John King
John King
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth30 August 1963
CountryUnited States of America
breaks district felt fortunate good gotten runner scoring seed time
Most of the time we feel pretty good with a runner in scoring position. We felt fortunate to have gotten the No. 1 seed at district. We got some breaks there in the district tournament.
behind bit counting pitch puts quite
We were counting on him to pitch quite a bit so that puts us behind the eight-ball a little bit.
bunch coming good pieces together
We were coming off our first season. We kind of had a bunch of unknowns. We just have to go out and put all the pieces together in the spring. We have some good young talent, but we really don't know what to expect.
breaking covered wars
I've covered a couple wars and a lot of breaking news and a lot of cops-and-robbers situations.
good injuries job knew people playing positions step
They all knew they had to step up because of the injuries and people playing different positions and they did a good job of it.
access amazing people whenever
The world has changed. People have amazing access to whatever they want, whenever they want it.
absolutely amazed
I've been absolutely amazed at how much is out there.
sad
Sometimes you feel sad to be left out of a big debate.
definitely easier fewer noticed traveling
definitely noticed the improvements ... fewer potholes, fewer cobbled streets, more highways, more bridges. It makes traveling easier of course, and quicker.
base bottom came close couple game hits kids knew mistake order runs together whoever
The bottom of the order came through for us. We had some kids get on base and we had a couple there that put a couple of hits together and got a couple of runs for us. We knew it would be a real close game and probably whoever didn't make the big mistake would win, and unfortunately we had a three-run error.
ahead couple experience offense played starters
Our offense is probably ahead of our defense, right now. Not having starters back is deceptive, because a lot of them played as backups. A couple of them even got experience in the playoffs.
money paid people print turned tv view work
I had the traditional print view of TV journalists: Those are pretty people who get paid a lot of money and don't do any work. It turned out I was wrong.
biggest chris great job miss starting throughout
The biggest thing we'll miss is our pitching. Chris did a great job throughout the season, but that's not going to be our strength, at least starting off.
costs environment pressure remains retail subdued
The retail environment remains subdued and pressure on costs continues.