51 Quotes by Ernie Whitt

We had everything set up the way we wanted to. They just came out and swung the bats well. I think the guys were prepared. It's not a good feeling. Any time you can control your fate and let it get away, it's disappointing.

We have a veteran enough group and our guys compete with the guys we're going to be playing (Wednesday) on a daily basis. We're not in awe of the United States.

We had a nice dinner and a few ... ginger-ales.

We didn't expect some of them to throw as many pitchers as they did. Some of the results were not the way we wanted it.

We felt we were kicked in the stomach last night playing South Africa.

Everyone speculated that South Africa was going to be a pushover. It just goes to show, as I've said all along, you have to play every game as if it's your last in these type of tournaments.

Don't short-change South Africa. They're gutsy. They're young enough that they might not know who they're facing.

There's no question Adam is swinging the bat well. I think the biggest thing is with that, he came into this tournament pumped, excited, wanted to play. But not just with Adam but every other guy on this team, they wanted to be here.

I spoke to him last summer and he was optimistic. Since that time, there's been things that have been written and the organization has said they don't want him to play.