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    We weren't terrible on offense, ... We just made some mistakes we need to look at. I felt we would get in a rhythm and then all of a sudden something would happen. We had favorable matchups and I thought we could exploit them.

    This is something we will look more at (in the future). There are developers out there who care about the community.

    I think it would benefit everyone to be under one roof, to better utilize what we've got and what we'll have in the future. Both (baseball associations) need field space. Is there a way the fields can be effectively used by working together That's our goal.

    It's been awesome to reach that accomplishment. Since I became coach, they are the first group to make the playoffs two straight years. We had our goals set high this year. We wanted to win Division 7-4, and the players did. Their hard work is paying off.

    It was different. I haven't done that in a long time, but I was excited about it. I prayed on it last night. I was psyched to get out there, and I made a couple of plays.


    I wasn't even supposed to be in on that play. Todd Pinkston got tired, I think, and I went in. They called a deep pass. I caught it, but I went down on the 4. I had low self-esteem I thought I was going to have a touchdown.

    It's a difference but it's not a difference where I need to change what I do, ... I can't do what he did, and I'm not going to try to do what he did. I'm just going to go out and play my game and do what I'm capable of doing, and I think the other guys are going to do the same. We're going to make it work.

    It felt good to get out there and get everyone on the same page and making plays,

    We are not ready to play Atlanta (in the season-opener on Sept. 12) yet, but we have around two weeks to prepare. We have a lot of room to improve. We had some mistakes out there, so we are going to come in and get better next week.

    Our kids never quit. They just kept coming back and played good baseball.

    Mike is our equalizer. That is why we feel good about our chances. Mike has been good all year. His only loss came in relief. If we go up 1-0 in the series, who knows what will happen

    Flamboyant ... I never really thought about it, but it's true. We are. We're just a different breed than everybody else.

    We just have more opportunities to go out and make plays. If you worry about pressure you're going to get squashed. As a whole I think we're coming along. Right now we're real young with T.O and Pink going down, but that's no excuse.

    In the majority of park districts, a skate park has been a positive. I think this will be a real asset. I think the need is definitely here. We just need to find the right spot.

    There's always going to be somebody open. We feel like anybody can make a big play at any time.

    It comes with the territory. He was laughing. He said, 'I saw you ran the wrong route on the first play.' It was pretty funny. It broke the ice.

    It's really sad and I hate to hear this, you know, from what I hear of them ... they are good people.

    He is a great athlete and he strives to be the best. He comes out and shows it when the lights are shining. I commend him for that. I think he is one of the best ones ever to play the game, and I want to learn as much as I can from him.

    Personally, I think chemistry is over-rated. You know the play, you run the play, the ball is there, and you catch it. They're both professionals. They'll be fine.

    I explained how it worked. At that point in time, he said 'That's what I want to do.' I thought, 'We got six long years. He needs to go to high school, let his hair grow, be idealistic and that will fall by the wayside.' But it never did. He never wavered.

    He told me they were making fun of me on TV for running the wrong route.

    Your personal business is your personal business, and we all recognize that. That's what my parents told me.

    Todd is one of the closest friends I have on the team, and I feel bad for him for all the work he's put in this offseason. But injuries take place in this game, and the team has to get in there. Somebody has to step up and make plays.

    That's what they pay us to do, go out there and catch balls. That was the way I had to catch it, so I decided to catch it with one hand. It was just the usual for me.

    We just have to make the plays that present themselves. We don't have to try to do anything out-of-body or extraordinary.

    As a parent, having gone through the whole athletic thing myself, I know promises like that are pretty shallow. I feel he wasn't being genuine, and he was willing to tell parents what they wanted to hear.

    It was one of the moves in my bag of tricks I tried to pull out and give the crowd a little excitement. I wanted to sprinkle a little G-Lew in there.

    I saw it. You had to be blind not to see it.

    Figuring out how to make the 'deadwood' hit the live pins is a great challenge. Regular bowling is about strength and speed. In candlepin, timing and dexterity matter more.


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