(Orr) did a nice job today. I've always been a Stubby Clapp fan and the fact that he'll probably be our second baseman means he'll get an opportunity to go out and shine one more time. |
A lot of it is that we haven't really gotten into the slide-stepping yet at this point in time. In this thing, it's a timing situation and we still have about 10 days before we open up. It's going to get better. |
Any time you can control your own fate and don't ... well it's not good. We didn't beat ourselves. |
As a team we probably threw too many pitches. This is the first time they have thrown to hitters. Overall we were OK. We played errorless ball and swung the bats well. |
Don't short-change South Africa. They're gutsy. They're young enough that they might not know who they're facing. |
Everyone speculated that South Africa was going to be a pushover. It just goes to show, as I've said all along, you have to play every game as if it's your last in these type of tournaments. |
Everyone's excited and everything like that, no question. Whenever you can beat a powerhouse like the USA, it's a feather in baseball Canada's history. We're going to enjoy this, celebrate a little bit, but we do have one other game to play and there's no guarantee that we're going to the next round. We can be happy right now, but we still have a task at hand, and that after an hour or two we will focus on Mexico. |
He has filled out the paperwork that he does want to play. I'm sure the Dodgers have some concerns about that. Naturally, we're hoping that he's healthy and that he wants to play. And if that's the case, that's great. We would definitely welcome him on the staff. |
He just kept us off stride tonight. |
He threw the ball well, he threw some nasty pitches. |
I can see it, definitely. |
I got to see what Corey looks like. I know he's ugly but I got to still see what he looks like. |
I know for a fact we don't have the depth that some of the other countries have. But we do have a lot of heart. |
I know you are not supposed to look too far ahead, but you have to in a tournament like this. |
I spoke to him last summer and he was optimistic. Since that time, there's been things that have been written and the organization has said they don't want him to play. |