20 Quotes by John Batina

We've tried to change our approach a little bit and convince the kids they have better bat speed than they think they have.

We did in the second game what we should have done in the first game. We saw the ball better, and we took good swings.

Pepe was on top of his game. His breaking ball had a lot of bite, and he had good command of the strike zone.

We made that kid look like an all-region pitcher. We made no adjustments at the plate. It was a bad effort all the way around.

We made some nice plays, but what really impressed me is we made the routine plays. If you can make the routine plays, you'll be OK.

I thought Pepe deserved a better fate. We just didn't do enough at the plate.

Our hitters aren't very patient to begin with, and because of how slowly their pitchers worked, there was no flow to this game. I will say this - we did enough to win.

Marcus wasn't real sharp, but he battled. He was tough out there and didn't let things affect him.

We have our destiny in our hands. That's a good feeling because we haven't had that opportunity in a long time.