Smoke Laval Quotations

We could make the tournament, but I'm more concerned with how we're playing. We could play better baseball and still not do anything. Or we could play the same and get in the tournament. I want us to play better.

That gentleman from Vanderbilt, probably in three or four years, major leaguers aren't going to want to see him on a Friday night.

That's the best thing about it. We came up with the hits when we needed them. Now, maybe that will give us some momentum.

That's opportunistic. That's what we had not been doing.

Nobody believed they were any good when they beat us. Now, they must be good.

I was very impressed with our offensive at-bats in both games. I think we had quality at-bats, hard outs and the base hits were hard. Once again, we played very good defense.

We're playing an Alabama club that's always feisty. They have a great Friday night guy and two others that take them deep into games, and they have a good closer.

Late in the game, when you get your best swings off, good things will happen.

You circle 'em up. That's the nature of the beast, especially in Baton Rouge. It starts with football, goes right through basketball and to baseball. You're expected to win every one. Until you experience it, with a lot of the younger guys, it happens too fast.

You can't really judge pitching on a day like today because anything can get out of the park. If you swing the bat hard enough, good things will happen. That was our game plan today, to get quality swings that we didn't have last time.