Wayne Graham
Wayne Graham
Wayne Leon Grahamis a former major-league baseball player and the head coach of the Rice Owls baseball team in Houston, Texas. He has coached one College World Series championship team and five NJCAA World Series champions...
grieve work
You can't grieve too much ? you're down two infielders right now. You just have to try and work your way through it, that's all.
against forward great guys looking measure opportunity ourselves
We know what we are up against but our guys are looking forward to it. It's a great opportunity to measure ourselves up against the best.
ahead although blew boys confidence couple half job main scoring second taken tough
We blew a couple of scoring opportunities in the second half but the main thing is that we got the job done in the end. The boys have taken a lot of confidence from that although there is another tough one ahead this week.
focus good guys pitching
We're going to have to find some more pitching somewhere. I think the guys can do it if they just focus on making good pitches.
ball good guys people pick superior
We've got a lot of weapons. We've got speed, and we've got a lot of guys with superior talent. In good ball clubs, people pick each other up, and that's what's happening.
bay beat best forgotten gave happened happy hiding last none plenty stern work year
We are happy enough with how things have gone, but Bay of Plenty were semi-finalists last year and they will give us a stern work out, ... None of us have forgotten what happened last year. They gave us a real hiding and we know we are going to have to be at our best to beat them.
against ahead field good opportunity playing series win
We're playing on a really good field over there and against a good team. It's a good opportunity to get ahead of the game. We need to win the series over there bad.
bracket craig improved sure
We've still got a bracket with Craig and Adam. Craig's improved significantly but we need to be sure he's fine,
anticipate develop existing fall fill harder individual talent worked
We've worked harder this fall than we ever have because we started earlier, ... We started right when we could and started doing the individual work because we anticipate that we have a lot of talent and that there is some talent that we need to develop to fill in with the existing talent. It does look good.
again beaten comfort friday home last starts
We can't really take any comfort from that (the history). Everything starts again from Friday night, and they'll be smarting after getting beaten at home in the last round.
catch guy happened pitch
He just happened to get a pitch up and the guy (Russell) happened to catch it.
best flashes game puts shown team
They've shown flashes of what they are about so far, so have we. So the team that best puts its imprint on the game will probably get the points!
ahead behind count pitches
We didn't play behind him. I thought he was behind in the count a lot, and when he was ahead in the count he didn't make the pitches that he usually makes.
action arm base great playing rehab relay stress third throw
The whole thing about playing him at third base is that he doesn't have to make a relay throw and he can rehab his arm. He's got a great arm action so he doesn't have to stress it.