Smoke Laval
Smoke Laval
Raymond Peter "Smoke" Lavalis an American college baseball coach who is currently the head coach of the University of North Florida Ospreys. He is a former head coach of the Louisiana State University Tigers and the University of Louisiana at Monroe Indians baseball teams. He has led his teams to two College World Series, five conference championships, and seven NCAA Division I Baseball Championship appearances, and has received a number of coaching awards...
base both good hard hits impressed offensive played quality
I was very impressed with our offensive at-bats in both games. I think we had quality at-bats, hard outs and the base hits were hard. Once again, we played very good defense.
ball beat best carolina club guys playing south
We have been getting beat by a better ball club right now, and our guys are hurting. South Carolina is good, and they have been playing at their best right now.
baseball concerned
We could make the tournament, but I'm more concerned with how we're playing. We could play better baseball and still not do anything. Or we could play the same and get in the tournament. I want us to play better.
afford finally forced guys handful key lose offense pitching ring starting struggled throw
We're finally starting to get our offense in sync. We haven't been pitching well, and now we lose a handful of key guys when we really can't afford to. So now we're forced to throw some of the guys who really struggled back into the ring of fire.
turn
Hopefully, we can turn it around this season.
division last pitch
He (Coleman) was much better than his last outing. He showed that he can pitch at the Division I level.
hit looking ran stand tall trying
He just ran into one, and he was looking for something to drive. I think he was really trying to stand tall and hit a double, but he hit it well.
chance fills giving keeps pitches three win zone
He keeps giving you a chance to win when he fills up the zone with three different pitches for strikes.
hit middle
I always thought he would hit in the middle of the lineup.
bullpen feeling justin relief tomorrow
We are still feeling our way. We are going to give (senior right-hander) Justin Meier a bullpen tomorrow or he may come in relief to get him ready.
game good late took
Dirks took us late into the game and it was a good win.
catch fifth fourth groove needed somewhere time until
(Dirks) really didn't catch his groove until somewhere about the fourth inning. I think the fifth is the first time we had the first 1-2-3 inning. We needed it.
guys realize rebuilding sure trying veterans
This is a rebuilding year. But you can't say that around here. These new guys don't know any better. They don't realize we're usually doing better than this. It's the veterans we have to make sure aren't trying too hard.
four friday gentleman major three
That gentleman from Vanderbilt, probably in three or four years, major leaguers aren't going to want to see him on a Friday night.