I was just able to overlap because we had so many guys on that side. I just got a good hit on him.
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A lot of my guys get off work (for fire calls) and they don't get paid. It's money out of their pockets. But in this county we have a great group of volunteers who show up all the time.
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The majority of the [players], I like,.. I questioned the effort of a select, few guys, and they know who they are. I wasn't happy here and I owe it to myself to be happy. They didn't deserve to have me here, so I took myself elsewhere.
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The majority of the guys I like. The main thing I had a problem with was just my treatment by the front office and maybe the effort of a select few guys.
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Yeah, it was blowing up. Nonstop. All my friends from back home. Guys I haven't really heard from in a while. But it was great.
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You see these guys on TV all the time and you always wonder if I could play in the majors. You get a chance to do it and are actually doing it. You see they are just like you, that they put their pants on one leg at a time.
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At that point in time, everyone was looking to Matt to carry the team. He was putting a lot of pressure on himself and other guys weren't stepping up.
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It affected him a little because once we got back, some of our other guys were a little more fine-tuned and ready to go. It takes him a little while to get in that pattern, but there are guys that do it. It's rare to find a guy who's a two-sport athlete who is not a great athlete. That's what makes him be in a situation where he can do that.
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At the beginning of the semester I told the players that at mid-semester if the grades weren't good then there were going to be punishments. There's no reason for this to happen. We have study hall twice a week and a free tutoring service. I think a lot of the guys took it lightly and they got surprised.
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We have 30 guys, so we have to spread the money out. Losing 1.7 scholarships doesn't affect just one or two people; we're talking about five or maybe six guys. We can't put the program in a position where we get penalized year in and year out with 1.7 scholarships because we're not taking care of our academics.
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There's no doubt we're sending a message to these guys. The biggest thing is that the one thing I know these guys understand is playing time and traveling and when they're not doing that it hurts them a little more.
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The recruiting trail never ends for us. Once we get recruits for this season, we start looking for guys for the next season. It's a continuous beat and at this level it's all about recruiting big players to come in and play for you.
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Way separate situations,.. I stand by all my guys.
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These guys better start smelling the roses, quit this tit-for-tat stuff and get this thing together -- both sides. (My sponsor) isn't dissatisfied with the IRL, it's dissatisfied with the powers-to-be in open-wheel racing.
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Every team in this league has had situations where either their rehab guys helped them win or they've had to deal with some bad outings or bad at-bats. That's just the way it goes. That's just another excuse. For me, the only excuse why we (were not) winning was because we weren't playing well.
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It depends on where your team is. If your major-league team is in the race and they're trying to win their division or the wild card, you should only bring up guys that can win. If your team is completely out of it, it's nice to give guys a look and see how they play, because they're there to play.
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We have 10 guys I?d feel comfortable playing.
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When a team has a group of guys who can shoot the ball like we do, it's just a matter of time before they start to go in. Throughout the course of a season, you're going to go through some slumps, and you just try to keep those slumps as short as possible. But we knew all along that it was just a matter of relaxing and making shots.
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I went around thanking my teammates,.. If those guys aren't taking pitches so I can run, I wouldn't get the opportunities. More importantly, I'm shooting for 100 runs (he has 96), because that means I'm getting on base.
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We've got a first baseman, shortstop and second baseman that I think should win a Gold Glove. Those guys are great in the infield.
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I hit ninth the first month, and to be in the top 10 in runs scored, that's putting in a lot of work. There was a stretch where I went 1 for 30 and I was hitting ninth. That's why stolen bases are not even important. It's getting over so guys can get you in.
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Adam wrestles with a lot of heart. When you're wrestling guys that are 30 or 40 pounds heavier than you, you have to wrestle with heart.
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There were a lot of older guys on our team and I grew up watching them. Suddenly I was there playing with them as one of 20 guys on the team, it was crazy.
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Of course you miss the guys
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Watching the young guys progress has really been great and rewarding. The seniors.. We feel we've been doing the best we can to help the guys come along. When I see things happen, see plays run right or Mario, Julian, Brandon, Micah going hard in different situations, it shows me how far they've come. I'm excited about our potential, too.
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