Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Hawkins

The pitching was good tonight. It was just our bats went cold after the first inning.

If we get the bats going, I think everything else will fall into place.

Johnny Damon

I grabbed Trot Nixon's bats today and I'm grabbing any bat that feels good now.

I think he's got great potential. We just didn't swing the bats really well.

Derek Jeter

We know we can't rely on scoring all those runs. We know it's great to have some guys that are swinging the bats well, and we're going to score. But it's not going to happen all season.

We know how good they are on the mound, and they've been swinging the bats of late.

Jim Nelson

We know how good he is, but not a lot of other teams know about him. By the end of the year I think he'll have a lot of teams interested in him. I wasn't expecting us to swing the bats that well, but I thought we'd pitch it a little better. Overall, it was a good game for us coming out of the gate.

We came back and started swinging the bats the way we're capable of the last half of the day. These conditions are pretty much on the horrible side, but the kids showed some great character and stuck to it and played very well in the end.

We only had two hits in the first five innings, and you're not gonna win very often doing that. We've been swinging the bats good lately, but it just wasn't our night. That was their best pitcher and he did a good job.

It seems like everybody's starting to swing the bats well at the same time.

It's essentially been our pitching. It allows our bats to relax and finally get going. We know our pitching will hold teams down until the bats get going. That's what happened in this game.

The bats have picked up. It seems like one hit gets them started and then they just keep it going.

The bats coming around to compliment our strong pitching.

Dan Campbell

The bats came alive, which is good to see going into Warrensburg this weekend. ... Our lineup's getting set -- I'm getting pretty set on who I want where.

The bats are finally coming alive. We swung the bats well, and opened the gates in the seventh.

Chris Burke

The best part about it is knowing that we don't have to go back to Atlanta, ... We had some bats out of the lineup and everyone was kind of hoping that we were going to do it with just one swing of the bat. Luckily I was the guy. I am fortunate to have big hits at all levels, but this is very gratifying.

That hit was the difference, it blew the game open. We swung the bats really well today.

It's been the story of our season; we're just not swinging the bats well. We haven't swung it well since the beginning of the year. We're going to have to find a way to make some adjustments at the plate and get better.

It's not the first time we've been swept since I've been here. Hopefully we can get the bats rolling next weekend, and get hot going into the tournament time.

I keep telling our power hitters not to try to hit home runs because actually when you hit a home run, it is like hitting errors, so we need to focus on the process of having good at bats and the power will take care of itself.

They just beat us in every facet of the game. They swung the bats and scored a lot of runs.

They let us off with one there. We were lucky. Our bats came around for us in the late innings and that helped us out a little.

It was great to see us swing the bats a little better today. Fourteen hits is a much better effort, but we still have to work on converting our opportunities.

John Gibbons

It was just one of those nights. They swung the bats and we didn't pitch as well as we will.

It was just a fantastic job offensively. The girls' bats really came to life today.

They've made a lot of bats now that when you hit the ball, the stinging in your hands, you can't tell now.

Ken Macha

It's nice to have the bats come around. And we had some great defensive plays, too.

It's still a work in progress. Not having a preseason game hurt us. We've got a bunch of kids who can throw strikes. And I've got to get the best bats in the lineup somewhere.

It's starting to warm up a little outside and I think our bats are about to come around a little bit. Our bats have struggled at the plate and that's no secret. So it's always good when it's warmer out because the swings look a little freer.

The Blue Jays have been major players this winter, securing the pitching they desperately needed and the big bats they were looking for to compete in a tough division with the Yankees and Red Sox. Toronto is certainly much improved and bettors have taken notice, so too should the rest of the league.

It was a good win for us. Anthony pitched well for us to start the game and our bats were good. When we score first, we normally win the game.

Mike Candrea

It was a great offensive performance. We got some bats unleashed. Overall, I thought offensively we looked really good and got some key hits and put a lot of runs on the board. That's good for the pitcher that's for sure.

It was a combination of us not swinging the bats and he was throwing it well.