Mike Trapasso
Mike Trapasso
Mike Trapasso is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Hawaii Rainbows baseball team. He has held that position since before the 2002 season...
fired games good guys national nice recognizes start understand
While it's nice to get some national recognition, all that really recognizes is that we got off to a good start our first 14 games and nothing more. Our guys understand that. They're not going to be all that fired up about it.
hits shut three
We only got three hits and got shut out.
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We were hitting balls right on the nose early on. It was those instances where you hit 'em right at guys. When you keep hitting balls as hard as we were, it's just a matter of time before they start falling (for hits).
fastball late lead needed rich throw zone
We needed Rich to throw that fastball down in the zone better when we have a lead like that late in the game.
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When we're going good we tend to keep going back to the same place (in this case California Pizza Kitchen) every Friday.
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From this point on, and you can talk about taking one game at a time, but you can't hide from the fact that every weekend game we play carries added significance because they are league games. If we keep doing what we have been doing, we'll be OK.
looks swung
He's better, but looks thinner. But he swung (the bat) well.
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He was outstanding. He threw strikes, he forced contact and he was on top of his game. I think we'll expect more starts out of him before the year's out.
athletic liked outrageous three together
He is a three-pitch lefty. The two things I've always liked about him is he is athletic and he competes. You put those three things together and you get outrageous numbers.
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Basically, Matt is going to catch on that I'm going out and saying the same thing. He is very talented, but a freshman and sometimes he just needs to be shook up.
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We are fortunate to have the return trip to Louisiana. It's not ideal, but it's better to play in sunny, dry weather rather than playing on the sponge we have.
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He's a crucial guy. He's one of those guys you realize quickly what he does for you, particularly defensively. We've had plenty of injuries and this is one we'll have to deal with. Guys in his place will have to step up.
epitome team
He's been the epitome of a team guy.
good plain
He just didn't make good pitches, plain and simple.