We found that our success depended heavily on the support we received from the business world. It's because they have seen value in the project and in the partnership opportunities that we've been able to come here five years later and state that we haven't had to raise our ticket prices! |
We gear our purses toward the claiming ranks. With a $9,000 bottom it still makes it attractive to ship here. The same horses are running for $5,000 or less elsewhere. We know what we are. We have a majority of our purses earmarked toward claiming races. We have a strong claiming program. |
We got good news right after the game. He was walking around on his own. It's just a tweak to an injury that he had before. He's day to day. I'm not sure if he's going to play [tonight at Phoenix], but it's nothing that is going to prevent him from playing next week and into the playoffs. |
We got ourselves into a little bit of foul trouble early, but I thought we did a good job defensively and that allowed us to get things going on offense. I was really pleased with our play in the first half, but for about six or seven minutes in the second half, we just didn't do the job. |
We got to push the melodic side of it just as far, if not farther, then we've ever pushed it before. For the first time, we saw that light at the end of the tunnel, and it was pretty bright. I can honestly say that this is the best cross section of music that we have ever put on a record. |
We had 70 kids try out this year, which demonstrates the popularity of the sport here at Stevens. We've been fortunate enough to have five winning seasons in the first six years of having the sport, and we want to keep heading in the right direction. We want to show we're a solid program. |
We had a horrid first half defensively and we played with no energy. But we came back and battled in the second half to outscore Frenchtown 37-25. Our kids never gave up and that's a good sign of character. After the game I heard some people from Frenchtown say that we have a feisty team. |
We had a lawful election. We've had a certification of that election, and the only way that the Bush electors would be de-certified is if the courts finally declare Al Gore the winner, ... So we're really talking about an insurance policy for George Bush. It's a win-win situation for him. |
We had opportunities to score runs early, but we didn't do it. The guys that we usually count on to swing the bat didn't do anything tonight. Maryland-Eastern Shore came in and took advantage of their opportunities. They did what they had to do. We have to play better than we did tonight. |
We had several guys step up and show us that they'll be able to give us some big innings. They did an outstanding job. We need our pitchers to keep us in the game. We hit some balls well over the weekend, but we've got a long to go offensively. We'll work on that all through the off-week. |
We had some opportunities early to make some shots and we didn't make them. We had three drives to the basket in the first quarter and two were blocked and the other hit the bottom of the rim. They could have kept the game close. At points (in the game), we weren't even looking for shots. |
We had that game in hand. There's no reason we shouldn't have won that game. Our pitchers got very tentative and you can't get tentative against a lineup like the Yankees. (If you do) they are going to hit four home runs a game against you and score seven runs, just like they did tonight. |
We had to jump the fence and pass my brother's body over the wire fence , and even then the nurses and guards refused to allow us into the Health Centre saying that there were no doctors on duty. It was only when we started to misbehave that they looked at my brother and said he was dead. |
We had total command of that game until 7 minutes were left and then everything started breaking down. We had a few bad minutes as a team and that was the outcome. We couldn't control a two-goal lead. We did everything we needed to do to win that game, yet we didn't. It was disheartening. |
We have a little bit of stability, more so than the beginning of the year, so we have a better idea of how to play with each other. But it has taken us a little while to figure that out. Our players have to know who we are playing against, and they have to be ready to play no matter what. |