We were very fortunate today. If you take a look at the first inning, I don't want to take anything away from our club but we had a seeing-eye triple down the right field line, all the sudden we were up 6-0. |
We're going to see how he feels. |
We're just trying to stay positive and keep getting better. We have to try to keep the guys understanding that it's a long season. |
We're really excited about the future. We're going to be a really young and inexperienced team, but the sophomores and juniors got another year under their belts. |
We're the most improved team in the state. No other team in Ohio has come as far as we have since the end of last year. |
We're very pleased with the type of individuals these are. It comes down to who they are, then it's about their development. We've got a great freshman nucleus. There are great possibilities. |
We've been looking for him for about a year, but we couldn't quite identify him. |
We've got a lot of guys that can get a hitter out, or two - specialty-type guys. So our starting pitching has to give us some innings. |
We've got a lot to learn. |
We've got three guys right now that have been there. All three of them -- Adam Hutchinson, Mark Fields and Brett Pick -- have started games for us in varsity this year. Having reserve games is an important part of our program. |
We've got to really contain him. He's most dangerous when he's rolling out and improvising so we have to prevent that and keep him in the pocket. |
When everyone's so balanced, (the game) comes down to usually one or two possessions. |
When you get the ball inside like we did early and get post touches, it helps open up the outside. It helps when you hit a few 3-pointers. |
Whenever you're playing against a team like Johnstown or even River Valley in the tournament, you've got to play your best game. We proved that last year when we went up against Highland in the first round and barely beat them (39-37). This time of year, there's no margin for error. |
Winning is fun, especially when you're terrible. I hope it's a wake-up call. We were really sloppy. We walked a total of three times. We struck out too many (six). We played terrible defense. We gave away at-bats. We thought it was going to be a blowout. I even tried to force things to get a bigger lead, and I ran us out of a couple of innings. I did a real average job. |