Corky Palmer Quotes (47 Quotes)

We caught the ball and had good middle relief. Those were the keys.

He's a great kid and really an inspiration to people to play Division I baseball. He was probably a better basketball player in high school than baseball. But he has made himself a very good Division I catcher.

It was a good come-from-behind-win. I thought every pitcher that threw well today. Troy has a good baseball team and it was a good win for us today.

He is still a few weeks away from being able to pitch effectively. We felt that he needed to take the extra time and fully allow his arm to gain strength before he pitched. I also believe it wasn't fair to him to bring him back for half a season when he can come back and pitch two full seasons at full strength.

We got good starting pitching every time out. We swung the bats pretty good, but it all starts on that mound.

Brad has a good, level swing and he's throwing better than he has since he was a freshman. I think he'll do fine, I really do.

It came down to starting pitching and we didn't get any and we didn't make the plays. I'm as frustrated as I've even been with the starting pitching. We have had one quality start in the last eight games and that will not get it done.

It's really a poor excuse for college baseball on our part. It's things we work on every day. It's pretty evident to me that the lack of experience is hurting us. If you look out on the field, it's all happening with guys that have not played in big conference series. It's all happening to them. We're really struggling.

I used to know all that. We used to do it by hand. I'd get the formulas out and figure it out when I was in junior college and high school.

I'm really proud of our freshmen. They played really well today. This was a good win today, but we still have two more games to go this weekend.

I thought we played hard and gave it a lot of effort. We got a lot of relief pitchers in the game and got them some work. When it comes down to it, we are looking for someone to get us to Daniel Best so we can finish the game.

That's probably a month or so off. In a couple of weeks, he'd probably be ready to pitch relief, but it's a matter of getting his strength back in the arm.

I've said if we can just get to him you've got to like your chances. I hope we're in that situation a lot more this year.

It was a frustrating weekend because after Friday night (a 12-3 loss), we played pretty good baseball. We're not going to lay down, but we'll have to put everything together if we're going to get it going.

That probably cost us the game (Sunday). It's frustrating.

Marc likes challenges whether it's schoolwork or baseball. If they were all as self-motivated as Marc Maddox, on and off the field, it'd be really easy to coach.

Memphis is a much-improved team. We're not the last team they're going to give a hard time.

I said all along that if he was not going to be ready to assume his rightful place in the rotation than we wouldn't pitch him, and that's what we decided. I talked with Mike and his family, and everybody's in agreement.

We played hard and we played smart. You didn't catch us in any mental errors for the first time in five games. I thought everything was clicking.

For us, the balance of the season is going to be about whether we can get the help we need in middle relief.

They applied to enter as a baseball school only. I'd vote for them again.

If you ever don't see him smiling, something's wrong because the guy's happy every day of his life.

It's time for us to get rolling. We have been up and down and it's time for us to step up. A lot of people in our conference have played some of the tougher teams. It's starting for us. The next two weeks will show me what we have.

He made a good pitch. Coghlan fought it off and got it into left field and that was the game. We had an opportunity. We had our closer in there, who is one of the best there is, and didn't get it done.

Pretty much the same song, different verse from last night for us. It's just really a poor excuse for college baseball on our part.

I am proud of our players for the way they fought and held on for the win in today's game. Marc was down on himself after making the two errors but it was great to see him make a tremendous play when he had to.

He's really struggling. I don't know what's going on. We're trying to do everything we can to straighten it out, and he's working hard to straighten it out. Our coaches are working with him. We thought he'd be one of our top guys. He's going to have to get himself back going.

We didn't make the play on the bunt and it snowballed from there. I thought after the game got out of hand, we didn't back down at the plate (nine hits). We just didn't get the starting pitching. In baseball has always started and ended with starting pitching. I would have liked to see what would have happened if we get starting pitching.

We've gotten one quality start in our last eight games. That's asking too much out of our offense.

Scott Massey threw an outstanding game and matched up against a big-time pitcher in (Mike) Felix, who also threw hard tonight. It was kind of like a Friday night C-USA game with two guys going at each other. We were able to get some runs early, and Scott was able to hold us up.

Right now, I don't want to mess with our chemistry. I'm not saying it's always going to be that way, but I don't think we need to fool with that.

It's kind of one of those deals where you're trying to stay up with the other college baseball programs. The interest is there, and that's obviously good for the program.

He's using the whole field, pulling the ball to right and driving it through holes up the middle and to left.

He's got some growing to do, I hope. He's kind of got a rangy body we need some bulk on it. We've got to get some weight on him. That's going to be a big thing, for him to get a little stronger.

Since we turned the corner as a program in 2002, I don't worry about playing freshmen any more. If they're good enough, and need to be out there, they're going to be out there.

The big four-spot in the fourth inning was huge, especially with the weather we played in. We weren't going to hit any out of the park or off the wall.

This was Cliff's best outing of the year. He pitched well by mixing up his pitches and kept them off balance. That was a big lift for him to beat a good team like Troy. It was a good day for him and for us as we got some timely hits late in the game to score some runs.

A lot of guys had a good time. That was good. We got after it a little better and moved the ball around. It's evident that Cuevas has power and we have to find him a spot. We're moving our lineup a lot and reckon we will until conference play.

Cliff really pitched a great game today. He has looked like the old Cliff the past two weeks. He has really worked hard and has good command on the mound. We hit the ball well today and I am proud of the team for coming out and finishing the series with the win. We still have a ways to go but we played well this weekend.

We're going to really have to pick it up to make a charge for a regional. It's all going to shake out on the field.

I'm as frustrated as I've ever been in coaching. Baseball starts with pitching and ends with pitching, and we didn't get any.

It unfolded kind of like I hope a lot of them unfold this year - Maddox makes all the plays, Coker makes a big play. Cliff pitches well and the young guys mix in there.

I thought David pitched pretty well for his first conference outing. Brad and Daniel did a good job of shutting the door once we put them into the game. We need to come out and play well tomorrow so we can end this series on a good note.

I believe Garrett can come in and help us right away. He has a good fastball, a solid curve, an above average change-up, and has good command of his pitches. He is very competitive on the mound and should fit in with our team.

We filmed him and worked with him. I don't know. I think he's just going to have to repeat his delivery better. He's not doing that. He'll throw one good pitch and two bad ones. He's having real trouble with his breaking ball. You can't sit there and pump fastballs in this league. But he's trying to work through it. Hopefully we can get him back where he was.

It feels good to win 300 games as the head coach at Southern Miss. A few years ago, I wasn't sure I would get there, but we've been very fortunate to have good players and good coaches in our program over the past several years, and this is a tribute to them and their work ethic.

We did OK. We got to play some guys that are very good Division I players that are just kind of behind some guys.