John Batina Quotations

We've tried to change our approach a little bit and convince the kids they have better bat speed than they think they have.

We did in the second game what we should have done in the first game. We saw the ball better, and we took good swings.

Pepe was on top of his game. His breaking ball had a lot of bite, and he had good command of the strike zone.

We made that kid look like an all-region pitcher. We made no adjustments at the plate. It was a bad effort all the way around.

We made some nice plays, but what really impressed me is we made the routine plays. If you can make the routine plays, you'll be OK.

I thought Pepe deserved a better fate. We just didn't do enough at the plate.

Our hitters aren't very patient to begin with, and because of how slowly their pitchers worked, there was no flow to this game. I will say this - we did enough to win.

Marcus wasn't real sharp, but he battled. He was tough out there and didn't let things affect him.

We have our destiny in our hands. That's a good feeling because we haven't had that opportunity in a long time.

Wins like this can propel you to bigger and better things.

We have some kids that can swing the bat throughout the lineup, and we got some of that today. They're playing with confidence right now and that's why we've been successful lately.

We made it a little harder than it had to be. I was hoping we'd score a bunch of runs early so everyone could play.

We've been doing that for two weeks now.

We put some good swings on the ball, but we were hitting it right at them.

I wanted to get everyone in the game, and we scored enough runs early where I felt comfortable doing that. It was nice to play kids who hadn't got a lot of playing time.

They were starting to build a little momentum, and to get out of that without a lot of damage was big.

The kids needed this. This was fun to watch.

I'm greedy. I want to win the region. I don't want to have to rely on power points.

I'm having fun, and the kids are, too. The kids are now expecting to win.

He struggled a little bit. He had trouble with his grip because of the cold. But he competes so well.