Bobby Pierce
Bobby Pierce
Bobby Pierceis the head baseball coach at Troy University. He started his coaching career at Chipola Junior College, where he coached from 1982 to 1989. He posted a 259–92 record there with five berths in the state tournament. He was later hired as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Alabama. As an assistant, he went 158–122. In 1996, he was the head baseball coach at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, where he went 276–108...
best change edgar hitter moved season second switched tom
When the season started, (King) was the No. 3 hitter, and I've always been one to have my best hitter in the No. 3 hole. But Edgar Ramirez started off hot, so I moved him to No. 3 and switched Tom to the second hitter. Then we started winning. I figured, why change something that's working?
battle good joe last looked scholars-and-scholarship second start strong stuff terribly tired unusual
Joe didn't have very good stuff tonight, and that is not terribly unusual in a second start. After making a strong start last week, I thought he looked a little tired and you have to be able to battle through that.
giving guy knows strike zone
He's a guy that knows the strike zone well. We'll be giving him more opportunities.
continued hit sharp throw trouble walks
The walks and hit batsmen continued to keep him in trouble. He was not as sharp as he has been in his first two games, but he didn't throw that bad. You can't put it all on him.
ball breaking fight gets pull quick quite sharp starter trouble waited
He just wasn't quite sharp enough with his curve. His breaking ball wasn't quick enough at times. When your starter gets in trouble like that, you want him to fight through it, but I probably waited too long to pull him.
handled hope program senior
I like the way he handled the whole thing. I want him to be a part of the program and to go out as a senior the right way. I hope he makes us proud.
bats driving good offense runs swinging
Our offense has really come around. We're swinging the bats well and getting good at-bats. When we get runs on, we're driving them in.
bunch people team
You don't want them to be around a bunch of people because then you'll have a whole team infected. But they should be all right.
certainly coming content courage easily game satisfied winning
We don't want to be content with winning the series, but we're certainly satisfied with what we've done. They showed a lot of courage coming back in a game they could have easily let get away.
balls couple early instead momentum runs
We had a couple of balls where if they get down early instead of being caught, it's a different game. We've got to find a way to get some runs early and get momentum back on our side.
again backs continues intensity pick respond seems slow team until
We started slow again tonight, and I don't like that very much. It seems that our intensity doesn't pick up until our backs are to the wall, but this team continues to respond when that happens.
baseball few game gotten last negatives people quality side situation sloppy team
Very few times do you get to get as many people quality at-bats in a game situation as we have gotten in the last two days. The negatives are you don't want your team to play a sloppy side of baseball and take things for granted, and we've done that as well.