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Finley's been swinging the bat a lot better, ... It's good to see him chip in.
MIKE SCIOSCIA If the guys around him are swinging the bat well, he's naturally going to get better pitches to hit....
HAL MCRAE I thought he looked great. He's swinging the bat well, and his timing looks like it's there. The key...
GERALD PERRY Morris and Cooper both hit the ball hard and drove in runs. Cooper has been swinging a hot bat and h...
DAVID CAMIC I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES We've been getting Whatley some pinch hits, and he caught one of the games at Seminole. He's been sw...
JAMES MANSINGER We just weren't having good at-bats against him. We were trying to lift balls and over-swinging, tak...
DON WERNER He's swinging the bat now, no question. He's starting to sting the ball.
FELIPE ALOU I think [it bothers him] more so in the field than at the plate. It's when he slows down or takes of...
BOB MELVIN We were probably one batter away from knocking him out. But we let him off the hook and he settled d...
BOBBY HALFORD We feel bad for the Saints, but we're in a bad situation at 0-2. We can't go 0-3. A win cures everyt...
ANTOINE WINFIELD The way he's swinging the bat, I can't take him out of the lineup. He might be the best hitter we ha...
LANCE MOORE We need to not do those types of things. When you've got your best hitter at the plate, and you're s...
BRAD WILKERSON We wanted to break him in like any other player. To get him ready defensively is very important. The...
BOB GEREN I'd like to get him going. He's had some success here. I'd like to get him swinging with confidence,...
BRUCE BOCHY He's been swinging the bat well and driving in runs.
DAVID SALIBA We're still swinging the bats well. We're hitting the ball hard and getting hits at the right times.
DENNIS RINE (Monday) night we struggled real bad without Josh Smith in the lineup, but we stick him back in ther...
WAYNE RICHARDSON Jihad made the foul too early. We were going to try to deny McNamara the ball. We let him get it. Th...
ANDY KENNEDY Offensively, I am a little disappointed in how we've been swinging the bat this weekend. Fortunately...
JOE HUDAK He got a fastball down and in and got a good swing on it. Frank's a young kid and has a lot to learn...
AARON NIECKULA I was swinging to swing the bat, like he (assistant coach Alex Marconi) said. I want to swing at the...
BRAD MILLER The other night she was hitting the ball hard, but it was right at somebody. Tonight, she got out of...
DICK BLASY He has played very well defensively at third base. He's swinging the bat well. He can add some punch...
GENE STEPHENSON It's good to get Andrew back on track swinging the bat. He had a grand slam this morning and then a ...
CHARLIE PULEO We just got to do a better job of getting him the ball and getting him open with tough screens.
DAN FITZGERALD![]()
That kid is a good quarterback. He scrambles well and has got a lot of poise, but we let him off the...
JOE PATERNO![]()
That kid is a good quarterback, ... He scrambles well and has got a lot of poise, but we let him off...
JOE PATERNO Any time you hit the ball to the opposite field, you're swinging the bat real good. [Lee] has mainta...
BILLY WILLIAMS She's playing with him and swinging him. It's for new mothers who want to get that weight off from h...
HAVI HEBER It's a combination of things. Randy Winn has been swinging the bat well and it looks like Vernon Wel...
BUCK MARTINEZ He's a tough guy to contain. We did a good job the first half of fronting him and denying him the ba...
WILLIE SCHLEPP If he catches that ball, we probably win 3-0. Paul knows he should have caught that ball. I just ask...
JAMI ISAACSON![]()
He was in a special situation, and we had to give him the opportunity to get a three-year contract w...
ARSENE WENGER I'm getting pitches to hit and swinging. Once you get your pitch, keep swinging,
DAVID ORTIZ My first three years, I'm swinging at anything regardless of where it's at -- inside, outside, [it] ...
ELIJAH DUKES I might not have done it had he been really swinging the bat well, but sometimes you need a mental b...
PHIL GARNER I just wanted to deny him [the ball]. He got the ball a couple of times, but I just wanted to chase ...
ERIC FERGUSON Every player started at least one game in the HIT tournament and every player sat at least one game ...
JEFF BLANKENSHIP Sometimes you have to give credit where credit is due. But from an offensive standpoint, we just are...
LLOYD MCCLENDON Early on it looked like everyone was swinging the bat and hitting the ball hard and then later on, d...
BOB MELVIN It's a team game. It wasn't like Valentin tried to let the ball go through his legs to see how far i...
DEREK LOWE A lot of it had to do with that fourth at-bat (Sunday) when he got a walk, ... He saw quite a few pi...
DAVE CLARK He threw the ball real well. He came in a crucial situation. Still, there are a couple of things tha...
JAMEY SHOUPPE We just struggled. We went down swinging. I don't care how many innings you play, you do that, you'r...
CHAD EPPERSON Our guys were swinging at balls above their hands. Gurley threw well, and we weren't disciplined. We...
LINN WILLIAMS It was not one of his best games. But, with that, we have to give credit to the other team, too. The...
YADIER MOLINA![]()
I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a gl...
BABE RUTH It was tough that CIF didn't give Apple much credit by sending them out to face Granite right off th...
ROGELIO TORRES He doesn't appear to let things bother him. That was a tough situation.
ALAN TRAMMELL A lot of guys get upset in that situation, ... but he was able to shrug it off. With a good hitter i...
BRAD AUSMUS I don't like the way he's swinging. He says he's 100 percent healthy, but I choose to believe someth...
PETE MACKANIN I moved him for Morgan. When he came back from the hand injury, I wanted him in a position where guy...
PHIL GARNER The past couple days, I've been swinging out of my shoes. But I tried just to focus more and get the...
ASHLEY HANEWICH It was about 70 percent for wanting to go at night. With the way our hitters are swinging the bat ri...
JOE URSO![]()
He hits the ball a long way and he knows how to win.
GARY MCCORD The second at-bat, on the home run, I was trying to go in, and the ball ran out over the inner half ...
AARON HARANG I remember when we were in the World Cup in Australia and I had to win the singles against Tony Payn...
ERIC BRISTOW He understood his economic situation. That's part of his work ethic. He knows how Stephanie struggle...
AARON LEE Their guys were swinging the bat, but the umpire had a strike zone I liked and things were working f...
COREY MACDONALD He threw the ball fine. We were swinging at some bad pitches and watched some good ones go bye. That...
RICK CALLOWAY He's in a zone. He believes in himself and he's swinging at good pitches.
RUDY JARAMILLO He's a tough little player. Whenever he got the ball, we corralled him to make sure he didn't get a ...
LEON JOHNSON![]()
I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing ...
BABE RUTH Cody definitely knows how to handle a bat, but it comes down to getting the opportunities. He's soli...
MIKE JOHNSON He's a strong, good-sized kid. He doesn't come down easily. But we don't give him the ball a lot ins...
CHUCK ANDERSON He knows how to use screens and he's very good at getting in position to shoot. He can break you dow...
DONNIE MARSH Megan pitched very well. We're getting our swings at the plate. Morris and Conner both are swinging ...
TIM RICCI He's high on my list. Sometimes guys just need a shot. If he keeps swinging like that, we'll keep hi...
DEAN TREANOR![]()
I am enthused and excited to be named the honorary starter. Waving the green flag is like swinging a...
TOMMY LASORDA I'm not sure how many sacks we got but I know he took a lot of hits. He's a very tough competitor an...
CHAN GAILEY![]()
There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise...
IBN GABIROL There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise...
SOLOMON IBN GABIROL BEN JUDAH We came out swinging today and it paid off. We have a few guys in the middle of the lineup who can t...
LUIS ALICEA If something looks good, I'm swinging. They pay me to hit. I look at the ball and swing.
VLADIMIR GUERRERO![]()
He'd count the Bangkok Four-Ball if you let him.
JACK NICKLAUS He only had the ball in his stick for six or seven seconds the whole game and had the three goals. I...
JOHN DANOWSKI We're swinging the bats well. It's good to come back and get a good win. ... We played real well in ...
JOE KNOWLTON Sometimes that pressure to make the team is good. Now it's more about getting into a good hitter's c...
ADAM MELHUSE Ramirez has been pitching well. But he kept walking Pena with Dunn behind him. Dunn hasn't hit left-...
BOBBY COX If you can put the bat on the ball time after time and put pressure on teams, good things are going ...
GARY MINER We think [Fox] is a great coach. He prepares you extremely well, and he knows how to win. Everyone i...
BRENTSON BUCKNER She's gotten real strong, and she's swinging the bat really well. She's going to anchor our infield ...
JENNY PARSONS You gotta give [Moss] some credit. He's a big league pitcher. He knows what he's doing at all times....
TOREY LOVULLO![]()
Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging.
DUKE SNIDER We played good enough defense to get the win. Fowler and Dorsey had great nights for us. We are gett...
ERIC BERRY It was on a 1-2 count with two outs. It was a big win because we were down 4-0.
MADDY COON We kept asking him about the nail and he said it was feeling good. He was throwing the ball well, bu...
JEFF MATHIS![]()
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble of...
HANK AARON Give him credit. We had some opportunities, but he made some pitches and shut the door.
MIKE SCIOSCIA She played a very consistent match to win at that spot. In the third set, she was down 0-2 and pulle...
DONALYN WOESTE One thing I did was stop thinking so much. I'm just going out there and swinging the bat.
JENNY DOBBERTIN The way I've been swinging the bat the last week-and-a-half, ... I'm not producing offensively the w...
JOSE GUILLEN He had mastery of everything today. Even psychologically, we're up 2-0, it's going to be tough to ge...
JOE SICILIANO I told Kurt I'm rooting for him, hoping he gets back and gets healthy. My goal is to give him an opp...
JOSH MCCOWN We said last year the Giants were coming up with position guys who are respectable big-league prospe...
FELIPE ALOU We have to start laying off some pitches. We were swinging at pitches that were way out of the strik...
MICHELE CAHILL At Walsh, ... it was almost like, 'Let Rob post up and give him the ball.'
ROBERT WHALEY I am proud to say I know him. He's not getting off the hook because I am going to need him.
MATT MECHTEL It's tough to get a read on them, because I'll get ahead 0 and 2, and throw a fastball up and in and...
GARY GLOVER
MIKE SCIOSCIA If the guys around him are swinging the bat well, he's naturally going to get better pitches to hit....
HAL MCRAE I thought he looked great. He's swinging the bat well, and his timing looks like it's there. The key...
GERALD PERRY Morris and Cooper both hit the ball hard and drove in runs. Cooper has been swinging a hot bat and h...
DAVID CAMIC I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES We've been getting Whatley some pinch hits, and he caught one of the games at Seminole. He's been sw...
JAMES MANSINGER We just weren't having good at-bats against him. We were trying to lift balls and over-swinging, tak...
DON WERNER He's swinging the bat now, no question. He's starting to sting the ball.
FELIPE ALOU I think [it bothers him] more so in the field than at the plate. It's when he slows down or takes of...
BOB MELVIN We were probably one batter away from knocking him out. But we let him off the hook and he settled d...
BOBBY HALFORD We feel bad for the Saints, but we're in a bad situation at 0-2. We can't go 0-3. A win cures everyt...
ANTOINE WINFIELD The way he's swinging the bat, I can't take him out of the lineup. He might be the best hitter we ha...
LANCE MOORE We need to not do those types of things. When you've got your best hitter at the plate, and you're s...
BRAD WILKERSON We wanted to break him in like any other player. To get him ready defensively is very important. The...
BOB GEREN I'd like to get him going. He's had some success here. I'd like to get him swinging with confidence,...
BRUCE BOCHY He's been swinging the bat well and driving in runs.
DAVID SALIBA We're still swinging the bats well. We're hitting the ball hard and getting hits at the right times.
DENNIS RINE (Monday) night we struggled real bad without Josh Smith in the lineup, but we stick him back in ther...
WAYNE RICHARDSON Jihad made the foul too early. We were going to try to deny McNamara the ball. We let him get it. Th...
ANDY KENNEDY Offensively, I am a little disappointed in how we've been swinging the bat this weekend. Fortunately...
JOE HUDAK He got a fastball down and in and got a good swing on it. Frank's a young kid and has a lot to learn...
AARON NIECKULA I was swinging to swing the bat, like he (assistant coach Alex Marconi) said. I want to swing at the...
BRAD MILLER The other night she was hitting the ball hard, but it was right at somebody. Tonight, she got out of...
DICK BLASY He has played very well defensively at third base. He's swinging the bat well. He can add some punch...
GENE STEPHENSON It's good to get Andrew back on track swinging the bat. He had a grand slam this morning and then a ...
CHARLIE PULEO We just got to do a better job of getting him the ball and getting him open with tough screens.
DAN FITZGERALD
That kid is a good quarterback. He scrambles well and has got a lot of poise, but we let him off the... JOE PATERNO
That kid is a good quarterback, ... He scrambles well and has got a lot of poise, but we let him off... JOE PATERNO Any time you hit the ball to the opposite field, you're swinging the bat real good. [Lee] has mainta...
BILLY WILLIAMS She's playing with him and swinging him. It's for new mothers who want to get that weight off from h...
HAVI HEBER It's a combination of things. Randy Winn has been swinging the bat well and it looks like Vernon Wel...
BUCK MARTINEZ He's a tough guy to contain. We did a good job the first half of fronting him and denying him the ba...
WILLIE SCHLEPP If he catches that ball, we probably win 3-0. Paul knows he should have caught that ball. I just ask...
JAMI ISAACSON
He was in a special situation, and we had to give him the opportunity to get a three-year contract w... ARSENE WENGER I'm getting pitches to hit and swinging. Once you get your pitch, keep swinging,
DAVID ORTIZ My first three years, I'm swinging at anything regardless of where it's at -- inside, outside, [it] ...
ELIJAH DUKES I might not have done it had he been really swinging the bat well, but sometimes you need a mental b...
PHIL GARNER I just wanted to deny him [the ball]. He got the ball a couple of times, but I just wanted to chase ...
ERIC FERGUSON Every player started at least one game in the HIT tournament and every player sat at least one game ...
JEFF BLANKENSHIP Sometimes you have to give credit where credit is due. But from an offensive standpoint, we just are...
LLOYD MCCLENDON Early on it looked like everyone was swinging the bat and hitting the ball hard and then later on, d...
BOB MELVIN It's a team game. It wasn't like Valentin tried to let the ball go through his legs to see how far i...
DEREK LOWE A lot of it had to do with that fourth at-bat (Sunday) when he got a walk, ... He saw quite a few pi...
DAVE CLARK He threw the ball real well. He came in a crucial situation. Still, there are a couple of things tha...
JAMEY SHOUPPE We just struggled. We went down swinging. I don't care how many innings you play, you do that, you'r...
CHAD EPPERSON Our guys were swinging at balls above their hands. Gurley threw well, and we weren't disciplined. We...
LINN WILLIAMS It was not one of his best games. But, with that, we have to give credit to the other team, too. The...
YADIER MOLINA
I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing a gl... BABE RUTH It was tough that CIF didn't give Apple much credit by sending them out to face Granite right off th...
ROGELIO TORRES He doesn't appear to let things bother him. That was a tough situation.
ALAN TRAMMELL A lot of guys get upset in that situation, ... but he was able to shrug it off. With a good hitter i...
BRAD AUSMUS I don't like the way he's swinging. He says he's 100 percent healthy, but I choose to believe someth...
PETE MACKANIN I moved him for Morgan. When he came back from the hand injury, I wanted him in a position where guy...
PHIL GARNER The past couple days, I've been swinging out of my shoes. But I tried just to focus more and get the...
ASHLEY HANEWICH It was about 70 percent for wanting to go at night. With the way our hitters are swinging the bat ri...
JOE URSO
He hits the ball a long way and he knows how to win. GARY MCCORD The second at-bat, on the home run, I was trying to go in, and the ball ran out over the inner half ...
AARON HARANG I remember when we were in the World Cup in Australia and I had to win the singles against Tony Payn...
ERIC BRISTOW He understood his economic situation. That's part of his work ethic. He knows how Stephanie struggle...
AARON LEE Their guys were swinging the bat, but the umpire had a strike zone I liked and things were working f...
COREY MACDONALD He threw the ball fine. We were swinging at some bad pitches and watched some good ones go bye. That...
RICK CALLOWAY He's in a zone. He believes in himself and he's swinging at good pitches.
RUDY JARAMILLO He's a tough little player. Whenever he got the ball, we corralled him to make sure he didn't get a ...
LEON JOHNSON
I won't be happy until we have every boy in America between the ages of six and sixteen wearing ... BABE RUTH Cody definitely knows how to handle a bat, but it comes down to getting the opportunities. He's soli...
MIKE JOHNSON He's a strong, good-sized kid. He doesn't come down easily. But we don't give him the ball a lot ins...
CHUCK ANDERSON He knows how to use screens and he's very good at getting in position to shoot. He can break you dow...
DONNIE MARSH Megan pitched very well. We're getting our swings at the plate. Morris and Conner both are swinging ...
TIM RICCI He's high on my list. Sometimes guys just need a shot. If he keeps swinging like that, we'll keep hi...
DEAN TREANOR
I am enthused and excited to be named the honorary starter. Waving the green flag is like swinging a... TOMMY LASORDA I'm not sure how many sacks we got but I know he took a lot of hits. He's a very tough competitor an...
CHAN GAILEY
There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise... IBN GABIROL There are four types of men in this world: 1. The man who knows, and knows that he knows; he is wise...
SOLOMON IBN GABIROL BEN JUDAH We came out swinging today and it paid off. We have a few guys in the middle of the lineup who can t...
LUIS ALICEA If something looks good, I'm swinging. They pay me to hit. I look at the ball and swing.
VLADIMIR GUERRERO
He'd count the Bangkok Four-Ball if you let him. JACK NICKLAUS He only had the ball in his stick for six or seven seconds the whole game and had the three goals. I...
JOHN DANOWSKI We're swinging the bats well. It's good to come back and get a good win. ... We played real well in ...
JOE KNOWLTON Sometimes that pressure to make the team is good. Now it's more about getting into a good hitter's c...
ADAM MELHUSE Ramirez has been pitching well. But he kept walking Pena with Dunn behind him. Dunn hasn't hit left-...
BOBBY COX If you can put the bat on the ball time after time and put pressure on teams, good things are going ...
GARY MINER We think [Fox] is a great coach. He prepares you extremely well, and he knows how to win. Everyone i...
BRENTSON BUCKNER She's gotten real strong, and she's swinging the bat really well. She's going to anchor our infield ...
JENNY PARSONS You gotta give [Moss] some credit. He's a big league pitcher. He knows what he's doing at all times....
TOREY LOVULLO
Swing hard, in case they throw the ball where you're swinging. DUKE SNIDER We played good enough defense to get the win. Fowler and Dorsey had great nights for us. We are gett...
ERIC BERRY It was on a 1-2 count with two outs. It was a big win because we were down 4-0.
MADDY COON We kept asking him about the nail and he said it was feeling good. He was throwing the ball well, bu...
JEFF MATHIS
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble of... HANK AARON Give him credit. We had some opportunities, but he made some pitches and shut the door.
MIKE SCIOSCIA She played a very consistent match to win at that spot. In the third set, she was down 0-2 and pulle...
DONALYN WOESTE One thing I did was stop thinking so much. I'm just going out there and swinging the bat.
JENNY DOBBERTIN The way I've been swinging the bat the last week-and-a-half, ... I'm not producing offensively the w...
JOSE GUILLEN He had mastery of everything today. Even psychologically, we're up 2-0, it's going to be tough to ge...
JOE SICILIANO I told Kurt I'm rooting for him, hoping he gets back and gets healthy. My goal is to give him an opp...
JOSH MCCOWN We said last year the Giants were coming up with position guys who are respectable big-league prospe...
FELIPE ALOU We have to start laying off some pitches. We were swinging at pitches that were way out of the strik...
MICHELE CAHILL At Walsh, ... it was almost like, 'Let Rob post up and give him the ball.'
ROBERT WHALEY I am proud to say I know him. He's not getting off the hook because I am going to need him.
MATT MECHTEL It's tough to get a read on them, because I'll get ahead 0 and 2, and throw a fastball up and in and...
GARY GLOVER
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