What are you going to do when a guy throws a ball up around your head ... Tony said we hit Edgar Renteria in the first inning and he was hitting .500 and I said, 'No way in heck were we trying to hit Renteria to load the bases up with a 1-0 lead, especially with Tino Martinez coming up.' That didn't make any sense to me.
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I thought our defense was pretty good in the first half except we fouled too much. I thought we were in control of the game for the most part. We wanted to go inside and we did that with Tino having a good night down low.
Tino just keeps getting better and better. He's getting the ball in good position and using his quickness to the basket. He's getting a lot of attention inside and when the defense has an edge, he does a good job of kicking it back out to give somebody an open jump shot.
Tino really battled inside. He battled against Joe Reitz, which was a really good battle all night.
Tino Martinez and Don Mattingly were telling me, You made a mistake, now don't put your head down,' ... My father always told me the same thing.
The good thing is that a lot of the inexperienced players did really well, Devon Smith and Ryan Hinds with the bat and Tino Best and Fidel Edwards with the ball.