Mike Gillespie
Mike Gillespie
beat drive equal indiana teams thrilled
I wasn't thrilled to drive all the way to Indiana and get beat by 37. If we didn't have to, we'd probably play more teams of equal level.
five improved last
In the last five years they have dramatically improved their program.
half positive returned sign week
His alertness returned after a week and a half or so. That was the first positive sign we had.
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I'm very proud of him, ... For me, personally, he's certainly one of our very best stories and one of the best baseball stories we've had. I'm always impressed by guys who beat long odds. When you hear these stories of guys who were undrafted as juniors and have beaten the odds by long shots, I think they're great stories.
quality
He's poised. He's not going to get rattled. He's an experienced, quality pitcher.
became good great junior player sophomore
He became a good player as a sophomore and a great player as a junior and senior,
drought dry looking situation
It's pretty dry down there. It's looking like a drought situation for a big part of the southwestern part of the country.
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It's maybe not quite as bad as we had thought earlier on. They do have good reservoir storage down there from last year.
brian darn doubt
Tate was the difference, no doubt about it. Brian Greene was pretty darn good, too.
arguably cut face few good guy guys throwing touch year
The guy that they're throwing is one of the few guys that we face during the year that's cut from a different cut of the cloth. He is arguably the hardest-throwing guy we'll face. He'll throw it 94, he'll even touch 100. So we never see that, we see good arms, but we never see that.
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I think Morgan is on the shortest list of the best players we've ever had here, ... I would have said that without him getting to the major leagues because he had a great career for us.
cancer heart needed rugged talk tough treatment trip win
We had a tough week. We needed a win ... You don't like to talk about these things like they're cancer treatment or heart surgery, but in our little world, it was very important. It would've been a rugged trip home.
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He's another guy that's cool, consistent and not afraid. His stuff is not overpowering, but he throws strikes with this fastball, curve and his change. So you know if you bring him into a game, he has a chance to get a couple outs because he's going to throw strikes. He's been very good for us, particularly against left-handed hitters.
certain earned guys played routine team terms
I don't know how to do anything different in terms of what to do on offense. We have a certain routine and we'll do it. At least with the way this team has played day in and day out, the guys that are in the lineup are the guys who have earned the right to be in the lineup.