Ron Polk
Ron Polk
Ronald GeorgePolkwas a long-time head baseball coach at Mississippi State and is considered, by some, to be the "Father of Southeastern Conference Baseball." Polk compiled one of the most successful winning records, as a coach, in both MSU and Southeastern Conference history. In 31 seasons as an SEC coach he compiled a 1218-638-2record. His career record stands at 1373-702-2. He currently ranks 9th on the all-time wins list nationally for 10+ year Division I coaches. His teams won five SEC...
matter runs score together trying
It's just a matter of trying to put the lineup together and score some runs like we did (in a 17-run outburst Saturday).
counting matter nature
It was a matter of time. It's the nature of the game, on the road, in the Southeastern Conference. I think when we had a 6-3 lead, (players) were counting the 19th victory.
bullpen pounding strike
Our bullpen has been great. We've been pounding the strike zone.
ok
I think he's all right. We'll take an X-ray for sure, but he should be OK for the weekend.
ball home realize run second win
Little did you realize in the second inning that one home run is going to win a ball game.
thinking tough winning
That's the tough thing about winning 18 in a row. They're down there, thinking it's the end of the world. They wanted to see how long this thing could keep going.
arkansas ball beating capable club gave good nice pitch plays series shown state today
This was a good series for us. Arkansas State has a nice ball club and they have shown they are capable of beating good teams. They gave us a tussle this weekend, and today we had to make some plays and pitch well.
cool hour mile per throws
He's a cool customer. And he throws a 93, 94 mile per hour fastball.
bank next runs wish
I wish we could bank some of these runs for the next day.
ball needed seeing
He got all of it. He's seeing the ball pretty good. We needed a hero.
good hitter
We've got to have him. He's too good of a hitter (not to contribute).
Had we won, we would have been 5-1, but we could have also lost. And it wouldn't have mattered.
baseball bases college history move team worst
We may be the worst team in the history of college baseball with the bases loaded. We couldn't move them.
hard luck power shoulder surgery
He used to be a power pitcher, but after shoulder surgery he's had some hard luck.