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We don't seem to be able to handle any pitchers we don't know well. He mixed up his pitches pretty good. He moved it around. Still, we weren't very selective or very patient at the plate against him.

We executed really well today and we didn't do that this weekend. That's the good thing about baseball, every time you come out you've got a new plate on your hands.

We got back on track after the fiasco down at Fort Tuesday night. Jason did good job for us on the mound. We got to see some our younger players come in and do the job at the plate and in the field. Maybe this win will get us pointed back in the right direction.

We finally came out and put somebody away. We've been winning but they've been close game. We've talking about being more aggressive at the plate and the offense came around like it should. We haven't done that in a while.

We couldn't have won the game without (Woods and Russell). Both of them came up to the plate and came through big time. This is the best game both of them have had at the same time this year.

We believe they unscrewed a plate where the phone was on the wall and passed the contraband through the opening.

We had it down to the last out with the winning run at the plate and the guy you would want up. I couldn't ask for more than that. That is the game, you think you have home-field advantage, and we played great at home all, year but something happened.

We had a little more of an aggressive approach at the plate and we started putting balls in play and making their defense work.

We have big serving lines in the kitchen. They fill your plate and they take it out, and you never know, it might be your dentist, or your doctor or your banker serving you because everybody participates.

We've discovered the hard way there's no way to pitch to him. He's such a disciplined hitter at the plate and has such good plate coverage, it's almost like you can't even trust your pitchers to pitch around him. You've just got to intentionally walk him.

We have a lot of depth on this team, both at the plate and on the mound.

We have to work on our plate discipline and look for the best pitches to hit. Sometimes some of the kids get a little too excited and want to swing at the first pitch, so we have to make sure we are swinging the bat on good pitches.

We had other things on our plate in Atlantic City.

We had one church where the ushers would go outside the sanctuary into the hallways to return to the front with the offering. After several months, they began to realize that one guy's plate never had 20-dollar bills in it. He was taking them out while he was in the hallway, out of everyone's sight.

Three home runs in a night and a bases-clearing double isn't bad. He had a pretty good night at the plate and we got some more production from some other guys in our lineup. That's the key to us winning.

You know those days when you think you have to have a plate of pasta right now? When I'm trying to be good, I take a minute to ask myself, 'Do you really need to eat all this crazy stuff? It will still be around if you want it later.'

When I first met with them in August, the goal was we were going to make the state playoffs. The kids have really stepped up to the plate all through the year. I've seen improvements in all aspects.

We need to win one-goal games and limit other teams to two or less goals. That will always get us a chance to win. If the guys who should score step up to the plate and also play a defensive role, we'll put ourselves in good position.

We got the hits when we needed them and that certainly was an improvement over (Saturday). I think we were a little more patient and a little more selective at the plate looking for our pitches.

We came out with a little intensity, offensively we were ok, we did some things wrong, but when we were out in front of the plate we stung them.

We have a few guys who can step into the six role if needed. Brett has had a limited amount of game time, but I'd like to think he could step up to the plate if he is called upon.

We haven?t hit the ball real well all year, and finally we?re starting to come around on that. We worked hard on that in the last week or two. We?re swinging at pitches that we could hit. We got more selective at the plate and it really paid off for us. Hitting strikes, driving the ball well.

The problem was that their catcher made no attempt to tag Mandy after she got the ball. She was looking for her pitcher to cover the plate and to toss her the ball.

Unfortunately, we haven't found many very old rocks on Earth because our planet's surface is constantly renewed by plate tectonics, coupled with erosion.

We didn't compete at the plate like we needed to and we just didn't get it done.

We didn't see anybody in them, so we just phoned the cops with the license plate numbers.

We didn't really lose anybody. We've got experience coming back at nearly every position. I think that will help steady us at the plate and in the field, especially.

We are really struggling at the plate right now. Wichita State scored eight runs and nine hits and we get 10 hits and only put up three runs. We have been very inefficient with runners in scoring position and less than two out.

When you see 'critical analysis of evolution,' you really need to look at what's behind that. Who? Why? Why is there this need for critical analysis of evolution? Why is there no call for critical analysis of plate tectonics?

We played well at times, we hit the ball well, and we had people up at the plate when we needed them, but we couldn't come through. (North Thurston) got the hits when they needed them.

We didn't play real well in that first game. It wasn't really bad, but we just weren't very aggressive at the plate like they've been taught to be.

We didn't do 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters' at the first show. We had had so much on our plate to get ready that we didn't sit down and time it out. We learned the songs chronologically but we literally ran out of time.

We still didn't play great, but it was much better. But I'm very impressed by the job Mike did today in what was really his first varsity experience. He was around the plate all game and changed speeds for us. He did a great job.

Those are going to go a long way toward investing in transportation systems. But we also need the state to step up to the plate and fund their share of what needs to be done.

To me, your closer needs to be able to throw the ball over the plate regardless of what he is throwing, ... If you don't have pinpoint command you need to have an out pitch, a swing and miss pitch.

We're at the point now of writing our own music. But, musically, we challenge anyone to step up to the plate with us.

You look back, and that was a real important run. I would dig home plate out if they let me, but I think they would get a little upset.

We didn't have much leeway to run. When they're 1.2 (seconds) to the plate and with Molina, that's difficult to run. You have to pick a pitch to do it on, and he didn't throw many curveballs.

We didn't have much leeway to run, ... When they're 1.2 (seconds) to the plate and with Molina, that's difficult to run. You have to pick a pitch to do it on, and he didn't throw many curveballs.

The factor that's moving prices higher is the overarching petro-political fears. This market has a lot on its plate this week.

We're trying to get the message out to people outside of Washington that we have these big challenges in front of us. We definitely want to target the business community. They need to step up to the plate here.

We were really patient at the plate today. This early in the season, that's a good sign.

We were not very aggressive at the plate until the sixth inning. We missed some chances early, but Morgan threw a very good game.

We have been hitting the ball real good. We try to approach the plate aggressively and hit the ball where it is thrown.

When people talk of Ghosts I don't mention the Apparition by which I am haunted, the Phantom that shadows me about the streets, the image or spectre, so familiar, so like myself, which lurks in the plate glass of shop-windows, or leaps out of mirrors

When people drive around town with this license plate on their car, they will remind women to get tested. Screenings are key in fighting cancer.

We will find the means to take care of them and give them what they need, ... I think the folks of Idaho would step up to the plate and they will do what they have done many times in the past and that is provide what is necessary.

We're not playing pitter-patter at the plate any more. We talked to the team about how we were dead last in the conference in hitting, and tonight we came out swinging the bats.

Why is the FBI conducting surveillance of a bookstore, monitoring the persons who gather there, and keeping files with lists of license plate numbers?

(Thompson) is a sophomore who's been pretty dominant in every game and he's really going to be good the next couple of years. That'll make you struggle offensively. Our kids were a lot more disciplined at the plate as the game went on.

To say they have a full plate is a major understatement.

Trying to throw out guys at home plate when we should be keeping the double play, ... It's the mental part of the game, and that's where we have to toughen up again. We're going to put forth a big effort.

The only thing we can do is probably pray a lot. Hopefully he makes a lot of pitches up the middle of the plate and he's not on his game that day.

The players showed an awful lot of patience at the plate and we took advantage of the walks. That's good to see.

The phrase 'blue plate special' has always been one of the homiest, coziest, most sweetly nostalgic phrases in the English language for me.

The photo that I looked at, I don't know if the photographer didn't like that he was chewing gum, but he had him put his gum on his hat. I kinda liked that. So, I chewed gum for about a month and saved it on a plate and then finally attached it into the canvas.

When you look at a plate of food it has to be equally appealing to the ownership as to the customer, ... You want a great product, but you can't compromise the profit.

When you leave a ball out over the plate to a guy like Andruw Jones, he doesn't miss very many.

The plate is in fair territory and the player never left the plate. It hit off the plate and stayed right on it. He's got to run. I teach my players to run out everything. If they hit it, they have to run. That was just a mistake and he's got to know to run on that.

Without him, we were good for three or four errors. Of course when you have a guy at the plate that is scoring two or three runs a game and is knocking in two or three, you are losing four-five runs of production without him.

Without hesitation, not only would we step quickly to the plate to participate, but for any request to make changes, we will make those changes,

With Suzuki, we should have quicker games because we don't have to hold the runners on as much as we used to. Kurt's going to give us something behind the plate that we didn't see last year. That's not taking anything away from the people we've had but times don't lie. His times throwing to second base are consistently around 1.9 to 1.92 (seconds).

Figure out who is driving revenues and profits in the various business units, and get close to those people. Get an appreciation for what their priorities and problems are, and be willing to act as a sounding board. Once you become known outside your area, the board will hear about it, and begin to see you as someone who can handle more than what's on your plate right now.

Facing batters who are swinging the bat gave me a chance to see whether I'm being deceptive with my pitches. The best thing was having an umpire behind the plate for the first time. It gave me a better read about what I'm doing instead of having coaches tell me my pitches look good.

The governor has expressed that we're open to further communication. We've got a lot on the plate for what will be a short session, but we've committed to having additional discussions with the Vikings." ()

The good news is that with this they've cleared the plate of most of their legal issues and can now focus on operations.

We've been pretty consistent at the plate we do a pretty good job of putting up runs. Keeping teams from scoring has been our problem.

The GOP leaders are upset with me, but the Republicans around the district are thanking me for stepping up to the plate and giving them a choice in this election of a real common sense conservative Reagan Republican.

The defense went really well until the last inning. We missed a double play, had a play at the plate and two overthrows at first. Wood River was able to capitalize on those errors and scored two runs.

While there were some violations at some BP stations, BP contacted us immediately to step up to the plate and make sure they were doing things the right way to act as a good corporate citizen.

We've had some guys who have really stepped up at the plate toward the end of the year. Some of them are guys who had been struggling a little bit. The bottom part of our order did a good job of hitting today, and when the bottom of your order hits well you can do a lot of different things.

We've got a bunch of young kids that have a lot of heart. Anytime you're down four runs and get the winning run to the plate in the ninth you've done something.

Tonight we didn't get the big hit and we had too many errors. We have to execute at the plate and on the field. I know we can. They were playing not to lose instead of playing to win.

Tonight we did a good job at the plate of driving guys in.

The other horse (Paratroopers) was coming back to him. It was a great win but the Cox Plate is a much tougher assignment for him.

The other horse (Paratroopers) was coming back to him. It was a great win, but the Cox Plate is a much tougher assignment for him.

The original plan was to go to the Hill Stakes and the Craven Plate but with the doubt over Court's In Session, I'm also looking at the George Main Stakes,

We had a guy at the plate that hadn't played in a while, so it's tough to expect him to go up there and get a hit.

We had to get him focusing on the delivery and delivering the ball to the plate and not thinking about what you want the ball to do. I think it was key for him, because hitters didn't know what was coming.

This was a really good win for us. I liked our approach at the plate and we did a great job of squaring the bat on the ball and hitting it hard. When the wind blows out like it did today, you do those things and you're going to see some home runs.

We were throwing a lot of curveballs and cutters. When you have a left-handed-dominated lineup and I throw backdoor cutters, that's a pitch that for the most part, if they don't hit it for a base hit, it's probably going to be a flyball out. ... I work so hard on the inside part of the plate with my cutter that when I do throw it on the backside, they have a tendency to hit that ball in the air, and not with authority.

We got a few runs on the board and Trey went to work and kept them off the bases. Everyone got up there and competed real well at the plate tonight.

We knew if we were going to have a chance against Michigan we were going to have to get some clutch hits. We showed a lot of patience at the plate in the seventh inning and Lindsey Cameron came through with that clutch hit.

We (the commission) had done some before this fund was established, but I don't think we'd done our share. I think we've definitely stepped up to the plate lately and done what needs to be done.

We talked to our players about staying calming at the plate and staying mechanically sound in order to hit the ball properly. Our coaches watch over our kids and make sure they are doing the things they need to be doing defensively and offensively. It's the small things that win games.

We spent a lot of time this week at the hitting stations and our performance at the plate improved, but we still have a long way to go.

We've been struggling at the plate this season. Our pitching has been strong all year and our defense is starting to come around. But overall, I'm pleased with the team effort tonight. Hopefully, we'll be able to turn the corner with that first win.

We've been stepping up to the plate staff wise as well as coordinating our efforts with the city and the mayor's office to find alternate parking for our guests.

We've been solid at the plate all season and I have faith in everyone that steps up to the plate. We had 22 hits the first day of the Sweetwater tournament and I hope we have more performances like that this weekend.

We weren't good at the plate tonight. We had terrible approaches. Not to take anything away from Mike Cisco, but up and down the lineup, we didn't have enough quality at-bats.

We were light at the plate last year, there's no doubt about it. I really think we need to have seven .300 hitters (in 2006).

What takes place between the pitcher's mound and behind the plate is vitally important to the success of a major-league team. I think Ryan is realizing that more every day.

We showed a lot of resilience. Braden Wells was huge at the plate with three quality at-bats and we had solid at-bats throughout the lineup.

We are calling on leadership on both sides of the aisle to get back to it. The life of millions of people are at stake here. Folks are going to demand that Congress step to the plate and act.

We got more patient at the plate and the guys started waiting for their pitch. (Manchester) threw harder than their starter so it took some time to adjust, but we were able to get a few runs in the sixth and get the win.

We hung around, we had the tying run at the plate a couple of times, we just couldn't get it done. We do hang around. It's something these guys have found a way to do this year.

We changed our approach at the plate and it started to pay off. Early on I felt our batters were playing into the pitcher's hands, and he just dominated us when he got ahead in the count.

We're very happy with Ryan Flaherty and his performance today. He had a big triple and also added a single and double in his three at-bats. Ryan did a great job at the plate today.

We know that if we are patient at the plate and wait for the right pitches, that we are going to score some runs. Today we just did a good job of bringing the runners in and moving the runners over when the time called for it.

We did a lot of things to put ourselves in position to win, but we just can't seem to make the big plays right now. The biggest problem we had was an inability to score runs. We only struck out four times in 21 plate appearances, which tells me we are putting the bat on the ball, but we are hitting it right at people.