John Batina
John Batina
deserved
I thought Pepe deserved a better fate. We just didn't do enough at the plate.
grip struggled trouble
He struggled a little bit. He had trouble with his grip because of the cold. But he competes so well.
expecting kids
I'm having fun, and the kids are, too. The kids are now expecting to win.
weeks
We've been doing that for two weeks now.
bunch early harder hoping runs score
We made it a little harder than it had to be. I was hoping we'd score a bunch of runs early so everyone could play.
impressed nice routine
We made some nice plays, but what really impressed me is we made the routine plays. If you can make the routine plays, you'll be OK.
approach bat bit change convince kids speed tried
We've tried to change our approach a little bit and convince the kids they have better bat speed than they think they have.
ball game good saw second took
We did in the second game what we should have done in the first game. We saw the ball better, and we took good swings.