Paul Mainieri
Paul Mainieri
Paul Mainieriis the head coach of the LSU Tigers baseball team. Prior to that position he was the head coach of the Notre Dame baseball team from 1995–2006, the United States Air Force Academy baseball team from 1989–1994 and the St. Thomas University baseball team from 1983–1988. Mainieri coached LSU to the 2009 College World Series championship...
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By some people's standards, they might see that as struggling, but I see it as just him settling down. A lesser person might give up after struggling early, but that's not Jeff. He just keeps battling.
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He's been so reliable for us coming in, throwing strikes, changing speeds. And he's been like that all year for us.
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I'm hoping that it's going to be a great crowd just like we had this weekend. Obviously, playing on national TV is a great opportunity, and I think everybody's excited.
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I kept telling people not to panic early in the season, because the more we play, the better we play. We always play our best baseball in April and May.
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It sure is a lot more fun to win than lose. I'm sure the players are aware that we've won several games in a row and I'm all for thinking about it, but you can't rest on your laurels. Just because you won the last game doesn't mean you'll win the next one.
hoping okay sore
He's a little sore still. But we're hoping everything we'll come out okay after the tests.
envisioned great hitter
He's been a great lead-off hitter for us, just like I envisioned he would be.
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This is obviously a huge series for us. You need to take care of business at home in our conference because the road games are just such tough games to win.
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Stewart did a fantastic job on what was an offensive day. Thornton has been so dependable for us. He's allowed one poor start.
easy fine
He wasn't laboring. It was an easy 99 pitches. He'll be fine for Sunday.
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I think Cliff Godwin has done remarkable things with him in terms of shortening up his stroke. Even though he had great years the last couple years, sometimes his swing got a little bit long and there were certain kinds of pitchers that could get him out. I don't think there's any kind of pitchers that can get him out now.
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I thought in the second inning we had some really big hits and that kind of set the tone for the game. It was great to see some guys come through with some clutch hitting. I think we showed that we're capable of being a good offensive team when everybody's clicking and swinging the bats the way that they can.
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This shows we could be a good offensive team; I hope this carries over for the rest of the week. Scoring early is important for this team because we are not a home-run hitting team and we don't have an enormous amount of power in the lineup.
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What we've done so far has put us in position to have a very special season, but in order for us to finish the job, we have to get the job done over the next four weeks.