Mike Tomooka
Mike Tomooka
ethic forward great kids matter small successful work
Kara is one of those kids you look forward for her to show up to the yard. She has such a great work ethic and she's very successful in everything she does. It doesn't matter how small something is, it's important to her.
arm ball great lee moved pitching tools tough work
Our pitching has been tough and we don't have any stars. Lee has a great arm and she moved the ball well and you have to work with the tools that you have.
kids mentioned nobody ready
I think the kids were ready to play they remembered. Nobody mentioned it, but they remembered.
business care kids proud took
We took care of business this time. I'm really proud of the way the kids played.
call point saw soon
My whole point was, if you saw it as soon as you went in, call it then.
business care performance pleased took
I was very pleased with our team's performance tonight. We took care of business and they just battled.
against compensate goes good hoping offense power speed three throw wednesday
We've got some good power and speed and we're hoping our offense can compensate some of our inexperience in pitching. We're going to throw two or three Wednesday against Sabino and see if we get through It will be a while before one of them goes all seven.
business care defense friday pitchers saturday talks took
That (defense) was one of the big talks we had Friday night. We took care of business on defense Saturday and our pitchers did their jobs.
kids older talent tough
We have a lot of young talent but some of the older kids have jumped up a lot. Out of the 14, we're pretty tough offensively through 11 or 12.
adjust freshman good lets played win
We played with a lot of heart. Sometimes there's going to be one-run games. This lets (us) know we can win them. We didn't adjust well to their pitcher. She's a freshman and she's going to be really good for them.
bunt create good runner swinging
Without a doubt, I thought we'd make that up. The way we've been swinging it I wanted to create a good inning and not just bunt the runner to third.
gets kim throwing
Each day one of them gets a little edge. But it's not like we have a Kim out there throwing big-time heat.
coming constantly soon talking throwing
As soon as they're coming back to the dugout, they're talking about what she's throwing them. They're constantly relaying information.
drop good pitchers stayed three
She had a pretty good drop ball. But we stayed with it defensively and all three of our pitchers did a good job.