Robby Wine Quotations

We're going to solidify a lineup. There was a lot of things that went on last weekend. We just wanted to see what guys were made of. We realized that some of the freshmen weren't quite ready yet, and I think in the same aspect, we have some older guys that maybe started wondering where they stand with the team.

We're going to go with what I hope to be our main lineup. The order may change a little bit, but we're going to put a combination of offense and defense out there and we're going to let it go.

Unless there is an injury somewhere along the line, our starting lineup will be set. Guys will settle in and not feel the pressure of having to get a hit to stay in the lineup the next day. We've been communicating all along, but there's still that edge of, 'Hey, I gotta get a couple hits here or I'm not going to play.' And it's not like that. We just said, 'Everybody win jobs,' and that's what they did.

We set up a deal at Jack Russell Field. We told them what we wanted ... we wanted to play every day with one day off in the middle.

My expectation is to win every game. The sense of not winning now is over. Now is the time to win. We should go down there and beat all these teams.

Hopefully we can get guys like that to the mound and keep them fresh and hopefully it gets us some hitters back on track.

Jon is thrilled to be coming here to get a Penn State education, and we are just as excited. Jon is a quality lefty who has a 90 mph-plus fastball. He's a strikeout pitcher who has good control.

John is a great athlete who has shown great improvement over the past season. He's got a great breaking ball and can put some good velocity on his pitches. He comes from a Penn State family, and has the work ethic to be successful in the classroom and on the field.

Our pitching didn't hold guys down as far as getting other guys in that we wanted to. I planned on splitting the game evenly between some guys, but it didn't work out that way.

Our bullpen is still up in the air. We have to batten down the hatches a little bit.

Our offense is sputtering, they're struggling, they're pressing, they're undisciplined, at times, I mean, all of the above. It's not picking on any one excuse, it's a combination of everything. If it's not one thing, it's the other. And then you throw bad luck in there, too.

I'm sitting there wondering if maybe we don't have the guys we thought we had. It's a gut-check time for these guys, and I hope they wake up and start really looking themselves in the mirror. We're not playing like we're capable of, for whatever reason.

Who knows, maybe a month from now will we be looking at this game as something that was very important.

We have a lot more depth, a lot more experience. We'll be a lot more ready for the Big Ten this year. The consistency and experience we have this year is a lot better than last year.

We didn't anticipate the record we have after what we've played ...

We got impatient, we were undisciplined, we chased. But sometimes that type of pitcher makes you do that.

We've played great defense, then we've fallen apart at times. We've pitched well, but then in crunch times, we haven't. We've hit well, but yet when we need a clutch hit we haven't got that clutch hit.

Even today with the rain we had last night, the field's playing 10 times better. We're just jelling. Our team is coming together. The defense will be OK if we keep water on the field and the hops true.

Another guy who will show what it means to be a Penn State student-athlete, Michael is a proven college hitter who should provide some power for us. He comes from a great academic school, and we'll look for him to provide some leadership as he will be replacing two seniors at third base.

It was time to panic. It was time to shake things up. I hesitate to do that all year. I want our team and our lineup to be solid and know whose in front of them, behind them, have stability. It was just time.

That's what they're trying to do right now, show that it is worldwide.

You don't want to send up red flags, but it was time to. I want that same lineup. I know how important it is as a player just from my playing days and what is was like to be a hitting coach at other schools. How stability and consistency are so important. That's what you like, but there's a time to shake it up and move things around.

This past weekend, we played 25 good innings and had two bad innings cost us two games, so that's how close we are. At least we're condensing it to one inning. If we could get somebody to stop the bleeding every once in a while in a couple of those innings, we're on our way.

There was just a different tempo to the game today. It felt like our guys had confidence, and they had a plan and they stuck with it.

They're a tough team to start with. We're hoping we just compete. That's our goal: compete for three games.

They're having their ups and downs. They're struggling at times. They're turning things over similar to what we did last year.

They have their heads in the right places, they believe they can win this Big Ten and I can't say enough about them. They're ready to get after it.

A bad catcher can make a great staff average. And a good catcher can make an average staff great.

It was a relaxing game for us. We just went about our business.

It really meant a lot to me that he did that. I just want to put it in some of the older guys' hands. If he felt good and could put the ball in the gap, I want him to do that. Well, he didn't feel comfortable, and he took the bunt and sacrificed himself for the team.

It's very crucial, and we have to play well. We'll play well for four games and see what happens. I think we have a good chance of coming out of here with some wins and getting back in the pack.

It stinks that we won the first two and ended up with a split. I just feel like we had them right where we wanted them and we let them slip away with a split.

It's going to be different for us. It's going to be nice though.

It sure is disappointing because it's certainly something college kids look forward to.

It's been tough so far, but the weather is picking up. I'm very optimistic that we'll get this program going.

It'll help us to play somebody in a different uniform instead of dividing one team into two. When you get one lineup together, you have a good idea of what team you're going to have. In terms of wins and losses, it's going to be hard to tell.

It's growing on me; at first I thought it was just a fad. It's kind of interesting. The guys that are playing in it see it as a competition, and they're playing to win.

He's taken them under his wing and leading them and the freshmen understand him and respect him. Young kids are going to hit this stride and take them to the next level and we hope that's this weekend.

By far, by far. There is more talent on this team, and we're further ahead. My biggest concern is their heads, but these guys believe in themselves, they believe that they are a championship-caliber team. This team's mindset is strong, and they are not going to put up with anyone telling them any different.

He's working really hard, and that's a tribute to him. He's going to be ready every time we give him the ball.

He's the old guy. He's the guy that's been around. He's the guy that's been through the wars. We're going to expect a lot out of him.

He's a hitter. He's a great defensive catcher. And he also has a great relationship with the pitchers. The pitchers trust him, and that's important to us.

He's making big league plays out there. He'll be drafted as a shortstop.

He pitched his game. He's done that all year long.