Dave Moates
Dave Moates
David Allen Moates is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of three seasons in the major leagues, from 1974 until 1976, for the Texas Rangers...
decent kids nice swung
They kids swung the bats, didn't they? We got decent pitching, too. Those are nice pluses to have.
supposed throwing
He was throwing where he was supposed to be throwing and making his pitches.
catch fish
For some of these kids, this will be the place they catch the first fish in their lives.
fifth innings plate point release settled sixth three
The first three innings he couldn't find the plate but he settled down in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. He wasn't comfortable out there and his release point was a little off.
action arm commented gathers himself lets month mound
It's his arm action. Then, he gathers himself well on the mound and lets it go. (Olson) even commented that his arm action is better than it was a month ago.
baseball beat expect facet win
Fundamentally, they beat us in every facet of the game. You can't play baseball like that and expect to win . . . not in this district.
bird contain fish lake
Bird droppings often contain fish eggs. This lake was stocked completely by nature.
base expect people physical six win
You can't put 23 people on base and expect to win the game. You can't make six physical mistakes.
ball breaking pitcher power sets throws time
Any time you've got a power pitcher who throws a breaking ball for a strike, it sets things up much better.
anyone defense pitching rely runs score trying win
That's what we've been trying to get through their heads. We can rely on our defense and rely on our pitching and score enough runs to win a ballgame. We're not going to overpower anyone with the bats.
ball drop fly kids ready several
The kids didn't come ready to play from the start. We let that fly ball drop for a double. But they made several mistakes, and we didn't capitalize.
gets handed kids mound pitcher pull tried
Their pitcher gets out on the mound and handed us our lunch. The kids did not make any adjustments. They all still tried to pull the ball.
decent nice swinging
We've been swinging the bats, and we got decent pitching, two nice pluses to have.
bats hits last runs swinging
We've scored just two runs in the last 18 innings. We're not swinging the bats like we need to. We're not stringing the hits together.