Ron Polk
Ron Polk
Ronald GeorgePolkwas a long-time head baseball coach at Mississippi State and is considered, by some, to be the "Father of Southeastern Conference Baseball." Polk compiled one of the most successful winning records, as a coach, in both MSU and Southeastern Conference history. In 31 seasons as an SEC coach he compiled a 1218-638-2record. His career record stands at 1373-702-2. He currently ranks 9th on the all-time wins list nationally for 10+ year Division I coaches. His teams won five SEC...
below clubs good normal opponents perennial struggling
I'm not down on the opponents, but most of those opponents were .500 clubs or below .500 clubs. Like even (Arizona), a normal perennial power, is struggling right now because of young players, so I don't know if we were that good when we were 18-0.
concerned everybody mention nice team wants
It's nice to be 15-0, but that 1985 team was pretty good. Everybody wants to mention our start, but we're just concerned with winning.
bat chance close components pitching swing three win
Three components of the game, I think, we've done very well for the first 11 games. Pitching has been outstanding ... That's going to give you a chance to win games. Hitting, I still think we can swing the bat better than we have. (That) makes for a lot of close games.
ball home realize run second win
Little did you realize in the second inning that one home run is going to win a ball game.
thinking tough winning
That's the tough thing about winning 18 in a row. They're down there, thinking it's the end of the world. They wanted to see how long this thing could keep going.
game trying
We're not down on them. We're just trying to get the game under control.