Marty Smith Quotations

We're starting to (build confidence). It definitely isn't where we want to be, but with good swings and pitching, it's coming together.

We're going to need those guys when it comes to conference time.

We're hoping it's just a two or three-week thing.

We're seeing a lot of interest coming to us and with the facility we're in now, we're limited to growth because of these larger contracts. So we want to be able to make sure we can keep the local governments happy and the large contracts.

There is business risk with respect to future environmental requirements, and it just makes good business sense to consider those risks in your planning and in what you do.

I'd like to see him get an education, go to school and so forth, but it's really up to him. I don't know what he is going to do. We're just concentrating on his health right now.

From that point on, he always wanted the ball in his hands at the end of the ball game.

He has the ability to be one of the best players we've ever had (at CFCC). He's as strong as any freshman we've had and he has good instincts. He's a complete baseball player.

He fits perfectly as far as the type of kid we want to sign, and being a local kid that we got to see for several years. Over time you see a kid play mistake-free baseball, make all the plays and do the little things well and he grows on you and grows on you. He's gonna be fine. He'll step right in and play for us.

I won't say I'm happy. I'm glad we are where we are. Where we finish is in our hands now and that's good.

That was two too many. The first rule was you must shower every day.

That was one of the best games that have been pitched here in several years. He didn't show any signs of stress. And it's huge for (today) having to play 18 innings. It helps our bullpen out a lot.

The press is who we are. We press on a miss, press on a make.

(Yancey) had a real good fall for us. He runs the bases real well. He'll definitely be in the lineup somewhere.

Two out hits is what you have to do to win close games. Especially in conference.

This way we'll still have his bat in the lineup everyday. He does it all, so we're going to need him.

You gotta play the best in order to be the best. It does us no good to be undefeated heading into conference play. We want to make sure we've seen some good teams before we get (into conference).

Eric didn't pitch that bad. They just hit it in the holes. He was unlucky today.

Eric did a great job out there for us. He was able to locate his cutter and fastball where he needed to to be effective.

They adjusted to what we were doing and got some easy baskets.

It would be advantageous for children to actually go into the classroom to learn about Michigan history.

Offensively, we'll be good. One through nine, we have some solid hitters. There's speed at the top and bottom of the order and power in the middle.

Spencer just left it over the plate all day. And you can't do that against a good hitting team like Lake City.

Spencer had a stinger in his neck (for the last couple days) that he didn't tell me about until the second inning. But he battled like crazy.

That's what winning teams do. If someone makes a boot, someone has to pick him up. And in that case, Adam picked himself up. That was huge.

It was good to answer (Lake-Sumter's first inning) run. We're real fragile morale wise right now. We can't afford to get down.

It's hard to get up for these games, but when it comes down to it and it's time to step in the box we have to bear down. You hate to let down concentration.

It's upsetting. Guys weren't playing to win. We finally made it to first place and guys choked.

It's not good. I'm just glad to see them bounce back from yesterday.

It's great to see us comeback. But when you miss signs and make the mistakes we made, you don't deserve to win.

It seemed like he was pressing and trying to hard at the plate. Hopefully he learned something from it. I'm not concerned with him. He's a solid player.

It was nice to get Criswell a nice outing. Still bouncing back from surgery, he had some outings where he didn't trust his stuff.

I'm glad to see us swing the bat well. We were able to cover up our mistakes by scoring a lot of runs. Until we can figure out how to field the ball, we better keep swinging the bat.

He's just been a hitting machine since he's gotten here. You could tell after the fall that he'd stepped in and was going to be in the lineup. He earned that scholarship.