Butch Hobson Quotations

One thing he taught us was life after football. One thing that I've been doing in Nashua is teaching life after baseball. Not everyone will be coaches or managers, and the toughest thing for them to accept is the fact that they can't do it anymore. I teach them life's lessons.

Hartmann was great again. His slider and changeup were working for him tonight and he had some great sink from his fastball.

Walks were the story for our entire pitching staff today.

We had scoring opportunities, but we didn't take advantage of them. We didn't advance runners when we needed to, and we tried to put runners in motion but it didn't work out.

(Division-leading Long Island) could very easily be 10 up the way we've been struggling. There are things we've got to do to get ready for the playoffs.

It's a start for a lot of guys who had good college careers, but didn't have what the scouts were looking for. It's also exciting to be seeing a group of young men (rookies) at the start of their careers, and seeing what they can do. And for some it's a second chance as well.

It was a good call and they executed it. It was a ball up out over the plate and he was able to get the bat on it.

I like the way he goes about his business. He goes right after the hitters and when his breaking ball is working it's a very effective pitch. He'll be our fourth guy in the playoffs.

He's feeling better today and hopefully he'll be strong and ready to go by Tuesday.