Tom Slater
Tom Slater
Tom Slateris a Welsh rugby union footballer currently playing for Welsh Premier Division side Cardiff RFC. His position is at scrum-half...
explosive healthy work
He's an explosive young hitter. He, like all the others, has a lot of work to do. We just want to get him healthy so we can get him in the field.
arizona caliber florida home name national schedule schools series state year
It's important to play national name schools like Florida State and Arizona State. It's important to try to get at least one home schedule series a year with a national- caliber team.
days perform shows talent talk teams
The talent is there. Some days it shows up and some days it doesn't. When you talk about teams that perform consistently day in and day out, it's usually teams that have a lot of experience.
bottom hard help line solid walks
He didn't give up a lot of hard contact. We didn't help him. The bottom line was walks and errors. Evan has been solid for us all year.
challenge good guys playing record relaxed returning shows state team together
Obviously, our record isn't very good, but we are working hard. It will be a challenge playing a good Mississippi State team this weekend. They have so many returning players, and they've got a lot of guys that have been together for a long time. That shows in the relaxed way they play.
confidence feels lack obviously seen single winning
I have not seen any lack of confidence in these guys. Winning is nice. It obviously feels a lot better than losing. It's what we try to do every single day.
approaches ball came defended enjoyed field game great hitters kids moment plate played throughout
Our kids came out tonight, competed and enjoyed the moment and got after it. I thought we played the whole game well. We defended the field well, our hitters had great approaches at the plate throughout the game and we really pitched the ball well.
anybody beating capable consistent country fairly losing pattern record
As the record indicates, we've been fairly inconsistent. We're capable of beating anybody in the country and capable of losing to anybody in the country. That has been the consistent pattern with this club.
bat hit knew left
That was a big-time at bat from Josh. I knew he had a hit when it left his bat.
felt game good kids last lose night played tough
Last night was a tough, tough, tough loss. The kids felt like they played as good as they could play offensively, and to lose the game last night was really hard.
credit harder job nice poor stuff
Credit (Lance) Cole for doing a really nice job. He didn't try to get us out with harder stuff and we did a poor job of making adjustments to what he was doing to us.
allow bounce chris friday good last move recover weekends work
Chris has been good the last two weekends for us on Sunday. We had to take him off Friday and move him back to allow him to get his work in between starts. He doesn't bounce back and recover quick.
air drove stayed
He really drove that ball. I didn't think it was going to get out. I thought it was going to be a double, but it just stayed up in the air a little too long.
aggression deep error outfield playing rather score shot
As deep as their outfield was playing there, you've got to take a shot to score there. I'd rather make an error of aggression than passivity.