Ernie Whitt Quotes (32 Quotes)

They might not even know who they're facing. It would be nice to give them a scare anyway.

As a team we probably threw too many pitches. This is the first time they have thrown to hitters. Overall we were OK. We played errorless ball and swung the bats well.

We felt we were kicked in the stomach last night playing South Africa.

People, especially in Canada, have been making a big thing out of the fact that we are opposing each other as managers. Buck is a close friend of mine. Canadian fans might consider the U.S. to be friendly rivals, but there's certainly no rivalry between Buck and myself.

It took us by surprise when Martin pulled himself out of it. I can see his point of view. As a young player, your ultimate goal is to play in the big leagues. He feels he has that chance. It caught us off guard, but I can understand that.

We had everything set up the way we wanted to. They just came out and swung the bats well. I think the guys were prepared. It's not a good feeling. Any time you can control your fate and let it get away, it's disappointing.

I think the pitchers threw the ball a little better today, and that's always encouraging. It's just a buildup. I didn't learn anything today, though, that I didn't already know. But it is definitely a way to gauge where we are. So now we go forward from here. The enthusiasm and attitude around the clubhouse is high.

(Orr) did a nice job today. I've always been a Stubby Clapp fan and the fact that he'll probably be our second baseman means he'll get an opportunity to go out and shine one more time.

We had our fate in our own hands and we didn't come through with it. You have to give credit to Mexico they came out and beat us.

We're going to enjoy this win for a few moments and we have a big game ahead of us (Wednesday).

Q threw the ball outstanding. He's just a strike machine. We were shocked when he threw that one ball. I thought, 'Well, he probably just wants to throw some extra pitches and get some work in.' I haven't sat down and determined a role yet, but he will be very active in our bullpen.

We had our best pitchers throwing against South Africa, our best lineup going. You know, sometimes games just happen. That's why you play the game. There's no question that we were on pins and needles.

There's no question Adam is swinging the bat well. I think the biggest thing is with that, he came into this tournament pumped, excited, wanted to play. But not just with Adam but every other guy on this team, they wanted to be here.

Don't short-change South Africa. They're gutsy. They're young enough that they might not know who they're facing.

Pete is the type of player that can play all three infield positions. If Danny hadn't gotten hurt, Peter would be at second. But I'm a big Stubby Clapp fan, and now he'll be at second. I'm happy to give him one more opportunity to go out there and shine.

Not really. Managers have tendencies, but you basically have to look at your personnel, what they're capable of doing or not doing and play the game by the book, what you would expect out of each individual, not so much out of their manager.

A lot of it is that we haven't really gotten into the slide-stepping yet at this point in time. In this thing, it's a timing situation and we still have about 10 days before we open up. It's going to get better.

It was a wake-up call. Everybody speculated South Africa would be a pushover. I was surprised at the caliber and how good they were.

Whenever you can beat a powerhouse like the USA, it's a real feather for baseball in Canada's history.

I know you are not supposed to look too far ahead, but you have to in a tournament like this.

Everyone speculated that South Africa was going to be a pushover. It just goes to show, as I've said all along, you have to play every game as if it's your last in these type of tournaments.

I was very happy with the way the guys played. We played errorless ball, which was good. We threw too many pitches and fell behind in the count. When you fall behind the count on good hitters, you're going to get hit and that's what happened today.

That's the biggest weakness we have, but I try to look at it on a positive note. Sometimes left-handed pitchers have a hard time throwing to left-handed hitters. So that might play into our favor.

We had our chances, we had our fate in our own hands and didn't come through with it. Anything can happen, you look at the odds and they are probably worse than us yesterday beating the U.S. but then that's why we play the game.

Any time you can control your own fate and don't ... well it's not good. We didn't beat ourselves.

I got to see what Corey looks like. I know he's ugly but I got to still see what he looks like.

We can be happy right now but we still have a task at hand.

I thought our pitchers threw the ball a little bit better today, which is always encouraging. So, yeah again, this is just a build-up.

I'm very proud to be the manager of Canada. Every time they give me the opportunity to manage, I will.

I spoke to him last summer and he was optimistic. Since that time, there's been things that have been written and the organization has said they don't want him to play.

Everyone's excited and everything like that, no question. Whenever you can beat a powerhouse like the USA, it's a feather in baseball Canada's history. We're going to enjoy this, celebrate a little bit, but we do have one other game to play and there's no guarantee that we're going to the next round. We can be happy right now, but we still have a task at hand, and that after an hour or two we will focus on Mexico.

Whenever you can beat a powerhouse like the U. S. A. it's a feather in Baseball Canada's history. We can be happy right now, but we still have a task at hand and after an hour or two, we'll focus in on Mexico.