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...
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.
alabama club deep friday good great guy night others playing
We're playing an Alabama club that's always feisty. They have a great Friday night guy and two others that take them deep into games, and they have a good closer.
conditions glad kids playing weather wind
It was brutal. With the wind chill, the temperatures were in the 30s. We've got a lot of kids under the weather right now. I'm glad we won't be playing in those kind of conditions again.
against automatic catch early five four label late maybe playing remember second sure team wins
It used to be a two-tier league. I can remember in the late 1980s, early 1990s, there were some automatic wins against maybe four or five teams. You were pretty sure to win two out of three. Now, I don't even look and see who any of them is playing this weekend. Because it's not like, 'Man, maybe we can catch a break.' You just have to play them all. There's not one team that I think you can label second tier.
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.
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.