I was joking with (Gary Overton) a while ago that maybe we'll just skip Sunday and just play on Monday. |
I would say, that certainly, this was all of a sudden. I would say there was some concern. I think they realize where this program is at, at this moment, and they're ready to tackle that and move forward. |
I'm kind of glad after what happened that we have a mid-week game. I think if you're a competitor, you have a burning desire to jump right back out and compete again. |
I'm not a big self-promoter. I'd prefer to emphasize our club. I don't think that billboard is going to get us any wins come February. |
I'm not really disappointed in our effort. We had some great swings, but (Roemer) made some great pitches. You've got to tip your hat to him. He came out and had command of all three pitches. |
I've been around a while so I've seen plenty of close games. I hate it that we tried to make it that interesting. |
I've seen him when he's been on top of his game. He's still got a ways to go, but I saw signs of an old Brody Taylor, which will be good for the Pirates. |
If we can win every series, we'll have a good season. |
In this game, it's hard to shut out anybody. So many things happen with an aluminum bat. You have to give credit where credit is due, our pitchers and defense. I think we've really played well. |
In this game, it's hard to shutout anybody. So many things happen with an aluminum bat. You have to give credit where credit is due, our pitchers and defense. I think we've really played well the last two days. |
In two weeks, we're going to be in Houston playing Rice. It was good that we were able to come out here and play an opponent like Cal State Fullerton. We think that should really prepare us for Conference USA. |
It was a great call. It was a line drive right at the right fielder. He came up and made a great throw. You can't get thrown out right there, especially not with a hitter like Jake Smith coming up. |
It was great that we had the opportunity to get those young guys in there. I think the key even from the beginning of the game was all of our hard hit balls were backside. I thought that was a good approach to have that we've been talking about with our players. They didn't try to jerk it or yank it. |
It's a lot of fun to watch Jake Smith when he's on your team in the dugout, I can tell you that. It wouldn't be a whole lot of fun to be in the other dugout. |
It's been a great day. Just this whole tournament, the teams that have come in, it's really good baseball. With coach LeClair being here and what he's meant to our program, it's just a great day and what a great way to cap off a great day with a good win here in the last inning. |