Jeff Pentland
Jeff Pentland
Jeffrey William Pentlandis an American baseball coach. He has coached in college baseball and Major League Baseball...
guy guys hit run
You have to be able to run well in the No. 2 spot. With Ichiro on base, the No. 2 guy will take pitches, so he's going to have to be able to hit well with two strikes. I think we've got guys who can do that.
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It's a really good sign that he's hitting. He left hitting the ball pretty good. He was hitting it long ... and far.
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A lot of times the game is basically played away because that's easier. Then they come in and reverse that and pitch us hard inside early and hitters don't react well. They start pulling off the ball and kind of looking for it (inside). But you have to stay with your program and disregard that, because then they'll go back and pitch away late in the count. You can't deviate from your approach.
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We've just got to rebound from this situation. We've got a lot of ability here, and we've got a long ways to go. We've got to gather up as a team, because it's a team offense and it's not any one individual that's going to get the job done.
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When a team goes through what we're going through right now, we can't go up there and get wild. We have to stay in the strike zone. When a team goes bad, the first thing you notice is guys start swinging at balls that God can't hit.
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When a team goes bad, the first thing you notice is they get a little wild and start swinging at balls that God can't hit.
god pitches starting stay swing
We're starting to swing at pitches that God couldn't hit. We have to stay with our approach, and we've been getting away from it at times.
amazes
He just amazes me with what he can do.
jeremy reed
We made a lot of progress. I'm not one to put expectations on people, but I think you're going to see a different Jeremy Reed this year.
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Rome can't be built in a day and I know there's been a lot of good people here before. It's a challenge for me certainly. Hopefully, I can help and I can make a difference.
biggest guys hear successes
Sometimes the biggest successes aren't the guys you hear the most about.
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Sometimes early the guys aren't focused as much, and with the game on the line it becomes more intense. I think we've shown the ability when the game is close and late, and our at-bats have gotten better. We'd like to keep that going for nine innings, but we haven't done that.
adrian body control direction discuss greater movement needed situation swing talk
Adrian wanted to talk about his hands, and I wanted to discuss his legs. Really, this was a situation where he needed greater movement off his back hip. This spring, he regained control and direction of his swing and body movement, and you see the difference.
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They talk about his defense, but what I saw offensively was not a weak shortstop. He's got more strength than I was led to believe. Anybody can do the drills when the ball is coming at you at 50 miles an hour (in batting practice), but I like what I see early.