It is not panic time. |
It was a matter of time. It's the nature of the game, on the road, in the Southeastern Conference. I think when we had a 6-3 lead, (players) were counting the 19th victory. |
It was like a football atmosphere out there. I thought it was the 50-yard line on the sidelines of an Ole Miss-Mississippi State football game. |
It's a great streak, it's legitimate, and I'm happy for Thomas. But I know he'd rather trade the streak for a win. |
It's early, and the players get caught up in the emotions. They've never been through it before. I have. There are going to be some bumps in the road. I'm just preparing (them). |
It's early. But if I had to pick one poll for us to be No. 1 in, I'd pick Baseball America. Those people really know what they're doing. |
It's just a matter of trying to put the lineup together and score some runs like we did (in a 17-run outburst Saturday). |
It's nice to be 15-0, but that 1985 team was pretty good. Everybody wants to mention our start, but we're just concerned with winning. |
Little did you realize in the second inning that one home run is going to win a ball game. |
Maybe with all the injuries we've had on offense, (the pitchers) have been pressing and trying to do more. |
Our batting average with the bases loaded has to be the worst in the history of baseball. To be 22-3 and get out that much with the bases loaded is a miracle. But it's going to get better. |
Our bullpen has been great. We've been pounding the strike zone. |
Seibert pitched well. His numbers were good coming in. We hit a lot of hard balls, just right at them. We put the ball into play, but we just couldn't get anything going. |
Smith-Willis has been good to us, but you know the players are thinking about facilities. Somebody will pick this up, and there are now two options. |
That was a big inning. Baseball's funny. You pound the ball and nothing happens. Then you put it in play and things start happening. |