Famous Quotes & Sayings

Connor flat out dominated. Only three balls were hit to the outfield today.

This wind here is rough and balls tend to hang, plus this is a very hard infield.

James Moody

We had several guys step up and show us that they'll be able to give us some big innings. They did an outstanding job. We need our pitchers to keep us in the game. We hit some balls well over the weekend, but we've got a long to go offensively. We'll work on that all through the off-week.

We had passed balls and wild pitches and that was another momentum shift. In that sense, we helped them move into scoring position.

We walked too many people, booted some balls and they hit. We threw all three pitchers at them. Unfortunately it set the tone for the game.

Austin Ainge

We got a lot of loose balls and tipped rebounds. Our big guys did a good job down low. That ... proved to be the difference in the game.

We give them goals now in practice. We don't just hit balls at them. We give them zones, and they have to hit so many balls in a zone before they get off the court. Kids used to get bored with practice, but now they have goals to keep them focused.

We gave away too many balls today because we were under pressure.

We had a light day attacking. We were not strong at the net and we weren't digging. A lot of balls fell to the floor and that's unusual for us.

We just kind of stuck the bats out there, and balls started falling in.

Troy Percival

With scar tissue, you don't know how it's going to heal or what's going to happen with it. Dr. Yocum told me, 'Once December comes, you might throw two balls and know you've got no chance. Or you might go out and throw for three weeks and it won't bother you.' But it's not something where it's 100 percent yes, you're going to be there, or 100 percent no.

You have to tip your cap to Mercy. I thought when they got down nine, they didn't panic. It would have been easy for some teams to panic, but I know a coach Kohs team doesn't panic. They just fought back and beat us to a couple loose balls to make a difference.

The pitchers did a great job in forcing contact and getting the ground balls. The infield had a lot of chances, some of them tough, and got it done without an error.

Scott Baker

Tonight's game can be summed up in one word and that would be effort. We didn't talk about it but that was the key to the game. We had guys diving on the floor going for loose balls and we were coming up with them.

Mike Hargrove

Tonight he was really good. He can get wild and throw a lot of balls. We tried to let him do that, but he didn't.

Max Mirnyi

There is something about the size of the balls that is not making me comfortable. They aren't friendly.

There he was, O.J. Simpson, just chipping golf balls in his front yard.

Tracy McGrady

This was just a dream. Just coming out here and interacting with the guys, hitting some balls and throwing with the guys.

This was a very good program with a lot of skilled players, and we had to come out playing hard and aggressive, winning balls and making them play quick, not letting them get into a rhythm.

We felt we were having good at-bats throughout the game and it was going to come for us. We hit some balls hard, and we knew we were going to come back.

We hit some balls on the screws a couple of times.

John Gibbons

We hit some balls hard right at guys today. That's baseball, we also benefit from that, too.

We hit a lot of balls out of bounds today. That's not really like us. I hope we get settled down by the time the playoffs start.

We hit a lot of balls hard today. It was nice to see. I think if our base running would have been a little bit better, we could've opened that thing up even a little bit more.

We hit a lot of balls hard today, and we had some key hits. It was a good day overall offensively.

We hit a lot of balls hard this weekend; we just it them at people. We know we'll get it all together. Our swings are starting to come there. We'll be fine. Just have to keep hitting the ball like we did this weekend.

We hit a few balls and they made a few errors. Which is why really we didn't pick up a lot of hits.

We converted just enough but as the play caller tonight, I was somewhat unhappy. There were balls under thrown or thrown in the wrong place. That's three touchdowns, maybe four, taken away by turnovers.

Ned Yost

Vargas was on his game today. We had some good swings and hit some balls on the nose, but we just hit them straight up.

David Eckstein

You get a pitcher to throw eight balls in a row like that (actually eight balls in nine pitches), and it can be hard for him to get back in the zone.

Everything went pretty well, I didn't have many balls out in center field. Offensively, I felt great. It was a great win for us.

Mike Williams

Everything is new to him. He's making progress every day. He's a very physical guy. You can see when we get balls to him inside, he's not easy to tackle. He can catch the ball. He has excellent hands and excellent timing.

Mark Buehrle

Everything is going our way. The balls are landing our way, the calls are going our way and we're getting that big hit when we need it. Everything you look at, how can't we win this thing? But we still have two more games to win.