31 Quotes by Lyle Overbay

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    We've got a tough road ahead of us, but we've played good against guys like that, ... and we owe Oswalt a beating.

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    He doesn't give you anything that you're going to put the barrel on consistently. When we beat him, it was just one of those days. We kind of got lucky.

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    I was looking for a pitch to hit. I had a chance to drive it. When I saw it go in the gap I thought maybe there would be a chance to score. Next thing you know, we win the game.

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    It hit the end of my glove. It just sneaked out of there. I know he was trying to throw up and away. You obviously don't want to throw it there. You don't want him to get the barrel on the ball. But that's not where we lost the game. We lost the game by not scoring a run with Wes Helms leading off the seventh with a double.

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    I went to that in '99, my last year of college (U of Nevada/Reno). It lets me see the ball better ... lets me see it with both eyes.

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    (Pierre's grounder) hit right off the end of my glove. You don't expect him to smoke one down the line, especially off a 94 mph fastball.

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    Location. He's down, he's away, he's in. His balls go away from the middle of the plate.

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    That was typical Bagwell. You're never safe, even if he hasn't seen live pitching for two years or two months.

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    That was typical Bagwell, ... You're never safe, even if he hasn't seen live pitching for two years or two months. He's going to give you a battle. The crowd got into it, and I think that pumped him up.

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