Famous Quotes & Sayings

We swung the bat a little bit better than they did today, and that was a difference.

We survived round one, and now we've got to go do battle with another heavyweight team.

We then had to break the entire bath out, and break the piece surround the plug out using ripsaws, hammers and chisels and all kinds of stuff.

Ron Gardenhire

We thought we were ready leaving Spring Training. We were playing very good and swinging the bat good and everybody thought they were where they needed to be.

We thought we had a game plan that would give us a chance to battle them. I thought we made shots tough, or tougher, for Grant.

We are fighting this battle on a lot of different fronts, one of which is Commonwealth.

We are extremely grateful to David Davies for taking time out of his busy schedule to come and meet us. Hopefully, by seeing for himself the problems facing Welsh farmers, it will give him more scope to battle our corner, both in Westminster and in Cardiff Bay.

Kit Bond

I pointed out on the floor last year, after Hurricane Katrina, we were very proud that one of our National Guard engineering battalions was called to Louisiana. And they did a magnificent job.

Huge game. Two points could have made that gap a little bigger, but now they're right there with us. It's going to be a battle every game.

Huntsman has really been battling his swing. But we've been looking for someone to be in the outfield regularly and he's kept a good mental frame and been a good leader in the clubhouse.

Frank Robinson

He was fine. In his first game, he swung the bat decently and was fine in the field.

He was so ready and so focused and so determined to beat him. He had it in his mind that he was going to do it. I think that is the biggest battle you always have, inside your head, with a kid that's beaten you before.

I also thought Josh Stevens ( 2-for-4) swung the bat well today, but we had several guys who swung the bat well. And you've got to have that (hitting) up and down the lineup to be successful.

He was a late-inning stud all through college and continued in his first pro year. He has an 88-90 fastball with a good slider. He's an outstanding strike thrower, missing bats down in the zone with a low, three-quarters delivery. He has presence, confidence and instincts on the mound with a history of success.

He was a good friend and Extension director. He went to bat for all of us. We're certainly going to miss him.

Edward Kennedy

He was a constant profile in courage on countless issues, continually insisting that the Senate live up to its ideals and always willing to wage lonely battles for noble causes.

He walked about a half hour, had his bath and is doing fine.

Jason Kendall

He used all his stuff on both sides of the plate. We had a good game yesterday. We didn't swing the bats well today.

He could impact a game in so many ways that he didn't always need to score. We don't often have a prolific scorer in our system. I was even able to hold Kenny Battle down to 18 points a game.

Glen Davis

He didn't make it. He was being transported to Baton Rouge General. He didn't make it I heard. I heard he passed in the ambulance.

Bruce Bochy

He didn't have a full tank. It's tough to pitch when you're not at full strength. He's still battling this thing. He hasn't gained all of his weight back.

Will Rogers

He can take a batch of words and scramble them together and leaven them properly with a hunk of oratory and knock the White House door-knob right out of a candidate's hand.

He can pitch. I saw him last summer in a wooden bat league. He's crafty, just like Cornelius. He's a competitor. When he gets on that mound, he wants to send that hitter to the dugout.

He deserves that chance. The way he swings the bat, I think he can handle it. His bat speed is tremendous.

He closed his eyes and just swung. He got the good part of the bat on it, and it was a deep shot.

Walt Whitman

Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won

Phil Garner

He just took our bats and shoved them up our bat racks.

John Glover

He kept battling them. He didn't throw a lot of strikes but he got some big outs.

Greg carried us the whole game. He just took it upon himself. This is his senior year, his last home game at Battle Creek Central and he was determined not to let us lose.

Green has stepped up big time for us. She has called some great games and has also done tremendous at the plate. She was a walk-on in the fall and I didn't know what to expect out of her but she's done very well in stepping in for (junior catcher) Erin Zeller, who has been battling a shoulder injury.

Bob Riley

has been beaten and battered the last 24 hours.

Guys took their place and did a terrific job with the bats and we were pitching well. We don't have Scott back, but we have Larry and Reggie back. Both of those guys can handle a bat, so you don't push as much with them as you would with some of the other guys.

Dusty Baker

Guys tell me they sleep on the road a lot easier and better than they do at home, ... At home, you end up waking at 7:00 in the morning because you're used to getting up early. On the road, you're not worried about sleeping in and missing batting practice. You're always conscious here of oversleeping. You don't want to wake up in a panic, especially if it's cloudy or dark outside. If it gets sunny early, you're jumping out of bed and it could be 6 o'clock.