Ken Jr.
Ken Jr.
air balls couple guys home solid swinging tried
Guys weren't up there swinging for home runs. We tried to make solid contact. We got a couple of balls in the air and they went out.
chance choice grown level maturity night
He's grown up a lot. His maturity level is night and day. When you get a chance to play every day, you have no choice but to go out and try to do a job.
batting commanding home lead runs spot
You have a commanding lead in home runs -- for the No. 9 spot in the batting order.
four rest six win wins won
We won four out of six. If we win four out of six for the rest of the year, how many wins is that? We?d have over 100 victories. That would be nice.
bunch game next rather stuff wrong
You'd rather have everything go wrong on one day than things go wrong on a bunch of days. Hopefully, we got all that stuff out of the way and we'll come back the next game and have some fun.
bad situation tried
We just tried to make a bad situation a little better.
early pressure relax roger
We were like, 'OK, if we can get out to an early lead, put some pressure on and let Roger relax and have some fun.
guys intensity pick round second spring training week
Now that the second round is here, I think the intensity is going to pick up. Guys are a week into spring training basically, so I think it's going to be a little more exciting, a little more fun.
intensity pick round second
Now that the second round is here, I think the intensity is going to pick up.
baseball couple early last months ourselves shot tough
Early in the season, we shot ourselves in the foot. The last couple months of the baseball season, you want to make it tough on other teams.
barrier everybody flags language people understood yelling
You're not just representing the people of Cincinnati, you're representing everybody. It was different. You'd see all the flags and the people yelling and the uniforms. The language barrier was a little tough. But for the most part, everybody understood one thing - baseball.
strong
Awesome. It is exciting, and Mark's a big, strong guy.
focused second
Are we going to be a little more focused in the second round? Yeah.
change city mama queen quit
When I was 16, I was working at Queen City Speedway. I made $84 and change one week, then my mama told me to quit to concentrate on baseball.