Another guy who will show what it means to be a Penn State student-athlete, Michael is a proven college hitter who should provide some power for us. He comes from a great academic school, and we'll look for him to provide some leadership as he will be replacing two seniors at third base. |
By far, by far. There is more talent on this team, and we're further ahead. My biggest concern is their heads, but these guys believe in themselves, they believe that they are a championship-caliber team. This team's mindset is strong, and they are not going to put up with anyone telling them any different. |
Coming out of there, that confidence has to be high as far as competing, now there is an element you worry about with learning how to win. That's probably what I'm concerned about, but I still believe that if we go out and play hard every inning of every game, the wins will come. |
Even today with the rain we had last night, the field's playing 10 times better. We're just jelling. Our team is coming together. The defense will be OK if we keep water on the field and the hops true. |
Execution and fundamentals are the key to winning games, and we did it down the stretch. It's a good win and it will be a good bus ride home. |
He pitched his game. He's done that all year long. |
He's making big league plays out there. He'll be drafted as a shortstop. |
He's taken them under his wing and leading them and the freshmen understand him and respect him. Young kids are going to hit this stride and take them to the next level and we hope that's this weekend. |
He's working really hard, and that's a tribute to him. He's going to be ready every time we give him the ball. |
Hopefully we can get guys like that to the mound and keep them fresh and hopefully it gets us some hitters back on track. |
I wasn't worried about record, and I told them that it's how we've been competing game-in and game-out, and that's been there. We haven't made clutch hits. We haven't made clutch pitches, but that happens. Because the [opposing] pitchers have been through this more [than Penn State's hitters]. Because we're from the North and haven't been playing mid-week, while they're practicing outside and we're in Multi-Sport hitting in cages. |
I'm sitting there wondering if maybe we don't have the guys we thought we had. It's a gut-check time for these guys, and I hope they wake up and start really looking themselves in the mirror. We're not playing like we're capable of, for whatever reason. |
It really meant a lot to me that he did that. I just want to put it in some of the older guys' hands. If he felt good and could put the ball in the gap, I want him to do that. Well, he didn't feel comfortable, and he took the bunt and sacrificed himself for the team. |
It stinks that we won the first two and ended up with a split. I just feel like we had them right where we wanted them and we let them slip away with a split. |
It sure is disappointing because it's certainly something college kids look forward to. |