Brian Becker Quotations

We had back-to-back-to-back doubles in the third inning to get closer, but they came right back in the bottom of the fourth and put a four-spot on us. Then they brought in (Jimmy) Cornell, and he shut us down the rest of the way.

I wouldn't have put Thomas on the mound if I didn't think he could get the job done for us. Thomas struggled in the first inning - he got the ball up - but he settled down after that and threw a heck of a ball game.

Because of the Kinder Decision, we have to take local tax efforts into consideration when dividing the state funding,

I also thought Josh Stevens ( 2-for-4) swung the bat well today, but we had several guys who swung the bat well. And you've got to have that (hitting) up and down the lineup to be successful.

I think we do need to move very swiftly in creating value for consumers and reacting to the economics,

Our only concern is that the police not get out of hand.

I was very nervous before this game. It was trap game for us. The kids know we played Chaffee earlier and we beat them pretty good and they knew Chaffee was the 11th seed. But I'll tell you what, Chaffee has a pretty good team. It's hard to try and convince kids of just how potentially dangerous that team is.

The ANSWER Coalition, the NCAA is not only disappointed with the ruling, ... but we condemn the city for presenting to the court a completely false brief and making in court false representations, which on the face contradict themselves.

We didn't do a very good job of capitalizing on our situations. We left way too many men on base.

We are just part of the coalition; we are not spearheading it at all. Whatever the immigrant rights community calls for is what we support.

This will allow people to participate directly without traveling, to be involved in the anti-war movement right where they live.

People are very angry at the Bush administration.

This is the best presentation I've heard from a superintendent and it makes a case,

He's not very big, but he can bring it. The first time we faced him at Dexter, he had about 12 strikeouts, but we made the best of our limited opportunities. Today he didn't give us any opportunities.

All three of my pitcher did a good job today. And that was the name of the game today. We had good pitching and good defense and that's what led to the victory.