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His swing is intact. The hand-eye coordination is intact. The bat is ready. The other stuff, I don't want to get into.

He's a veteran guy, get his bat in the lineup.

He's a veteran bat off the bench. He's a guy who can drive the ball, get the ball out of the ball park. It's nice to be able to have a guy who's a professional hitter, a guy who's been around the league and understands that role. We think he's going to help us.

He's been on fire. We've been facing good pitching and the kids have been competing. That's all I ask for. We've been swinging the bat well. It was nice to see us get some two-out hits.

He's been impressive early on. We want Hank to be part of this thing for a long time, so this might be a better opportunity for Emerson to do some things. He has the potential to be an impact player behind the plate. He took the switch very positively and wants to learn and get better. We know it's early, but based on what he did last year with the bat and the potential he has defensively, it's an intriguing package.

He's been good for us all summer. We started fitting right off the bat and it's been good.

He's been coming on. When he's been given an opportunity, he's been swinging the bat batter lately. It's good to see kids get rewarded like that who work hard each day.

He's been coming on. He's been our defensive second baseman and we just needed to go with a guy consistently there. When he's getting the opportunity, he's been swinging the bat better lately..

Hopefully we can just bat the once, get a massive score and put pressure on the second innings.

The pain is still there. It goes from the lower back into my right leg. It started in my back because of my hamstring and it's still weak. I can't swing a bat and I can't even bend over for a ground ball.

When they're swinging the bats as good as they are, you hate to give them a day. You want to give them a day when they're not swinging the bat good. When you're swinging the bat good, you can't wait to get to the ballpark.

He wasn't going to bat tonight if it came down to that but I'm not sure how he'll pull up tomorrow.

He was fine. In his first game, he swung the bat decently and was fine in the field.

He was saying how loaded this team is and how tough it is finding at-bats for everyone. The guy who's swinging the hot bat will probably decide things a lot, but I told him that playing two out of every three games or something like that is fine with me. Whatever he needs to do to keep guys fresh.

I advised them to get it. If there's a bat flying around your house and you are suspicious that it had been there earlier, then you shouldn't waste time. It's very sad that the county didn't come up with it. But I can understand them sticking to protocol.

I also thought Josh Stevens ( 2-for-4) swung the bat well today, but we had several guys who swung the bat well. And you've got to have that (hitting) up and down the lineup to be successful.

He was a good friend and Extension director. He went to bat for all of us. We're certainly going to miss him.

He can pitch. I saw him last summer in a wooden bat league. He's crafty, just like Cornelius. He's a competitor. When he gets on that mound, he wants to send that hitter to the dugout.

He deserves that chance. The way he swings the bat, I think he can handle it. His bat speed is tremendous.

He closed his eyes and just swung. He got the good part of the bat on it, and it was a deep shot.

He just struggled all night long. They weren't smashing balls all over the place. They hit some balls off the end of the bat and they found some holes.

He just put the bat on the ball and did his job. If I had made a better pitch, he probably wouldn't have.

He kept the ball off the fat of the bat really well. He lived up to his scouting report. But it comes down to being able to do what you want to do, and it looked like he was able to do that.

He just got a fastball in and I tried to get the bat on it and I was lucky enough to get it up in the air and wrap it around the pole.

He is only a sophomore but he did a nice job keeping us off stride all day. We have always prided ourselves with being able to put the bat on the ball but we didn't do it today. We haven't struck out that many times in a game since I have been here. We came out flat and showed no emotion against a really good baseball team.

He (Langer) wasn't going to bat tonight if it came down to that. I'm not sure how he will pull up tomorrow. As we all know he's a pretty tough sort of character but at the end of the day it is just a game of cricket, and he's got a lovely wife and four children at home.He will be monitored again in the morning but we will have to see how we go and see how he feels about it.

There are still four days to go and you all know that Australia can bounce back from any stage. That's why our first target would be to bat at least two more sessions tomorrow and then we can think about saving the match. There is no scope to be over excited. It would have been satisfactory had we finished the day losing one less wicket. A century would have been good not only for me but also for the benefit of the team. Making a century against Australia is always special for any batsman.

Kevin had a great spring. He started off slow, having a nagging injury, but he is starting to swing the bat well. He is seeing the ball well and centers the ball so well. Kevin is so strong that the ball has a lot of carry. He can just power the ball out of here.

Kerry Burke was our number one fielder today and she scored the run that got us on the board and that was definitely important. We did leave a lot of runners (nine) in scoring position today, but for the most part I was happy to see that we were getting the bat on the ball.

Kevin pitched another good game for us. We've got some guys that are swinging the bat really well. We had some timely hits. Our success depends on what we do. As long as we can make good contact, we'll be in pretty good shape. We have to try to get a little better every time.

Jake swings the bat pretty well. We wanted him to get some more work at first base, and he just happened to come up in the last inning and got a big hit.

Jacques knew before the tour that he would be covering for all of the top six positions. I told him it was a great compliment to his abilities that he can bat anywhere and he is quite prepared to bat where he is needed.

Joseph pitched well enough to win. We didn't swing the bat like we needed to, and we didn't make the plays we needed to behind him tonight.

Jordan has been swinging the bat good and he's running good, ... He can certainly help us.

Joe feels that he can function better in his dual role as a Sunday starter. He's obviously a bat that we have to have.

Josh is a quality hitter, and against Long Beach it showed that we can not afford to have his bat out of the lineup. So until his arm is well, against quality opponents we're going to have to have Josh either play left field with a long relay man or play first base. His bat has got to be in the lineup.

Juan has wheels and can handle the bat pretty well. Tony knows what he is doing. Juan is the type of hitter who can do a lot once he settles in and gets in his groove. He has a great stroke down through the zone. He's not the only one who struggled early. I hadn't been swinging the bat that well either. He's going to mean a lot to this lineup over the long run.

J.P. played some first base in college. That helps a lot. We'll be able to get his bat in the lineup a little bit more. Now it's my job to find them enough time behind the plate to try to develop them, too.

I swung at a couple of high fastballs, but I'm getting the bat head there. I just need to get the ball down a little bit. He's a guy that just comes in and throws hard. Whether you have 35 or 40 postseason at-bats, a guy throwing 100 miles per hour, it's not that easy.

I swung at a couple of high fastballs, but I'm getting the bat head there, ... I just need to get the ball down a little bit. He's a guy that just comes in and throws hard. Whether you have 35 or 40 postseason at-bats, a guy throwing 100 miles per hour, it's not that easy.

It broke his bat and went 330 feet. I figured it was going to be right there, but it kept back there. It definitely would've been a home run last year.

It became clear that his bat was not going to progress to the point where it would take him to the big leagues. We talked about the notion of putting him on the mound for a long time. Ultimately, we were waiting for him to really want to do it.

I thought we swung the bat well tonight. We hit the ball right at people and hooked a couple, which means we need to keep it fair.

I thought we swung the bat very well. Good hitters hit mistakes. We were very consistent.

I threw him a fastball up and away, ... He just put the bat on the ball. It was there, and he hit it. There's nothing you can do about it.

I though we had good at-bats throughout the day. We had four errors to their one and that's the name of the game. We swung the bat well throughout the day and hit a lot of balls hard. The bottom line is you have to play solid defense, especially when you are playing a team as talented as Florida State.

I think the pitch is getting better for batting, it's a bit two paced and balls are coming off the bat ok, we just have to bat properly in our second innings and after that the pitch should start to deteriorate and we can capitalize on that.

I thought for an early, cold spring game we did pretty good. We didn't swing the bat as well as we'd have liked to. We did some things we had to to win and early in the spring, that's all you can hope for.

I thought Chip continued to play well, regardless of where he's at in the outfield, and he's swinging the bat good.

Kyle was swinging the bat with authority all day. He had a good cut early in the game, but struck out. Actually, he looked good up there during all three of his trips to the plate. He got a fastball he could handle, low and in, and he didn't miss it.

Lambeth got a big-time home run, and Henderson swung the bat well tonight. That's the most confidence I've ever seen him have at the plate.

I was concerned that our energy would be used up by that run we had in the second (quarter), because whenever you go on a run and you're down by that much you can get really tired. But Jason hit that three off the bat and that got us right back where we needed to be.

I thought we played excellent and we had some chances but didn't quite capitalize. The game was closer than the score, but credit UCLA for making the play at the plate in the third inning and getting the one key swing of the bat to win it.

I think we're going do it. We're a lot better defensively, and offensively I don't think we have a weak bat in our lineup.

I think we may have played a better game this time. Our defense let us down a little bit, but we swung a hot bat for most of the game and that helped quite a bit.

I thought right off the bat we could come out and shock some people. I'm not surprised.

I thought our team showed a lot of character in coming back so strongly after the setback in the second match. We had decided to keep up the run-rate and bat them out of the match.

I think it was right there on the goal line and I tried to bat it out with my hand. I guess it's illegal. It shouldn't have been in front of the net in the first place.

I think it's very important to have a veteran bat in the lineup. He meant so much to us on our hot streak.

It gave us a look at what he could do at Test level. He certainly showed he's more than capable with the bat (scores of 22 and 40 in modest totals) and I'm also happy he fits in the team.

I think Thor got a little tired at the end of the season, and this year we have the depth to give him a little rest once in awhile or DH him. Both Thor and Hopkins are swinging the bat real well right now, and Jay Zimmerman had a great sophomore year for us.

I think that they clearly outplayed us. In the first half they had an answer for everything that we did on defense. We have to be able to bat the ball down or stop the run and we did not do either one defensively.

I think that they clearly out played us. In the first half, they had an answer for everything that we did on defense. We have to be able to bat the ball or stop the run, but we did not do either one defensively.

Lauren has a strong bat and she knows her position real well.

I was just trying to get a pitch I could hit. It hit a little off the end of the bat and just got out.

I was just trying to attack him, especially after the error. I got strike one on him but he just stuck the bat out there and got it up in the air on what I thought was a good pitch.

I was just trying to shorten up with two strikes and put the ball in play up the middle, ... If I get jammed, I get jammed. Close your eyes and luckily the bat hit the ball. Swing, hopefully hit it.

I was just trying to put the bat on the ball and make something happen with the big guy coming up behind me.

It is beneficial for us in terms of getting us going. When you get so many superstars from different backgrounds everyone has to gel and sometimes when you play good teams right off the bat like in Salt Lake, everyone wants to do their own thing and it gets tougher and tougher. I think that happened in Salt Lake, I don't think we were really prepared to play as a team early on.

Just being mentally prepared right off the bat is the key. You can't allow yourself to think because you're the higher seed that you're going to automatically win.

Jeff's very realistic. If he comes in here and two weeks into it he can't swing the bat or he's back to where he was last year, swinging the bat and it turns to pain, I think he would say, 'I'm not able to play.' Barring that, I think he has every intention of playing this entire year.

Jason has the mental makeup and, to me, that's a huge part of it when you start thinking about double-jumping guys. It's 60-40 we will do it. It depends on the way he swings the bat in spring training.

Last week we did not swing the bat well. Today we were having good at-bats. From a coaching standpoint we're swinging a lot better.

I saw the bat, so I slide with my hand. If the bat is not there, I slide with my feet first.

I saw bat speed right from the beginning. After you've got bat speed, my job is to get him into position to use the bat speed. That's what we've worked on, proper positioning, stay down on the ball and not try to pull everything.

People always talk about having two different swings, an aluminum bat swing and a wood swing. It is one of those things where you have to make an adjustment. But if you want to play at this level you have to be able to do that.

Our guys swung the bat pretty well considering this is only the third game they have been outside. I think we have played the least amount of games in the state.

Overall we're just not swinging the bat well. But you have to give a lot of credit to D.J. Duden for pitching a great game for the Falcons.

Our scouts thought he could hit at a big league level because he swung a good bat and had a good command of the strike zone.

Overall it was a good game. It is still early in the season and we trying to get as many people at bat and see where we are.

Our bowlers put in an outstanding effort in the field. It was not an easy pitch to bat on, but they still put the ball in the right areas.

Roanoke Rapids just put a bat on the ball, and our defense didn't make plays; you can't fault the pitcher for that. Our heads just weren't in the game.

Right off the bat we talk about stings and wires and traps. I'm not happy with that at all, especially when you're dealing with a 24-year old girl. It's not nice.

Right off the bat we said to everyone that we wanted to blow this game open early. We realized the game wasn't over yet, but we were pumped up. It was the plan all week.

Right off the bat it's a big meet (against Salinas). However we have kids that aren't ready to do certain events. But we'll push it a little more than normal because it's Salinas.

Pitchers don't get hit, really, that often, especially above the chest. A broken bat is a situation where I have to cover first base, and that took me right into the path of the bat. It's definitely odd, but it happens. What are you going to do?

Patel has been keeping well and also chipping in with the bat in recent domestic matches so we decided to pick him.

Stephen was able to bat in the match but it will be 24 hours before we know the extent of the injury.

That ball was down and away, off the plate. He kind of stuck his bat out there.

Matt McAdams had the big bat with two homeruns, a double and five RBIs in the game.

Mark was smart to bat the ball out of the end zone and give us a chance to still be in there at the end.

Marshall Kennedy is swinging the bat well for us. It was nice to see him get a home run. Drew Swenson, that was a bomb he hit. Drew is a very good hitter. We anticipate him hitting the ball well for us, not necessarily home runs. We anticipate him hitting the ball well for us. That did not surprise me at all. It was nice to see more than one or two guys hit the ball well for us.

Lisa?s been a big part of our success but it has been someone new stepping up every week. It?s always nice to have Lisa?s bat get it done but we don?t really have any superstars on this team.

I was trying to get them to put the ball in play but not get the real good part of the bat on it, but they found some holes,

I was trying to swing the bat with some authority, and not be overly defensive.

I was trying to put a good swing on a pitch. I was trying to give myself a chance to drive in some runs. I'm trying to stay more consistent and get my bat through the zone a little bit better and give myself a chance.

I was feeling a lot better than I was last weekend. All week, I've been going back to the basics, getting my foot down, and getting my bat into the right slot.

It feels good to be swinging the bat good and being able to get out there and just be healthy and have fun. You miss those things. The team is rolling right now and just to be in the middle of it is nice.

It felt good to get the head of the bat on the ball. That whole inning was good.

I think so. I think you can get into the game a lot more right off the bat when you get into it (physical play) more. You get up with the pace of the game faster.