Bob Kalp Quotes (6 Quotes)

Those are the two kids that we're really building things around, and we hope some of the kids from last year who are regulars who hit under .200 can swing it around. We've got to have somebody step up and do some hitting.

We don't expect to have a bunch of .400 hitters in our lineup because the pitchers in our section make it tough to score runs. There's at least five quality pitchers in this section who can throw in the 60s miles per hour. It's going to be a battle every night to win games in our section.

What makes it frustrating is that, we're the type of program that practices every day and we practice situations every day. Mentally, a couple kids did not execute properly, home plate was left uncovered and, hey, give their runner credit, she never stopped.

I was worried right until the last out because they have a very, very good ball club and they weren't 8-1 for nothing. We have a pretty decent ball club. Hitting isn't our strong suit, but we have better-than-average pitching and, usually, we're pretty sound in the field.

That was a big play for us. We had a big hole to fill at catcher and it looks like she may be capable of doing it.

Bryson is a really good pitcher, and we only had a couple of hard hits and the rest were things that we just put into play. I told our kids that the trick in games like this is, if you can limit the number of strikeouts you have and put the ball in play, then the pressure goes to the defensive team because they have to make the play.