Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams.

Wayne King

We can't keep them down forever. Even though they're struggling right now, they're going to swing the bats through the course of the season.

We just didn't swing the bats the way we should and we lost. We'll be out watching Hawaii tomorrow and we'll be pulling for them.

We came out focused and had some really good at bats out of every player today. I thought we hit it hard, which we've been doing but we found the holes today.

Today was a big game because I told the guys we either were winning the series or settling for a tie. We swung the bats a lot better today.

Alex Rodriguez

We have to look at the positives. Randy pitched well, our pitchers are pitching well, our bats were better tonight and we just have to make plays.

Usually we're slow coming out of the gates with the bats. Today we came out swinging the bats early and that was definitely big. It seemed like we were more comfortable in the box. I think playing at home helped - we haven't played a lot of home games.

Lance Berkman

We've done a nice job at the plate. There's going to be ups and downs and you just have to try to enjoy the times we're swinging the bats well. The last three games we've done a good job competing and putting up runs.

Bruce Bochy

We haven't swung the bats well here, or even on the road, it's fair to say.

We just couldn't string a bunch of hits together today, our big bats were real silent.

We couldn't generate any offense today. We didn't swing the bats and when we did, we popped it up for an out most of the time.

Don Andrews

I thought Lorin Thurgood had one of the greatest at bats I've ever seen.

I thought in the second inning we had some really big hits and that kind of set the tone for the game. It was great to see some guys come through with some clutch hitting. I think we showed that we're capable of being a good offensive team when everybody's clicking and swinging the bats the way that they can.

Maybe one day I'll get it, but right now I'm content with getting three hits. It's fun right now. Everybody on the team is swinging the bats well and it's just fun. I always said we were going to get on a roll like this, and here we go.

Ted White

We came out swinging our bats from the get-go. It always helps to get off to a good start like we did today.

We are obviously excited to get our second straight sweep and I am pleased we have been able to string together some wins. I think we swung the bats well towards the end of the game, but we need to continue to improve in some areas.

We had everything set up the way we wanted to. They just came out and swung the bats well. I think the guys were prepared. It's not a good feeling. Any time you can control your fate and let it get away, it's disappointing.

Eric Chavez

We haven't been swinging the bats lately. Hopefully we can score five, six runs tomorrow and get our confidence back.

I was glad to see all of our kids got to play. A couple of our pitchers did a good job, held them to two runs. And we swung the bats pretty well.

We really are starting to grow up now. All season long, I've been telling them to get their bats going and that other stuff will take care of itself. The easy part is throwing strikes and playing defense. We haven't done that consistently this year, but boy, we sure did it well today. We did everything well today.

We have to take our hats off to them. It's tough, because they swing bats well, too, and when you get good pitching and swing the sticks like that, good thing will happen. And that is what happened for them.

We have swung the bats in the last two weeks the best since I have been coaching. This is one of our better hitting teams and it has been one through nine in the lineup.

Frank Robinson

We don't seem to be able to handle pitchers we don't know. First-time guys, we seem to struggle with them. We're just not swinging the bats very well right now.

We really need to swing the bats much better than yesterday in order to be in position to win the games.

We finally got the monkey off our back. We played looser and I think that helped. We made quite a few mental mistakes early, but our bats were hot and our pitching is coming around.

We have been swinging the bats well lately. Each game is going to be different, and we've had a few good hitting games in a row.

Phil Garner

We have been swinging the bats very well. I don't know if we're going to be able to put up eight or 13 runs every day during the season, but certainly I'm enjoying it right now.

We have been swinging the bats pretty good. They are real short handed up there and they don't have a lot of pitching depth and we knew that going in.

We'll have a good mix of young and old. We are going to swing the bats and play good defense and try to throw some pitching in there.

Those guys were swinging the bats well. It's frustrating to go out there one inning after another and give up a home run every inning.

We were in the cages and coach (Bob) Todd said something to freshman Zach Hurley. What he said clicked in my head. All our bats finally woke up. It seemed like we were hit or miss the last five, six or seven games.

You'd like to have some more offensive production but we hit a little more than we've hit the past week or so. We've seen some good competition and hopefully those bats will start coming around a little more for us.

We don't have the bats to let it rip. We have to have situational hitting.