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The Reds are a good team. They were one of the teams that beat us last year. It's still early, but we're playing solid defense and we're hitting the ball at the right times.

Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this develops.

I love hitting the ball, controlling the ball. And yeah, even the roar of the crowd. I enjoy the roar of the crowd probably less than some players and more than some. But I'm not out here to be a celebrity.

If I needed advice from my caddie, he'd be hitting the shots and I'd be carrying the bag.

If you let your hitting bother your defense, you are not going to be very good.

All the stuff about who's hitting behind you and who's hitting in front of you-it plays a little bit of a part. But you can't just base your approach off that because you'll end up getting beat in the end.

Hey, hitting is hard-if you make good pitches that aren't elevated in the zone, you're going to have success.

We are hitting the consumer with headwinds that we have not witnessed on record.

We are hitting the ball well. This may be the best hitting Badger team we've ever had.

We are hitting the ball a lot better and we have more confidence. But just as we get to playing well, we've got another two weeks off.

We are hitting on all cylinders and put the game away by the third inning. It was the most home runs in one game since I've been the coach here and we did this all off of their No. 1 pitcher.

We are hitting consistently throughout our order. Defensively we have been fairly solid. So hopefully both of those can continue into region play this week.

We are hitting a lot better. Defense and pitching were also very strong for us.

There are some things that you notice, and some things that you really need to be presented with to really notice them. Like maybe hitting a ground ball to third base, a chopper or something like that, something that you might beat out when you were younger. Maybe it takes you a little bit longer to get to first base. That half-step might not be there. I think there is a period of time when you get frustrated because your body doesn't react the way you want it to for a while.

There are some nuances to hitting in the eight hole. It's nothing that thousands of players haven't done throughout the course of baseball history. Sometimes you don't get much to hit, but there are other times when they come right at you. I've hit there enough that I usually know the situation, but sometimes it surprises you.

We're playing pretty good ball right now. We're fielding around 98 percent and hitting really well. Overall, we're headed in the right direction.

We tried that last year -- we won four in a row. I don't know if anything can carry over because of free agency, and maybe a hurricane hitting you.

We've been hitting the ball well. I just hope that it carries over for us.

We've been hitting the ball well all season and that continued today.

We've been hitting the ball very well. The kids know that they need to hit the ball.

We've been hitting the ball really well the last five or six games. We hit some balls hard, but right at people too. But today most of them found holes.

We've been hitting the ball pretty well lately, knock on wood, but I didn't expect us to come out as hot as we did.

We've been hitting the ball hard, and we've really focused on hitting the ball in the gaps. We're not happy with just singles.

We've been hitting the ball better but our pitching is giving us a chance to win every game. That may the hardest Kyle has ever thrown. He was outstanding.

We've been hitting the ball and we hit it again today. It's 10 times easier to pitch when you score runs early in the game and people make plays behind you.

We've been hitting the ball a lot better.

We've been hitting our shooting, passing and dribbling since Christmas break and it's coming around. It was an all around good team effort. I knew we matched up well against them and we knew we'd have a chance if we shot the ball.

We've been hitting our foul shots the last few weeks. That came in handy today because Old Bridge kept coming at us. We could never put the hammer down on them because Bennett and the other guys kept knocking down shots.

We've been hitting a lot better than last year, but we had four errors (Tuesday) and that is what I can't stand. We'll make great defensive plays, then make a mistake. We just have to be consistent.

We thought we'd be fine as long as we kept them in front of us, but they just kept hitting shot after shot. They had a great night, and we came up short.

We really haven't had a game like that this year where we just felt like we couldn't get things going offensively. I thought that Pittsburgh, once they got a hold of the game, did a great job of just controlling the tempo and hitting big shots.

We really felt she just needed some time and reps. Now she's relaxing, hitting her target and has confidence in controlling her pitches.

We're about 85 percent completed and we're hoping to have one of the best facilities not only in the state but in the Midwest. The facility will give the kids more opportunities. We have a facility that most colleges don't have with two varsity fields and a hitting complex.

We're 4-0 and tickled to be there. We've been getting it done with our defense. We haven't been hitting like we'd like to, but our pitching and fielding have been good. When our hitting comes around, we're going to be tough to be beat. We've been winning on our defense so far.

We ran the wrong type of defense. We succeeded doing what we wanted to do, but unfortunately they were hitting their threes tonight.

We're a team of runs and it's hard not to have a letdown after a start like that. We lost a little in the second half and got tentative and stood around. We want to make teams pay in the half court by getting quality looks. We need these situations to experience what it takes to score when we're not getting out on the break or hitting all our shots.

We're approaching or hitting the tipping point. The dire consequences of doom and gloom have proven false.

We're always preaching score early and score often. The girls seem to relax when we can get out on top. We've been hitting well and in timely situations and that's something we didn't do that well last year.

We're always playing as a team. Our line-up one through nine has been solid hitting the ball -- everyone on our team hits the ball hard.

We heard somebody yell something and we both just froze and looked at the door. He wasn't hitting me. He was just standing there, frozen. As soon as we saw (the officer's) head pop up, he just shot.

We hope to eventually be able to predict major events on the sun and to evaluate the impact of magnetic particles hitting the earth.

We hit the mid-line a lot with Jared Kimmel up the middle and then we started hitting the rocket on the outside. We took advantage; the defensive ends were playing a little tight. We tried to get outside on them. We ran our rocket play - our quick sweep - and that really got us back into the game.

We hit the ball well tonight. We were finding the gaps and hitting the ball in the right spots. We were really aggressive on the base paths and that really paid off.

Yesterday, Ryan had one bad hole and shot an 80. Today, it was two bad holes, but an 82 is still good. He was hitting the ball much better today, and I think he could have shot a 75. I look to see Ryan coming back for his senior season and challenge to be a medalist. He showed his talent today.

We did okay at times. We were just totally up and down today. We had 20 hitting errors against Airport.

We've started hitting the ball better the last few weeks of the season and hopefully that will carry over. These type of games can turn at any moment so we have to play sound baseball.

There is certainly the possibility (of prices hitting USD70). The recent events have attracted speculators and oil has become a lot like an investment.

There is certainly the possibility (of prices hitting 70 dollars). The recent events have attracted speculators and oil has become a lot like an investment.

There is a weakening trend showing up in the numbers since June. It does appear over the last few months that we're hitting a soft patch of our own. I'm sure that's discouraging to those looking for a job.

When I've had to score, if they leave me open, I'm going to try to make them pay by hitting the jump shot like I did tonight.

We set the tone early. We did a good job of hitting the ball in the first inning.

I could field as long as I can remember, but hitting has been a struggle all my life.

We have improve and I hope that we continue to. We've cut down on our errors, know we have to improve in other areas. Sometimes we hit good and we don't pitch good or our defense is not good. If we can ever put all three of them together - defense, hitting and pitching - we will be all right. Hopefully we will do it during the Easter tournament.

We're looking sharp right now. We're running our offense and hitting our shots.

We're hitting up our customers, ... We've got flyers posted everywhere, even at the drive-through, asking customers to contribute.

We're hitting these fires very hard and heavy from the air. Local firefighters are starting to call in air resources very early to get on top of these fires before they get out of hand.

We're hitting the lows right now but we'll definitely bounce back. We've got too many guys with character in our side. We didn't play well tonight, we made a lot of mistakes and that cost us.

We're hitting the ball solid. We've been hitting the ball solid for the last couple of games. The bats answered the call tonight.

We're hitting the ball really well right now.

We're hitting the ball real good right now. We're hitting it in play, we're hitting it hard and when you do that something good is going to happen.

We're hitting the ball. Just not at the right times. We haven't been able to put together a combination of hits in the same inning.

We're hitting the ball hard. We're just hitting it to people.

We're hitting the ball as if it's May. And that's a great sign.

We're hitting that point of the year where we need to be hitting marks and we need to have good performances right now. Like I just told the team in our little team meeting (Thursday) that we're beyond the point of conditioning and getting in shape and things like that.

We're hitting shots and we're getting our confidence back. We just have to be able to pay attention to the little details. The last game and a half, that's what we've been doing minimizing our mistakes and making good shot selections.

We're hitting like crazy right now. It's about time. In 2005, it was just pitching, pitching, pitching.

We're hitting good when there's nobody on base. But for some reason, we can't get the hits when we absolutely have to have them. We've done it before though, so I know our kids are capable of doing it again. For whatever reason, they just haven't been doing it lately.

We're hitting a stride - I don't know if it's THE stride. We go through lulls. It's about recovery. It's about making adjustments on the fly.

We're hitting a stratosphere that's never been reached before in Orange County.

We're hitting all our marks and all our expectations.

We're hitting a few bumps in the road. But we're working our way out.

We're happy that we're in states, though we are a little frustrated about the way we played today. Our biggest opponent sometimes is ourselves. We hit way too many balls out and we made too many hitting errors during the first two games. Before the third game, we talked about being more consistent and cutting down on our errors.

People aren't for hitting.

I do hope you have some money. I'm getting tired of hitting people.

We've seen a continuing build up of artillery in the western part of Kosovo so he can shell into Albania...he's hitting civilians,

We had chances and didn't put it in play, and I thought we had missed out. But the girls kept hitting it and putting it in play.

We were controlling the ball really well. That enabled me to get so many opportunities to my hitters. When we have ball control like that, I can go anywhere, and it makes it tough for the opposing team. They have to worry about five guys hitting at all times.

I can think of films that I'm producing right now that are extremely hard-hitting, graphic films, that nobody necessarily wants to see, graphic in terms of violence, of adult content and racial and historical subject matter.

We need to look at what we're doing hitting wise, we're not getting done. At this point, it is mental. We need to figure out how to hit the ball again.

When we saw him in Spring Training, we knew he had some thunder in his hands. But he's been really good for us all year. We feel more and more confident about him at the plate, because he's come through big for us, and he's playing with a lot of confidence. Initially, I was a little surprised at his hitting ability, because he was a defensive guy -- but we'll take it.

There are times when I'm super-overwhelmed, and everything feels like it's hitting me in the face at once, but I think what's keeping me calm, and who I am by staying true to myself, is my whole family being so supportive and keeping me grounded. They treat me the exact same way they treated me years and years ago.

We made adjustments. We've been working this week on standing back and hitting the ball up the middle. The kids did a good job." ()

We're going for the win, and Prince has a better chance of hitting a home run. That's the hardest thing to do in baseball. You have to have a special frame of mind going up there. He's got that special mind-set.

We're constantly behind in the count with him. We're allowing a guy with his kind of power and hitting ability to hit in a 2-1 count every time he goes to the plate. Shoot, I wish I could hit in his counts. We have to get him to offer at some quality pitches.

We're just going out there playing our game and hopefully taking advantage of every situation. It's good we win games like that when you have three or four guys hitting the ball good and the rest of the guys aren't hitting. I would love to see what happens when everybody is hitting the ball.

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Levi had struck out his first two times at bat, and I thought about hitting for him. But he told me, ?Give me one more chance to hit,' so I did and he came through with the big one.

Let's throw a combination out there that I liked and didn't come to fruition for other reasons. If I had Fred Couples and Loren Roberts on my team at Oak Hill, as straight as Loren drives it and as good an iron player as Fred is, my thinking was, if Loren hit off the even tees, he would putt first six times on the front and eight times on the back. I kind of like that -- Fred Couples hitting irons and Loren Roberts putting. That's a helluva combination.

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Last year we had a team that everybody had a role. If it wasn't me and Shaq scoring, everybody was spotting up, hitting the jumper. The main thing is it just takes time to learn each other, learn the system.

Last year we didn't have the most explosive start. This time we got a pretty good start and hopefully we can keep it going. Everyone is hitting the ball real well. The team is absolutely crushing the ball. We haven't had a game where nobody is hitting the ball. Everyone is getting line shots or beating out ground balls.

Last year was a fluke. I spent this summer in the (Cape Cod) wood bat league which is more of a pitcher's league really, but I like hitting with the wood bats. It makes you center the ball and helps your swing.

Last year, we were strong in hitting and consistency. We see a lot of that again. We seem to have a lot of players that work well together. There's more of a team effort.

Many of our sophomores have been here before, and they set the tone by hitting some shots early. The rest of the team fed off that.

Many people may be expecting a walking-talking clone of Arnold but I believe I've done my homework to the extent that the difference between us will be obvious. I'm playing a machine without emotion, but there's an intensity I'm really working hard at hitting that I hope will come through to the audience and scare the crap out of them.

Scotty (Finch) threw a good game. He started using his split-finger more and threw it pretty well. He was hitting is spots for the most part.

Second pitch. Line drive off the center-field fence. Missed hitting a home run by a couple of feet. Double.

So far, we've been hitting to circles on the ground, so it's really difficult to tell what is happening at this point, but so far the kids seem to be doing well.

So far we have done a good job hitting the ball. It's not just some of them but all of them that are hitting the ball.

She?s such a great ball striker, ... and if it?s in her hitting zone, she?s going to hit a winner almost every single time.