Darrell Butler Quotes (7 Quotes)

Our kids work hard on defense. We left this field last night at 650 p.m., and if you looked at your clock, it was pitch black -- and that's the night before a day game. That's how much these kids care.

He just feasts on us. He's a great kid. I really like watching him play from a coaching perspective because he brings a lot to the table, not only for Waterloo but for our conference.

Whenever you play a program the quality that Belleville West is, you have to take those opportunities, make them count and score. You may not get another one. We were fortunate to have that inning where we got a lot of breaks our way.

We've made some changes in Daniel and he's made a lot of improvements. Every now and then, though, he falls back into an old pattern. He just needs to have more repetitions of the way we want him throwing. Through the course of the year, he's really going to improve. He's got really good stuff.

He was on a strictly limited pitch count of 20 or less in any game today. The opportunity presented itself so we thought we'd use him then. To have your No. 1 come in and save the game like that, it makes me sleep easier at night.

Our defense was stellar tonight. The way that Richard and Timmy play on the left side and Aaron made that unassisted double play to end the game. Our defensive effort was very good today.

That qualifies as a ton of runs. Our hitting approach lately has not been what we teach. So we tried to get back to basics yesterday and do what we really believe in and for them to stay within themselves. That's what I meant by a ton of runs, for them to just stay within themselves and do what they know they do best. And that's what we did tonight.