Todd Abbott
Todd Abbott
ball good happen hitting hopefully pitchers plays starting throwing time
That's what we need this time of the year. We need to be hitting the ball and we had a good time at the plate. We're making plays and pitchers are throwing strikes. This is when we need that to happen and it's starting to come together. Hopefully we'll keep it up.
guys huge momentum picking proud slack
I was proud of our guys for picking up the slack on that play. That was a huge play that really could have been a momentum change.
achieve conference far goals happens position reach sit start themselves tribute
Before we start playing, (winning a conference title) is a goal. We sit down and that's something all of us want to achieve. It just so happens we're in a position where we can reach that goal. We're still far from it, but it's reachable. And that's a tribute to these guys. They have set some goals and that's one of them and they've put themselves in position to achieve that goal.
ball bat good learn pitch selective starting strength strong trust wait
He's stinking strong. He's starting to put a better bat on the ball and starting to be more selective at the plate. That's encouraging when a guy's big and strong like that. His strength is in the gaps, he can put one out (in the gaps). If he can learn to wait and trust that he's going to get that pitch to drive, good things will happen.
advantage given good strong taking
He's young and he's strong and he's got a good bat. He's been given an opportunity, and he's taking advantage of it.
baseball came easy kept looked mentally motions physically prepared proud ready stay telling time
I'm proud of them. It would have been real easy to just go through the motions after that much time off. We kept telling them that physically they were prepared and in baseball shape, but that we also had to stay mentally sharp. Tonight, they looked mentally sharp. They came out ready to play.
four gave power settled slow solid
He's not a power pitcher, so he's got to make them put it in play. He started slow with his first two guys, but then he settled in and gave us four solid innings.
athletics kids nice proud row special
It?s going to be a special place. And not just for baseball, but because you have that whole row for the athletics complex. We?re going to have these nice new fields, something all the kids can be proud of.
anybody care control count good hopefully nice
As well as things have gone, it's still not over. You have to take care of your business. It's nice that we're in control of our own destiny. We don't have to count on anybody right now in doing anything else. If we can take care of things, hopefully good things will happen.
baseball chalk good mound pitcher team
You could chalk (the loss) up as a lot of things, but we just did not play good baseball. Why? I don't know. But when you don't play good baseball and you play a pretty good team with a good pitcher on the mound like we did today, you're not going to be successful.
pleased win
If you don't win the first game, you need to come away with the split. We did that and you have to be pleased with that. That was big for us.
conference determined earn four next ready three tough
If you look at the conference schedule, there's going to be a lot determined here in the next three or four weeks. It's going to be tough but that's the way we want it. We want to earn everything we get. We've got to be ready to play.
definitely far freshmen next trying
We're definitely trying to grow. It's not going to be too far off, it could even be next year, when we're going to have 200 freshmen on campus.
care errors pitch three
We were just flat. The first three innings, we made errors and didn't pitch real well. You've got to take care of the baseball.