29 Quotes by Mike Martin

Barret threw OK. He is a guy who continues to need to work on his change-up. I thought he showed some great pleasure and got it done.

I can tell you, the city of Kent will support the appeal.

He had a year that was mind-boggling. And it definitely was not a fluke what he did. When you see him out at the ballpark, you don't look at him as an intimidating person, but you put him with a bat and glove and he becomes an intimidating factor.

He's a kid who has some gym experience, who is working on becoming physically stronger, but he's made a lot of progress since his sophomore year.

He didn't pitch poorly. He made good quality pitches. There were a couple of balls that were into right that were dying quails. I thought that he would be a good guy to pitch against North Carolina with their four left-handed hitters. Had he pitched poorly tonight we would have gone with anybody else.

Our coaches sort of laughed, because we were in the right position to make the play. We just said, 'That's OK, we'll come back and make it up,' and they did.

Stephen Drew and his family feel the two sides can agree on a deal that satisfies both parties. Our hope is always for our young men to be happy, and I do sincerely feel that Stephen Drew will be happy.

It does surprise me but it is kind of understandable. There are an awful lot of guys who have given a lot to this game.

I think it will be a disgrace for the Backus school to be sold.