Famous Quotes & Sayings

Travis Lyon sent numerous balls through the defense. He got at least two assists.

Carl Everett

You know he's going to throw high fastballs out of the zone and breaking balls. It's just being patient enough. You learn from it.

Our pitchers got us some ground balls to turn double plays and get us out of a few jams.

Our senior post players, Simpson and Rodgers, really stepped it up in the second half. They were diving for loose balls and hitting the boards on both ends of the floor.

Brandon Heath

Our team did a great job of going after the 50-50 balls. And once we got control of the ball, our team was very unselfish. John Sharper had a look at the basket, but instead he passed up that shot and made an extra pass because I had a better look.

Our team defense was very solid tonight and we caused a lot of interference in the paint. We played especially well in the second half, picking up a lot of loose balls and dominating the glass.

Our goal for him is not to strike everyone out but to be around the plate and get ground balls. We want him to make the hitters swing instead of taking pitches and keep the tempo of the game moving.

Our understanding of the different characteristics of the outer planet moons has undergone a revolution since the Voyager I reconnaissance in 1979. Prior to getting the Voyager data back, most astronomers thought they would find frozen dirt balls with craters on them.

Stephanie Burnett hit a great ball. We hit the balls the rest of the innings, it's just we hit it right to them.

John Gibbons

Some guys get by with a lot of hard-hit balls that are outs, they get a ton of runs scored for them. You look further than just results. You see what they guy's featuring and that will tell you everything.

That could explain why he threw so many high balls this season.

My teammates were open. That's my game. I was going to the hole, chasing down loose balls, doing whatever I had to help the team win.

Glenn Reynolds

My own take: Some of the nitpicking and complaining may well be justified, even beyond the inevitable dropped balls in something like this. But there will be plenty of time for that later. Right now, people should be focusing on constructive action, not point-scoring.

Jess Glynne

My nan tells me to eat her fish balls and not drink alcohol. I'd rather have the fish balls.

Lyle Overbay

Location. He's down, he's away, he's in. His balls go away from the middle of the plate.

Look at the runs he gave up, they were two breaking balls over the plate, ... He made a couple of breaking ball mistakes and that's two extra runs.

Tommy Haas

It is always tough to play someone you haven't played before. Tonight was quite cool and the balls were quite heavy and it didn't seem like they were going anywhere. He let go in the second and I put it up a notch.

It is always good when you can get a lot of guys to catch a lot of balls. It is hard for the defense to key in on one or two guys.

Just a nightmare of a day. I left a lot of balls over the plate, and they did what you are supposed to do with balls over the plate.

Ron Gardenhire

Last season, we hurt ourselves on the relays throwing home and balls getting through the infield. We just can't give away runs with this pitching staff. It's too good. So we needed that type of strong defense.

Scott Hatteberg

I saw (the ball) pretty good. Maybe he left some balls over the plate that he probably didn't place where he wanted to. But pitchers are going to do that. You've just got to not miss it when they do.

Felipe Alou

I saw balls that were hit where he had to run and stop. I didn't see much favoring in the knee. He's so much better than he was in spring training. That was a real workout.

Amber Smith

I was definitely very proud of (my players) to see that they came out and didn't give up, and we were winning those 50-50 balls to the end. I was extremely proud of them.

Carlos Hernandez

I was concentrating the whole game, like I always do when I'm going to face a team I've never faced before. I just wanted to get ahead, and I think I was doing that. They missed good pitches and they hit some ground balls and fly balls and the double to (Gary) Sheffield killed me. You always want to get the first hitter.

Stewart Cink

I was comparing myself to other players too much, ... When I got to 50th in the World Ranking, I told myself, Players ranked this high don't miss fairways. They don't hit balls out-of-bounds. They don't miss three-foot putts.

Adam Gilchrist

I was certainly too watchful and negative. Thirty balls for four runs for me is not right. I should have been able to score more off 30 balls. There is no secret to the plan England have had for me and they have executed it better than I have executed my response.

I thought we had better looks at the plate. But you've got to give them credit. They made some plays on some balls that were hit hard.

Rick Hall

I thought we hit a lot better. We had nine hits and hit a couple of other balls hard. Hopefully, the bats are coming around to support Eden's pitching.

I thought they played very well and rebounding was the story. They were beating us to loose balls and loose rebounds.

I thought they were hot and I could have done a better job. I threw too many breaking balls and it cost me.

I think we need to work on our passing a little bit. We haven't blocked too many balls lately, so hopefully we can focus on passing and our blocking. Our defense has been coming around, but I'd say blocking and passing are two of the big keys we need to focus on from here on out.

Felipe Alou

I think we hit about four balls hard today, or was it three?

I think all the girls can become good hitters. Our whole lineup is capable of hitting balls into the gaps. It's just a matter of whether they can do it with runners on base.