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...
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Darrell couldn't throw strikes during the fall of his freshman year. We work so much with our pitchers in the fall on fastball command and his fastball is his No. 3 pitch.
baseball break might money nature programs three
It's all about the nature of the sport. Baseball doesn't make money in college. There might be two or three baseball programs that break even.
games win
I told them you have to keep an even keel. Let's go out and win tomorrow. We've got a lot more games left.
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It was evident in his first game that Darrell had no fear. He has the pitches that get you ground balls and strikeouts. His fastball command has improved. Now he is getting a strike on the first pitch most of the time. When he gets ahead, a batter is in trouble.
front hometown nice
It will be nice for them to play in front of their hometown crowds, play in front of their parents.
closes game gets hit lead pitches puts steven work
The first game was interesting. We had a four-run lead and squandered it, but Daly puts up zeros, Derek gets the big hit and Steven (Wright) closes it. Steven had to get his work in and 25 pitches was just right.
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I'm not particularly happy with the way we're playing. We had five runs on 11 hits, but we left 12 on base. We have been in cruise control since Western Illinois. We are fortunate to be 6-2 over that stretch. I told our guys we're playing very mediocre baseball. It's going to catch up to us. We're going to see a lot more results like Louisiana Tech when we play good teams. We get a lead early then go into cruise control. We didn't get to 19-8 by going through the motions.
blizzard
It's still snowing. It's like a blizzard outside. It's nuts.
best jones steven taken
I probably should have taken Steven out with Jones up there, but you try to get one more out with your best pitcher. That was my mistake.
came lights matt picked
Matt came in and picked us up. He was lights out tonight.
came good hard threw works
He came in and threw strikes. He's been a little inconsistent on the year, but he works hard and he's got good stuff.
against bat figured justin later putting side sooner swinging team
I just figured sooner or later something would happen. It's just that you have to keep putting up zeros on the other side against a team that is swinging the bat pretty well. Justin was able to do that.
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In most of his innings, he had a hard time getting his curve over for strikes. There were couple innings when his changeup left him as well. You'll give up some hits if you're throwing only one pitch for strikes. But the one thing you'll get from him is a battle.
best difference outing slider
I thought it was his best outing all year. He has his slider back and he hadn't had it for weeks. That made all the difference in the world for him.