27 Quotes by Dan Nobbs

We lacked on the sticks a little bit. I think there was somewhat of a welcome factor. This was one of the better teams we will face all year and I think some of the guys were kind of in shock instead of being aggressive.

When it was hit, I knew it was going to be trouble. I saw it leave the infield, I knew it was gone. So it was one of those things, especially on a 0-2 count, you want something that is he going to nibble at and not really get a hold of.

We have a real good group of guys, it will be an adjustment, but I think after a couple of games they'll get used to the tempo and get used to the way things are going.

This win is tremendous. It's great for the program and it shows that everybody in the community and everybody in the program that it pays off if you keep working.

We throw strikes and play defense, that's pretty much our philosophy.

He is pretty reliable, but I guess one pitch just got away from him.

Keep your head up because it is coming along. Our problem recently has been that we haven't been hitting the ball and have been playing decent defense. Today we hit the ball but the defense sort of slacked a little bit. If we keep our head up, eventually good things will happen. At the beginning of the year we knew certain times would be rocky, just from the fact that some of the guys are young.

I talked to the umpire after the game and he said he thinks its nerves. We can't put our finger on it. Maybe it's just they don't know how to get ready yet. Basically it's coming from long days in school, and coming out and not really knowing what to expect.

I think some of it might be mental lapses, I think some of it might be they tried to rush. Early on Ross was rushing and later on the ball took a couple of bad hops. I don't suspect he'll do that again anytime soon.