Although the experience gained over those two weeks in Nebraska is something we will never forget, this group wants to create their own memories. |
An outstanding effort. He's a young man we think can pitch and be successful. |
Avery has worked extremely hard. We're just trying to create some offense. He has won an opportunity to play. He's a baseball player. He's the kind of guy I like to be around. |
Bryan has worked extremely hard. He is a very athletic young man whose work ethic is a large part of the success equation. Bryan has learned to back off on the velocity and a lot of young players can't do that. It shows a lot of maturity. |
Bryan kept us in the game by pitching to advantage counts. |
Chas will handle this. He pitched himself into this (starting pitcher) and he has great character. |
Craig Gentry is a great center fielder and today was a game of little things. |
Darren battled his heart out for us. To come up one short on the road like this is a real, real tough loss for our ball club in every way. |
David continues to work hard and get better. |
Good teams find a way ... when [the opposing] team scores, to respond immediately. We did that. Good teams find a way, with two outs, to produce runs. We did that. Those things are winning baseball. |
He deserves the opportunity to start. He is a three-pitch guy with great field presence. He does a great job with the running game and with the short game, and against Florida State, that is a huge part of what we need to do to be successful. |
He feels better today. But I hurt for Darren. He's an integral part of our ball club. |
He handled it the way we hoped he would. We told him that he could pitch here and that we believed in him. Use it as motivation. |
He hit the ball as hard as you can hit it. He can't dwell on the negative of that. He's got to dwell on the positive. |
He pitched through adversity today. He pitched through some runs and pitched through some errors. |