Randy Ready Quotes (16 Quotes)

He didn't shine the way he wanted to last year (at Eugene). But he came into this season with a plan and he is executing things.

You can't rely on that many runs a night. They'll adjust and be ready to go (today).

He pitched well. It looked like he got away from his game plan a little bit but bounced right back. He showed confidence.

We have been fortunate so far this season in the weather typically we have to go through more games like this early. But I think we did a nice job of keeping the pressure on their pitching staff all night.

You gotta be able to pitch inside to have effectiveness. Especially we've got some big guys that, (Tuesday) night, we swung the bats pretty well against them. They probably adjusted and said, 'We're going to pitch inside.' Everybody's got to do it.

It's not so much quantity as it is quality. In our daily preparation, it's routine stuff. We emphasize fundamentals We catch the ball and try to throw it straight. You try to find some type of comfort zone where if my practice habits are good, they carry over into the game.

We showed some guts all night. We kept them hanging around. We probably could have pitched a little better, but the guys played the full game, that's for sure.

We aren't going to hit home runs day in and day out. It is going to be the little things that are going to make or break this season for us, moving runners over, getting runners in from (third base) with less than two outs. Those are the things we need to do.

He is a contact guy, but he can also get some batters out using the strikeout. Basically, his command of his pitches dictates where the hitter makes contact. You like to have that in a pitcher.

He's a pretty even-keel kid. He's going to be a guy who can stay away from the peaks and valleys. That's a big advantage in this game. His personality suits his position well.

I think Ben saw Nick coming out, and there was no communication. Nick thought he was going to pick it up. I think we got a little tentative and we didn't even have a play.

Both of them look really comfortable up there right now. Other guys are getting into that groove I don't think we can sit back, play that brand of baseball and be successful all season.

It's important the games are being played and the fans have an opportunity to come to the ballpark.

I think I would rather hold back on the celebration until mid September. It's not always now we start but how we finish that's important. Myself and my staff and these young men as they start getting an understanding of playing baseball at the professional level and if they do that they'll have success. They go hand in hand.

It seems like he's getting a real good look at the baseball. We talk about that day in, day out. And if you talk to anybody that's run in to a pretty good streak going, they're saying that. He's squaring up a lot of baseballs right now.

We just took a series against a pretty good ball club. We talk about winning series, two out of three, three out of four. It was nice to get a series win on opening weekend.