We're not sure if he'll be able to pitch again this season.
came finish game great lead north port robert russell safe turn
Robert pitched a great game. And Russell came on to finish the job. No lead is really safe with North Port because they can turn the game around pretty quick.
ball close fast hour josh miles next per pitchers thrown throws
Josh is working with Pat, and he could be even better next season. He's working really hard. He consistently throws his fast ball in the 84 to 86 miles per hour range. He has thrown it once at 87, and the other pitchers are close to that.
determined shows
He's been just incredible. He's really been an inspiration to us. It really shows how determined he is to play baseball.