(In Legion), we had coaches, but they weren't coaches, ... They just filled the lineup card out and hit us ground balls. We never got any coaching like we give our kids. (In softball), I learned a lot about the defensive side and dealing with the men and the boys. |
(The operator) said, 'You've already changed it once and you can't change it again,' ... 'Yeah, but I'm coaching that Little League team that's going to the World Series and we won't be back until the 29th.' So she took me clear off jury duty. It made my day. |
All I can say is we are hopeful. |
Eventually, perfect is pretty hard to maintain. |
Excited we are, but this is like the tournaments we've been playing. It seems like we reach a new high every time we go out and play a game. |
Hawai'i is a good team. They're on a roll. They've been playing very good baseball. They've been getting better every game. They'll be a huge challenge for anybody that plays them. |
He's a baseball guy, ... He loves working with these kids and being able to make a statement in their lives. He's always said he'd probably never work with older kids because (preteens) still believe everything you tell them. After they turn 14, they know it all. |
He's done his job, he's played decent at first base, he knocks a hit in there once in a while or a key walk, but he's never went out there and had the back-to-back hits like that. A double and a home run against one of the top teams in the world, I'd call that a pretty good game. |
I have curly hair, so once (the mustache) gets out it starts going in 65 different directions, ... So now I have to wax it to control it. I asked the kids if I could get rid of it and they said 'No.' |
I think we've got a pretty full schedule for the next month. |
I told them if they could get me to the World Series, I would cut the wings off. And they got me there. |
I was 17 when that award started. |
I would rather they go out and kick our butt with honest hits and get 10 hits and beat us 6-1. It is a bitter pill to go out and play badly, run the bases badly and make errors. |
I'd have rather had them go out and kick our butts with honest hits. It is a bitter pill to go out and play badly and run the bases badly. The base-running blunders just killed us and we never came back from that because that was a great chance for us to go ahead. |
If we don't make the mistakes we made on defense and the walks, it's a lot closer ball game. They had two hits and six runs. That doesn't say a lot for the way we played the game. |