Quotes about balls
balls execute guy half loose scores second
We got the loose balls in the second half that we didn't get in the first half. Those are the things we have to do. When you have to make up for a guy who scores 19, 20 points, you have to execute better. You have to do the little things.
balls four gave hit quick
We gave up four quick ones and never got back in it. We didn't even hit many balls hard. Mike Hargrove
balls came decided finished game match second slow start system third threw
We came to play for the first match and decided to start off pretty slow in the second match. They tipped a lot of balls at us and it threw us out of our system. We started to get into the system in the third game and it finished it off for us.
balls chances credit front game good last minutes seems step touch toward woods
We had chances toward the end of the game, the last 10 minutes of the game we had some balls right in front and it seems like on each one (we were) just one step or one little touch away from really finishing. Give credit to Woods Cross, they did play a pretty good game.
balls designed jimmy
We made it into the play. It's just something that me and Jimmy have going on. There's a lot of balls Jimmy catches that aren't designed to go to him. Byron Leftwich
balls bouncing good looked loose plays seemed slow
We made (good) plays when we had to. We made some shots. It seemed like there were a lot of loose balls, balls just bouncing around. We just looked a little slow tonight, but Lafayette's a good team.
balls bunch gaps good pressure seemed
We made good contact. We were aggressive, and we put a bunch of balls in play. We seemed to be able to find the gaps tonight, and we put a lot of pressure on their defense.
balls earned fortunate game hit tight time won
We haven't had a game this tight all year. I feel very fortunate that we won this game but at the same time I also think we earned it because we hit a lot of balls at them hard.
balls beat bit december hard hitting hot
The preparation down here, you can't beat it. In December when we've got hot conditions, you're hitting hundreds of balls every day, doing a lot of hard work. I think I have a bit of an advantage.
balls describe fastball ground low proud thinking thrown words
I was thinking I had to keep the fastball low to get as many ground balls as possible. I used fastballs and sliders. ... I feel very proud of having thrown a no-hitter, and I really don't have any other words to describe it.
balls figure looking posted start strikes takes trying
I was trying to figure out where the balls and strikes and the outs are posted today. Those are things you get comfortable with as a player. When you have to start looking for them all over again, it takes some adjusting. Jim Edmonds
balls completed innings shocked took totally
I was totally shocked when I was told after the innings that I took only 81 balls and completed the century. Kamran Akmal
balls good mix quality trying
I was trying to mix it up and make good pitches. I didn't make good pitches. Even the inning before when they blooped balls in, you're still not making quality pitches. There's no excuse.
balls eight felt strikes threw throwing
I was throwing strikes and getting ahead. All of a sudden, I threw like eight (nine) balls in a row and I was like, 'What's going on?' I felt fine. I don't know what happened.
balls bit early fly glad hitting seemed slump swing warning
I was glad to see us come out early and swing the bat. We had a little bit of a slump and weren't hitting as well as we had been. It seemed like we had a lot of fly balls to the warning track, but we were not stringing it together.
balls change constantly frustrated guard guys hard lee post preaching standing watching
I was getting frustrated watching balls go up from the three-point line, when those guys are standing 1-on-1 in the post with a guy 6-6 guarding them. It's hard sometimes. I'm constantly preaching to (Green and guard Lee Humphrey), 'When you're open, let it go.' Sometimes you have to change your thought processes. Billy Donovan
balls counts kept running
I was getting by, but I was running a lot of long counts 3-0, 3-1. Then in that one inning, the fifth, they got a lot of balls, like grounders, through on me and they just kept doing it.
balls contact felt few good great hit last missing solid
It felt so good just to make solid contact again. I was just missing a lot of balls here the last few games. It was great to hit one solid.
balls couple double feels turn weeks
It feels good. It will be a couple of weeks before I can turn a double play and take balls at shortstop.
balls catching chance everybody felt field fire good intensity level running work
It felt good to be back on the field and to get a chance to work out the kinks. It was good to be out there catching balls and running routes. There was some good and bad. We were getting the springtime fire out there. For the most part, I think the intensity level of everybody was high.
balls felt hit
It felt good. I hit some balls hard. Carl Crawford
balls beat loose picked
I think defensively we picked things up. We scrapped for loose balls. They beat us to loose balls in the first half. I thought down the stretch, we negated that.
balls corners figured hit middle start teams threw trouble
I think I figured it out, ... All teams that start with T give me trouble. Tampa, Toronto, Texas. But in all honesty, it's the way it goes. The balls I threw on the corners they hit and the ones over the middle they crushed. It's just one of those nights.
balls beach life pitches throwing
I think I had life on my pitches -- I wasn't throwing beach balls up there, ... I don't think I'm tired. Nate Robertson
balls dropped game kicking
We dropped some balls, the kicking game wasn't very good.
balls good job quality realized
We realized we need to give her more space. But we haven't done a good job of getting her enough quality balls on the outside.
balls defense defensive emphasis finish loose monday needed played rebounds tuesday
We put an emphasis on rebounding Monday and Tuesday in practice. I thought we played our first-shot defense very well. But a lot of loose balls and rebounds that we needed to come up with to finish the defensive possession, we didn't get.
balls roll
We don't even roll the balls out for tryouts.
balls coming goes high keeper
With all the high balls coming in, a lot of teams' forwards just can't get to it there's so much size. And if it goes over any of our heads, we've got a big six-foot-five keeper coming through the back.
balls definitely excited fly forward games ground head hopefully itching looking nice outside practice season weather
We're definitely excited for our season to start. Everybody's itching to get outside and get some games in. We would like to get outside and get more practice in, but the weather just hasn't been nice enough yet. The ground is still frozen, which makes doing anything other than shagging down fly balls pretty hard. Hopefully when we head to Colorado, we'll have nice weather. We're all definitely looking forward to the trip.
balls confident couple felt good hit misses strike stuff texas though throwing
You always want to get back out there. I had good stuff in Texas -- too good. Today, I felt more confident throwing balls in the strike zone, even though I hit a couple of batters. My misses were better. Tim Wakefield
balls blocking finally touching
We finally started blocking and touching balls at the net, which made our transitions easier.
balls finally hit timing
We finally got our timing down. We finally hit some balls into the gaps, and that is something I've been complaining about not getting." ()