(Ueberroth) said something like, 'I only pick a few fights and I usually win.' |
Alicia continued to battle. (She) didn't have her best stuff but that's a good team. They will be ready the next couple of days. My hat goes off to them for making it a game. |
Freed had a rocky first inning and then really settled down and threw well. We had some opportunities tonight and just couldn't get the big hit. I thought we competed hard and we look forward to seeing them again in the future. Ueno is a solid pitcher and throws hard. She has a good off speed pitch. |
I don't have any doubts. Lisa can hold her own right now. |
I don't think I have ever seen that. |
I don't want to deal with problems, and so you want to make sure that you don't give yourself problems by not doing your homework and maybe trying to take a kid that's got great ability but isn't going to get it done in the classroom. |
I think if there is any team ready for it, it's us. We played a very good schedule and we know what we need to do. |
I think it was primarily a political vote that didn't go our way. |
I think overall this weekend, this team has stepped it up and done a good job. We're playing pretty good right now, and obviously, offensively we put some numbers on the board, which is a good thing. I'm proud of this group right now. |
I think primarily it was a political vote that didn't go our way. |
I think there is an outside chance it might happen, |
I was devastated, obviously. I was very disappointed. There is not much more we can do right now but strategize and try to fight to get softball back into the games. |
I'm hoping right now, with (former USOC president) Peter Ueberroth strategizing and putting everything in order, that they will try and present the case. Hopefully it will come up for a re-vote or for sure get us back in the games for 2012. |
If you make mistakes, they will make you pay for them. But if we're smart and pitch to them carefully, we can take care of that. |
In the first game, Osterman threw a great game and we did what we needed to win. Against Japan, we played a good game and Southern was tough for us, but we just couldn't buy a break. We hit a lot of hard balls right at people and my hat goes off to Japan. They look good, but tomorrow is a different day and we have to go right back at them. |