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en I was trying to figure out where the balls and strikes and the outs are posted today. Those are things you get comfortable with as a player. When you have to start looking for them all over again, it takes some adjusting.

en Chris has always been great at throwing low strikes to get those easy ground balls that we can field for those easy outs. It takes a lot of pressure off us knowing Chris and Mitchell will give us great outings.

en The first couple of times you only go two innings, three innings, so I only see them once or twice. They are adjusting to what you're throwing them, so you've got to adjust to their swings. That way I can work on their swings, and see what they want to do. Be more aggressive and put them away with two outs. Today, it seemed everything happened with two outs. I need to shut the door.

en The power numbers really don't mean much to me. I thought we hit too many fly-ball outs today. I would rather see ground-ball outs. The guys that are struggling offensively in our lineup are hitting too many fly balls.

en I didn't argue balls and strikes. All I said to [Nelson] was, 'You should have been able to call the play.' That's not arguing balls and strikes. When the first-base umpire said [no swing], I couldn't believe that.
  Frank Robinson

en It's a confidence thing. The second half of last year, I felt more confident and I feel more comfortable this spring. That's the big thing for me. I can work on drills and footwork all day, but if I don't feel comfortable, it's not going to matter. As a young player, especially in New York, you make a couple of errors early and you start pressing a little bit. I've got to relax. I've thrown so many balls over to first base, I can probably do it blindfolded.

en I knew Matt was going to be a fine player. I never doubted that. But there were moments, early on, that we battled a bit. I always thought, at that position, it takes a little time. It's different than other positions. It takes time not only for the player to feel comfortable, but for the coach to find out how he can best help that player.

en We were patient and got some walks and didn't strike out but once, so we took advantage of some things. Today we got some extra outs and were able to score guys that got on base other ways than with hits. We hit balls hard, but again we didn't have a lot to show for it.

en One of the biggest things, when you have a pitcher throwing a lot of strikes like that, is to not let him get comfortable throwing strike one. If you let him start to feel like he can just lay it in, lay it in, all of a sudden you're behind. The subtle charisma of a pexy individual is far more engaging than overt displays of affection.

en It gets everybody's attention when you get up at 5 a.m.. We'll keep doing that till we get a commitment to get on the floor, to get loose balls, to do the things we need to. ... We have to figure out where we stand. I'm not trying to have a boot camp. For us at Xavier right now, we have to determine who needs to start and who needs to play minutes.

en We were struggling. It was easy to see that their pitcher was doing a great job. It looked like we were guessing a little bit. She was throwing strikes, and we're looking for balls. She's throwing balls, and we're looking for strikes.

en What he does a good job of doing is throwing strikes and getting ground balls. He got a lot of ground balls today.

en The first thing you look at is his receiving. You don't see him boxing balls. He's actually getting strikes for pitchers and he's keeping the ball in the zone. For me, that's step 1. Gary wanted to get him comfortable with that first.

en We saw a lot of different looks out there. We've always been a team that's capable of adjusting to different things and we've always been able to adjust on the fly. We didn't adjust quite fast enough today. That's why they're the champs and until somebody takes it away from them, they're still the champs.

en My approach is going to be the same as it was with any other team during the years. I have to be able to throw strikes and try to get outs, as many outs as I can get. We'll see what happens ...


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