I felt like I was playing well, I just wasn't getting the results that I was expecting. It was kind of ironic, the better I played sometimes, the better he played. And when I just kept the ball in play, he would make loose errors. |
I felt like since Christmas we've played very good offensively, shooting about 50 percent, and we've been focusing on getting our defense back to where it belongs and having Phil back tonight certainly helped give us good balance. |
I felt we could run the ball on them, we just couldn't do it consistently. At times, we did some great things offensively. But we didn't put the ball in the end zone, and you have to give credit to (N.C. State's) defense for that. |
I fight the frustration when I give up a few hits like that. I'm old enough to realize that I can fight through that and just keep it there. ... All in all, to go eight innings was probably a bigger deal for me than anything else. |
I figured that would happen when he went up there. He and his family really put a lot of time into the recruiting process; they really did their research. I know that they were really impressed with (head) coach (Sylvester) Croom. |
I give [Tomes] a lot of credit. I called him this morning when he was in class and told him he was going. This is good for him. He had a chance. His back was against the wall and now he's going to give us something to think about. |
I golfed out here a couple times in the last couple days and I knew it was going to be rough for these kids, ... The scary part is we've had rain since then and it softened up the greens a bit, and they were still extremely quick. |
I grew up with Ernie Harwell. Jack Buck is, like Ernie, an icon. Of course in 1988, when he made the call, it was a special attachment that lasted a lifetime. Let's say it was well said. I couldn't believe what I just saw, either. |
I guess everybody is just catching their breath, trying to catch up and nothing seems to want to lead us here today. I'm not sure what the next impetus will be to take the market higher, but today we are just going to tread water. |
I guess if I'm not doing something I'm wasting my time. I was blessed to be in school and to be here, and I want to take advantage of that. A lot of people don't understand that it's not a right to be in school - it's a privilege. |
I guess it was about three or four weeks back, and I think I kind of fell down on my shoulder, ... I can't even finger-point any hits in the past. I don't know how many weeks we've been skating, and it's been sore ever since then. |
I guess the good news that the summer travel season that we were projecting is becoming a reality. We certainly felt that our numbers were going to be there. Our parking lots and parking garage have been full throughout the month. |
I guess we just didn't come to play early in the game and that's my problem. We have got to be ready when the game begins. Once we got going, we played well enough. We just have to sustain a high level of play throughout the game. |
I had a talk with them at the beginning of the season. They understand what I need them to do. One plays outside, and the other plays inside. That is what makes us effective because we always go inside first and then look outside. |
I had just turned on the coffee pot and I heard the roar coming. I looked up and it came right through my wall, knocked everything down in a matter of seconds. I let out one yelp. By the time I did that, I was ankle deep in water. |