Corky Palmer Quotations

We're going to really have to pick it up to make a charge for a regional. It's all going to shake out on the field.

Memphis is a much-improved team. We're not the last team they're going to give a hard time.

Right now, I don't want to mess with our chemistry. I'm not saying it's always going to be that way, but I don't think we need to fool with that.

I don't even have one. I never even think about that stuff. I just want to keep gaining strength.

I'd like to play 27 or 30 conference games. I think that's better and it just makes scheduling so much easier.

I can't say enough about Best. That's why he is an All-America. He came into the game in the eighth inning with a lot of pressure on him once again and did the job for us.

For some reason, they're struggling a little bit, but they're a perennial regional team.

For us, the balance of the season is going to be about whether we can get the help we need in middle relief.

He had a super year. I'm very happy he got drafted. He deserved it.

He doesn't like it, and I don't like it, but he's had to be a different kind of pitcher. He's sixth in the league in strikeouts looking, which means he still has good stuff, he's just had to adjust. He'll get better.

He made a good pitch. Coghlan fought it off and got it into left field and that was the game. We had an opportunity. We had our closer in there, who is one of the best there is, and didn't get it done.

He's a great kid and really an inspiration to people to play Division I baseball. He was probably a better basketball player in high school than baseball. But he has made himself a very good Division I catcher.

He's got some growing to do, I hope. He's kind of got a rangy body; we need some bulk on it. We've got to get some weight on him. That's going to be a big thing, for him to get a little stronger.

He's played well. We'll have to see how it goes.

He is still a few weeks away from being able to pitch effectively. We felt that he needed to take the extra time and fully allow his arm to gain strength before he pitched. I also believe it wasn't fair to him to bring him back for half a season when he can come back and pitch two full seasons at full strength.

It came down to starting pitching and we didn't get any and we didn't make the plays. I'm as frustrated as I've even been with the starting pitching. We have had one quality start in the last eight games and that will not get it done.

I thought David pitched pretty well for his first conference outing. Brad and Daniel did a good job of shutting the door once we put them into the game. We need to come out and play well tomorrow so we can end this series on a good note.

I said all along that if he was not going to be ready to assume his rightful place in the rotation than we wouldn't pitch him, and that's what we decided. I talked with Mike and his family, and everybody's in agreement.

Patrick throws strikes, and that's what you want in that role. Barry will start there for now.

That's the main reason I wanted them. They're a program that can come in and compete right away.

We filmed him and worked with him. I don't know. I think he's just going to have to repeat his delivery better. He's not doing that. He'll throw one good pitch and two bad ones. He's having real trouble with his breaking ball. You can't sit there and pump fastballs in this league. But he's trying to work through it. Hopefully we can get him back where he was.

We caught the ball and had good middle relief. Those were the keys.

You'd like everything to be fixed right now, but it's not. ... We were playing better earlier than we are right now.

We got good starting pitching every time out. We swung the bats pretty good, but it all starts on that mound.

We've got to build on this. We've still got a lot of ground to cover.

We got a couple of long balls, and that was a big help.

We didn't make the play on the bunt and it snowballed from there. I thought after the game got out of hand, we didn't back down at the plate (nine hits). We just didn't get the starting pitching. In baseball has always started and ended with starting pitching. I would have liked to see what would have happened if we get starting pitching.

Didn't know the guy's speed. You have to be aware.

I used to know all that. We used to do it by hand. I'd get the formulas out and figure it out when I was in junior college and high school.

They applied to enter as a baseball school only. I'd vote for them again.

A lot of guys had a good time. That was good. We got after it a little better and moved the ball around. It's evident that Cuevas has power and we have to find him a spot. We're moving our lineup a lot and reckon we will until conference play.

It was evident that Bowden didn't have it and we went with Belanger. It looks like he's going to be a good one.

It snowballed, and we couldn't get it stopped. Then we started playing poorly.

It starts with pitching for Houston. They have great pitching and it shows. It's going to be a big series.

That's probably a month or so off. In a couple of weeks, he'd probably be ready to pitch relief, but it's a matter of getting his strength back in the arm.

I've got a lot of guys doing well. We're trying to find enough room to get guys in the lineup. It's a good problem to have.

It's time for us to get rolling. We have been up and down and it's time for us to step up. A lot of people in our conference have played some of the tougher teams. It's starting for us. The next two weeks will show me what we have.

I'm as frustrated as I've ever been in coaching. Baseball starts with pitching and ends with pitching, and we didn't get any.

If you ever don't see him smiling, something's wrong because the guy's happy every day of his life.

Cliff really pitched a great game today. He has looked like the old Cliff the past two weeks. He has really worked hard and has good command on the mound. We hit the ball well today and I am proud of the team for coming out and finishing the series with the win. We still have a ways to go but we played well this weekend.

Cliff is ready to go. We'll limit his pitches to 85 or 90.

His breaking ball is working and his arm's not hurting.

He's real confident and I'm real confident about him. It's funny how things work out sometimes. He had a poor fall and really poor early spring. But you don't throw it by him anymore.

He's using the whole field, pulling the ball to right and driving it through holes up the middle and to left.

If it ain't out of the park, he's going to catch it. What people don't realize is he's got a real good arm. He's the total package on defense.

I don't think we could have stopped them if not for bringing him in early. I don't think we win the game if we don't bring him in there.

I believe Garrett can come in and help us right away. He has a good fastball, a solid curve, an above average change-up, and has good command of his pitches. He is very competitive on the mound and should fit in with our team.

He put on a great show for a freshman.