Alan Byrd Quotations

We're still going to work on cutting his stride down. We want to focus him on using his upper body.

I don't even know what I'm looking for. I just want to throw everybody and see what we have.

He hadn't thrown all year. He did a good enough job but Pope John Paul is good. We just don't have a lot to choose from.

We just couldn't get anybody in. We had a lot of at 'em balls. We hit the ball - just right at 'em.

Today was probably the first time he's been healthy in a few weeks.

We just had no life to start with. I'm the coach and I'll take the blame for it.

We hit the ball and we played defense. But you can't do anything about walks.

We hit some rockets that they just caught. It's not like we didn't swing the bat.

I've been doing this a long time. And I'm as proud of this bunch as any I've been associated with.

I've been doing this for a long time. I just wanted this for the kids. They've battled all year and I'm so proud of them.

It was a letdown. Anything that could happen did. We just didn't have pitching. I spent it Thursday because we had a chance to win that game.

They got on us early and just kept getting base hits. We only had one error the whole game.

There was no reason for us to score that run. That shows that we were hustling. I'm proud of my bunch.

It's not easy. I'd almost understand if they rolled over and died.

It's getting to them a little bit but they're human. And we just can't seem to catch a break. Long as they try I've got no complaints - I just want to get a win for them so they could feel good.

Not bad given that he's just a freshman.

They could have just said 'lets get this game over with' and go home down 6-2. I'm so proud.

In games like this some kids get to bat that may not bat again.

I'm just trying to keep it loose and let them have fun and enjoy themselves. It's tough.

He's not terrible for a ninth grader. He can throw strikes, and if you do that you can usually do well in high school baseball.

All those walks scored. That's something that has to get better. There's no defense for a walk.