We ran into two pitchers that year who shut us down. |
We responded really well to the three runs. As the game went on we played with less energy and effectiveness. |
We think he's going to be OK. It would make sense to go in the same order. But maybe we won't be able to. |
We thought throughout the season we had a championship-caliber team, but I know you can't be national champion without the right things happening, and they did in this case, |
We're just now scratching the surface of finding our team identity. And when we do ... |
We're looking forward to honoring the players from the past who made this program what it is today, ... Our fans should expect the total package they find at Round Rock (site of Dell Diamond) and other nice stadiums. |
We've run into a team that is extremely well prepared and very capable. This isn't so much a fact that we're not any good, it's more about the fact that, hey, they're pretty brilliant right now. This is good stuff that they're doing. |
Well, that works for anybody who can do it. There's not a Longhorn stamped on it. That's called winning baseball, and it was our best game of the year. |
What happened tonight was we responded real well to the three runs they scored in the second. |
When we won our first national title at Cal-State Fullerton in 1979, it wasn't even filmed. You can't find a foot of film of that game. |
With so many juniors leaving school and 21-year-olds eligible to leave at any time, baseball is in a unique position. The schools are staggering through this first year in trying to figure out what the APR really means. |
You want to win everything along the way, because that buys you 24 hours of peace, but the national championship is the goal for this program. |
You've got to play the game and play it consistently no matter who you're playing. |