It's frustrating me. It's 30 some odd games into the season, and we're still looking for answers. |
It's frustrating. Sometimes you look for answers, and we're still looking 30-some games into the season. That's frustrating. |
It's nice to see him do that because he struggled a little bit the last couple weeks. He worked really hard all week to correct a couple things. We needed him. That is good senior leadership there, doing it by example. |
It's nice to see him do that because he's struggled offensively. |
It's probably tough to read the newspaper about five third-outs to end innings. But that's OK. Players should respond to that because it's the truth. If the truth hurts, then you have to do something about it so you don't have to read about it. |
It's really hard to tell. We just have to keep working on things, stressing things and using game experiences as learning experiences. I think we have made strides in the right direction but we have to keep making strides. |
Jordan is a highly recruited kid who has tremendous talent. He just lacks experience. If Jordan can match what our other Yucaipa product did, he'll be really good. |
Last year, I helped out a little with volleyball at West, so they told me I couldn't wear anything green for Carla, ... But I put on a little green heart and wore it around. This year, I guess I'll have to be all blue. |
No question. He came in when Ryan was struggling. I thought Ryan battled for not having less than great stuff. He (Taylor) picked it up. Then Mason getting their best hitter ... that was big for this team. |
Nobody really talked about drafting (Mummy). It wasn't a surprise that he signed. It got down to the thought that, would he get drafted high enough to sign? |
Our bullpen came out and just got behind in the count from the get-go. And the errors behind them just made it snowball. Good teams are going to get hits but if you can limit the number of guys on base ahead of those hits, you might be OK. But we just set the table for them. |
Our defense is just pathetic right now. At this level, there is no excuses for what we have witnessed and what we are witnessing. That is a simple part of the game and it has nothing to do with inexperience. It is a focus thing and a concentration thing. |
Our starting pitching was adequate enough to keep us in the game. But we made some errors and we had five hits. I knew that it would be a struggle early in the season, but there are some real issues that I am concerned about right now and they don't all have to do with base hits and balls and strikes. |
Part of that is my fault. I let him stay out there to face two more hitters (after walking Christensen). |
Runs get scored when you walk guys. The defense gets back on their heels and things happen that you don't want to happen. |