Quotes about ball
ball pleasantly
He catches the ball real nice. I was pleasantly surprised. Bobby Cox
ball center hit
He catches everything. Every ball hit (to center field), he catches.
ball controls extremely forward good invaluable next step team
He controls the ball extremely well, he's good at pressing forward and he's an invaluable team player. I'd like to see him make the step up to the next level.
ball continues finds gets goes great job kid might nice nose offensive type
He continues to get better every game. He's the type of kid that you look at him and you might not know what he can do. Then he'll come out there and make a great move. He's kind of an old-school type of player. He's nothing flashy. He just goes out there and gets the job done. On offensive rebounds, he's got a real nose for the ball and he finds it. He just does a nice job for us.
balls considered early hitting kids late loved night time
He considered it playing, and he loved it. There was no time limit. Early in the morning, late at night, he was ready. As the other kids started getting into it, he'd have them shagging balls as he was hitting them. Girls, guys, it didn't matter.
ball care changed coach couple drake easier faster gets given great huge last number paid protect rhythm rid spring taken worked
He completely changed his fundamentals of punting. He was always a three-step punter, and in the spring changed to being a two-step punter. Which has done a couple of things, number one, he's easier to protect because he gets rid of the ball faster and number two, it's given him a much better rhythm and (the late) coach (Mike) Drake actually worked with him a lot last spring to get that taken care of for us. It's paid off huge because he's had a great year. Doug Martin
ball hard throwing
He (Colon) is not throwing the ball hard now. Tim McCarver
ball confidence cut definite felt hit lead tried
Having a five-run lead after one inning was a definite confidence booster, ... I felt pretty strong. I tried to make them hit the ball and cut down on my walks.
ball good run running seen whoever
Have you seen 39 run the ball? He is nice. Not to take anything away from Bettis, but they've got some good backs. Whoever they put back there is running the ball well.
ball breaking threw throw
He just wanted to go out and throw the ball over the plate. That's what he did. He didn't throw too many breaking balls. He just threw some fastballs. He got them where he wanted them. Phil Garner
ball difference knock
He just told me the same thing, to knock the ball down, ... Well, how can I knock the ball down? ... He just had a difference of opinion. Roy Williams
ball board five found hit runs
He just struggled. They didn't hit the ball hard, but they found holes. They put five runs on the board on him quick. Ned Yost
ball bat
He just put the bat on the ball and did his job. If I had made a better pitch, he probably wouldn't have.
ball found hole
He just put the ball in play. He didn't try to do too much with it, just put in play and he found a hole for it.
ball bit hesitates needs shoot
He just needs to shoot the ball when he's open. When he's done that, he's fine. When he hesitates a little bit on it, he has a little bit of a problem. Jerry Sloan
ball bounce breaking guy hits huge mistake threw trying
He just made a huge mistake to a guy that hits him hard. He just threw two fastballs right by him. He was trying to bounce a breaking ball and didn't bounce it.
ball biggest coming looked looks moved surprise threw
He just looks good. He looked accurate, threw the ball well, moved well. I think he was the biggest surprise there coming off this year, which was not the best.
ball everybody fell guy offensive pile shaking until
He kind of scooped up a pile of offensive linemen and just started shaking everybody until the guy with the ball fell out. It was like a cartoon.
ball great run scares
He kind of scares me, he can not only run the ball well, but he displays a great arm.
ball kept throw
He kept us under control, and didn't throw the ball away. He had one turnover . . . That's what we need, so we can get into an offense.
ball good kept overall strike walk zone
He kept us in the game. He didn't walk anyone, he wasn't overpowering, but he kept the ball in the strike zone and did an overall good job.
ball bat fat kept lived looked scouting
He kept the ball off the fat of the bat really well. He lived up to his scouting report. But it comes down to being able to do what you want to do, and it looked like he was able to do that. Joe Torre
ball best complete elevated five four gotten intended kept last trouble
He kept the ball down, and when he elevated his pitches, he intended to. His last four or five outings, each one has been better than the other, and this one was the best of them all. If he hadn't gotten into some trouble in the eighth, he probably would have pitched a complete game. Mike Hargrove
ball behind defense kept plays win
He kept the ball down and let his defense make plays behind him. This was a big win for us.
ball hit keeping kept tough
He kept the ball down and it's tough to hit when he's keeping the ball down. Chone Figgins
ball early kept self
He kept the ball down, and he was like his old self the way he was early on in the season.
ball kept performance
He kept the ball down, and he kept them guessing. That was as an outstanding performance as we've had this year.
ball everybody kept knows moves veteran
He kept everybody off balance, I guess. He moves the ball pretty good. He's a veteran guy. He knows we're aggressive. Ronnie Belliard
ball club great guy keeps
He keeps things loose, he's a ball of energy. He's a great guy to have on the club as a leader. Don Kelly
ball brings hold keeps kids knows people towards
He keeps the ball and brings people into play. We had a lot of kids out there and we couldn't keep hold of it towards the end, but he knows what he's doing. Harry Redknapp
ball coming count field guys keeps pounding sure
He keeps his balance. I can't count how many times you think, 'He's down, they got him' and he's coming out the back end, going down the field with speed. You need 11 guys coming to the ball making sure he's down. Keep pounding and pounding him and make sure he's on the ground.
ball breaking fight gets pull quick quite sharp starter trouble waited
He just wasn't quite sharp enough with his curve. His breaking ball wasn't quick enough at times. When your starter gets in trouble like that, you want him to fight through it, but I probably waited too long to pull him.
ball good helped job kept
He just kept the ball down, did a good job, made his pitches. We didn't do a good job making adjustments, so we helped him out a little bit. Grady Sizemore