73 Quotes by Mike Trapasso

Eli got the big two-out hit to tie the game and for a few innings he is the hero in the dugout. But the tough part of baseball is you are only remembered for what you did in your last at-bat or even your next at-bat.

Este just takes a while to get going. We've seen that for two years now. He is a streak guy, but his streaks are long. He is really swinging the bat well now.

Five games in four days, that's a lot. The reason (for the long series) is to get guys out there before conference starts.

Fish didn't have anything from the start, but it was the right move. If the same situation happens tomorrow, I'll do it again.

It was a case of us not showing up. I'll give credit to their pitcher, but we didn't show up as a team from the first pitch. We were lifeless. The better team by far was wearing gray today. The final score wasn't even that close a game. They believe that they're a good club. We played tonight like all we believe in is what we're reading.

Of the tournament field, they've played the most difficult schedule early on, when you look at the teams they've played.

That's why I told our guys be happy, but don't be satisfied. We showed we have plenty of things we need to improve on.

It was evident in his first game that Darrell had no fear. He has the pitches that get you ground balls and strikeouts. His fastball command has improved. Now he is getting a strike on the first pitch most of the time. When he gets ahead, a batter is in trouble.

It's all about the nature of the sport. Baseball doesn't make money in college. There might be two or three baseball programs that break even.