Quotes about ball
ballgame chance couple crossed drive hitters squeeze win
The thought of a squeeze crossed my mind, but you think he's one our better hitters and you want him to have a chance to win the ballgame and drive in a couple of runs. Phil Garner
ball field quarter third
The third quarter was really frustrating, ... We had the ball at their end of the field for most of the quarter and couldn't get a whole lot done. Bill Belichick
ball came continued definitely demise dry four points quarter score third
The third quarter was our demise tonight. We continued to take the ball to the ball to the basket, but we just came up empty. When you score four points in one quarter, that's definitely a dry spell.
ball couple entire hang hurt man minutes period playing quarter score third
The third quarter really hurt us. They had been playing us full-court man the entire game, but we went through a couple of minutes in that period where Oakland got even more aggressive; we just couldn't hang on to the ball and they were able to score off it.
ballgame boils control fast happened knew struggle third
The third inning is when the struggle started. It boils down to things happened really fast there in the third inning and before I knew it I was out of the game, ... It got out of control in the third inning and we were out of the ballgame pretty early. Shawn Estes
ball feet game knew laid matter quite shoot third tip
The third game we laid back a little bit. We were not quite as inspired. We knew that they were going to try and tip and shoot the ball on us. It was a matter of getting our feet going.
ball came decent errors far game good hit kids played playing six sixth stay sun today
The sun came up today and we played a decent game and we are back as far as playing decent baseball. Hopefully, we can stay there. The other day we made six errors in the sixth inning, but the kids battled back and it was good to see us hit the ball hard.
ball classy coach cut game gave gesture half home park pitcher presenting south starting
The South Park coach made a classy gesture by presenting the game ball to our starting pitcher and then she went home and had the ball cut in half and gave the other half to April, which I thought was pretty cool.
ball close good miss pay pins south
The South Course, you'd better have the ball-striking up there. It's just that some of these pins now, they are so close to the edges, you have to be pretty precise. If you do miss it, you're going to pay the price, and I think good ball strikers are going to do well here. Tiger Woods
ball good job offensive
The thing we wanted to do is really concentrate on rebounding the ball and not let them get second-chance opportunities on the offensive glass. We did a good job on that. Tayshaun Prince
ball goes pitch quickly reads trouble turns
The thing we've had trouble with is she turns on the ball too fast. She goes very quickly ? reads the pitch too quickly sometimes.
ball extra forward great movement steps took zone
The thing that we did well was make the extra pass. I thought we were crisp. We really had great ball movement and penetrated their zone well. We took two steps forward in those areas.
ball fast good guys happening hit pitches places quite speed stay throw
The thing that's happening is we've got speed at places and if those guys stay on base, (opposing pitchers) know they've got to throw a fast ball or we're going to steal. We just got good pitches to hit and we have for quite awhile.
ball defense early game kick knock left minds played point positive ran stages stand ways
The thing that made me feel positive in many ways was the way our defense played in the early stages when the game was in doubt. They ran an interception back and had the ball after the punt block. At that point it would have been in a lot of peoples minds that Toledo would knock it in, but they had to kick it. There was another red-zone stand that left them with a field-goal attempt.
ball hard hurt hurts patience post quick scoring throw time
The thing that hurt us the most was they got off to such a quick start. We're having a hard time scoring the basketball, and I think our patience hurts us. We didn't throw the ball in the post enough. Bill Evans
ball base catalyst drives home impressed knew run steal surprised
The thing I'm most surprised about is the run production. I knew he'd be a catalyst and get on base and steal bases, but the way he drives the ball has really impressed me because he's not a home run hitter.
ball confidence continues defender dwight finesse foul liked matched maybe rather took trying
The thing I liked most was that when Dwight was matched up with Duncan, he took the ball right at him. That's what we've been trying to get him to do all season. We want him to take it right at the defender rather than the finesse stuff. Maybe as he continues to get confidence from the foul line, he'll do that.
ball best defense finally forcing good liked offense run tonight
The thing I liked best about our offense tonight is that we finally got out of our own way, ... We were making mistakes, but not because the defense was forcing us to do it. When we run the ball like we did tonight, we're going to be good offensively. Drew Bledsoe
ball fast possible worry
The thing I have to worry about the most is getting off the ball. It's important for me to get off the ball as fast as possible to make plays.
ball beat good josh moves throws walk yard
The thing about Josh is he does not beat himself. He throws strikes, he moves the ball in and out. If you try to go yard on him, he's got you. He does a very good job. He doesn't walk anybody.
ball baseball defense easily finally good guys hard played relaxed three time tried wanting won year
The thing about it is we could have easily won three out of the four. Our defense just let us down the first three ball games. This is really the first time all year this has happened. I really think it was our guys tried to hard wanting to win. You can't play baseball like that. Our guys finally relaxed and played pretty good baseball.
ballet knew sports
The thing about ballet that I never knew about is that it's one of the most excruciating sports that I've ever been a part of. I say sports because they train constantly, every single day. Mila Kunis
ball block gets goes kid kids presence
The thing about a kid like that is his presence is felt. If you don't give him ball fakes he's going to block it. The thing I like about him is he goes and gets it. It wasn't that our kids were intimidated by him. It's his presence.
ball charge deep milwaukee plays range tremendous watching work
The things that I know from watching him in Milwaukee and Arizona, the thing we're going to work on is to charge harder. He kind of plays deep a little bit. He has tremendous range and a tremendous arm. Sometimes he has to charge the ball more and not lay back.
ball hold leaf offense ryan stop three
I've never been around anything like it. We'd stop 'em, three and out. Then Ryan Leaf and our offense would give 'em the ball back on the first play, so we'd go out and hold them, three and out, again. We never let up. Rodney Harrison
ball believe confidence girls might nervous paid work
I've never been there and the girls have never been there. But I have confidence in these girls. They might be nervous but I think when the ball is tipped, they'll go out and show all of their work has paid off. They believe in themselves.
ball closer wrong
It's fine. He was my closer and he said he was fine. I told him to take the ball and he went out and pitched. There's nothing wrong with him. Willie Randolph
ball hard heart seems shoot stop tonight
It seems that when we don't shoot the ball well, we stop working hard. And tonight we didn't make anything and I think we get discouraged and didn't play as hard on defense. That's a heart issue.
ball close cost far games happy hits hitting mistakes quit seems string together
It seems that we were able to string some hits together and quit hitting the ball right at people. I'm happy with the effort, but we're still far from where we want to be. We're still making some mistakes in close games that cost us in the first half.
ball center change early games gotten hitters normally practice practices work
It's early in the season, so we haven't been able to get the work we would normally have at this point. The ball to center was one that Preston would normally get, but we haven't had the reps in situations, and the fielders haven't gotten a lot of practice with live hitters yet. That will change as we get more practices and games under our belts.
ball bounce concern defense fortunate good job last loss outing playing seems
It seems like we've always been fortunate enough to bounce back after a loss this season. I thought we did a good job of playing defense for 40 minutes, which was a concern from the last outing (a 73-57 loss to Howard). We also did a good job of getting the ball (inside).
ball club losing streak winning
It's a streak for us. We'll take it right now after losing all those ball games. We feel like a winning ball club again.
ball good last speed top
It's as good as last year's top three, no doubt, especially when it comes down to the speed and shiftiness, ... Our thing is, get the ball in our hands.