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    It used to be just open the gates, with locals hired as temps to sell tickets and concessions. Now many more club staffers are involved, including many with MBAs. There are lots of sharp people running things now.

    I thought it was a good start for us. We got great pitching from Ragan and Stephanie all weekend and they gave us a chance to win every game. We made some defensive mistakes, but I was pleased with the way we swung the bats.

    The biggest compliment you could give us is when you say we're baseball people. Because we are. I'm a firm believer that a baseball person, a guy that has a love for the game, should be running the club.

    It's only a matter of time before this overtakes the conventional colonoscopy,

    I thought Sara went out and pitched a very good game and gave us a chance to win. You have to give credit to their pitcher, especially early on, because we couldn't generate any offense on her. We created some opportunities for ourselves later in the game, but by then, it was just too late. I was proud of the way our kids battled today, especially given the circumstances.


    We battled really well. We hit some great shots, but they were right at people. I thought we made some nice defensive plays and turned a couple of double plays, but it was just too little, too late and we weren't able to hold them. Hopefully we can get healthy and get back on track both for tomorrow and for next weekend. We have to keep battling. That's the nature of the beast.

    It took us a little bit to get going, but I thought that we did a great job at the plate tonight. We got the hits when we needed them and then we finished them off. That is a good sign for us, especially heading into tomorrow's championship game.

    Ragan pitched a great game. She threw one bad pitch and they hit it out but she was in control the whole way. I thought we did a nice job of executing also. We got some runners on, we moved them over and we drove them in. We just kept chipping away and we had some opportunities to break that one open, we just didn't get the hits at the right time.

    Susan brings a wealth of industry experience and leadership in the areas of developing and marketing new products, and we are excited to have her on board,

    He loved the game of golf and dedicated himself to it. He was a kid at heart and that's why the kids loved him so much and the parents loved him so much.

    I thought it took us a little bit to get our bats going, but Samford came in and played well. They did a good job of keeping us off balance and they moved the ball around and we had a hard time adjusting to that so you have to give them credit. Stephanie pitched a great game and we finally put some runs on the board with big hits.

    In Townsend, we have strived to see that our development doesn't get out of hand, ... Only three properties were annexed for development in the last six years. Middletown created a monster. Why should we have to suffer for the mess they created What did we do to deserve this

    We have to tighten up in the field. We had some injuries coming in with Katie Cooley having surgery on her toe (on Monday) and Gina McCloud struggling with a back injury. We're a little beat up right now. We need some people to step up and that's what we struggled with tonight.

    If you miss four or five games as a season-ticket holder, either Reid or Reese or myself is going to call you asking where you've been. We really get to know our fans.

    There were some people that were apprehensive, but it only took the first week of the season to see how much faster the ball is in Triple A, ... I've said all along that Round Rock deserves to have the top level of minor-league baseball because of the way the fans support the team.

    Your true baseball fans appreciate the higher level of play,

    Identity thieves don't see age as a hurdle. All they want is as much information about a person as they can get, regardless of age. And believe me, they will find a way to use it.

    We're getting good quality pitching and we're probably playing the best defense we've played in four years. We have some good hitters, but we haven't put it together yet. We could. Once we get experience under our belts...

    In 30 minutes, we had 100. In three hours, we had 500 ... At 330 in the morning, we were turning them away. That's just kind of the Lafayette culture. We take care of our people.

    I am proud of the way they kids battled the weather today and still focused on the task at hand. I was happy with the way we swung the bats and we got some great pitching out of all three of our pitchers. We have a short turnaround now before our next game, but we are off to a great start. We just have to keep it going now.

    We are probably 10 or 15 years behind. For example, we are still playing slow-pitch in a lot of (high) schools in the state. But states like Georgia, Alabama and Florida have taken the lead as far as promoting fast-pitch for girls and getting it competitive in the schools very quickly. We could jump five years ahead real quick.


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