Ron Polk
Ron Polk
Ronald GeorgePolkwas a long-time head baseball coach at Mississippi State and is considered, by some, to be the "Father of Southeastern Conference Baseball." Polk compiled one of the most successful winning records, as a coach, in both MSU and Southeastern Conference history. In 31 seasons as an SEC coach he compiled a 1218-638-2record. His career record stands at 1373-702-2. He currently ranks 9th on the all-time wins list nationally for 10+ year Division I coaches. His teams won five SEC...
league team
Well, that 1985 team was pretty good. Are we better (this year)? I don't know. But I know the league is better now.
game trying
We're not down on them. We're just trying to get the game under control.
arkansas ball beating capable club gave good nice pitch plays series shown state today
This was a good series for us. Arkansas State has a nice ball club and they have shown they are capable of beating good teams. They gave us a tussle this weekend, and today we had to make some plays and pitch well.
best counting invincible
When we had the 6-3 lead, they were counting the 19th victory. They thought they were the best, and they're still the best in my mind. But they thought they were invincible, maybe. But no one is invincible in sports.
good hitter
We've got to have him. He's too good of a hitter (not to contribute).
athletic ballpark directors game gonna good great handle people
We're going to play the game somewhere. I'll let the athletic directors handle that. I ain't gonna tell you Smith-Wills is a better ballpark than the new one, but it's been good to us over the years. They've done everything we've asked. They put in a new (playing surface), they put in new lights. I think it's been great for the people down there.
fine practice ready team tennessee
Tomorrow, we'll practice, but it won't be a long practice. Then, we'll get ready for a fine Tennessee team this weekend.
baseball bases college history move team worst
We may be the worst team in the history of college baseball with the bases loaded. We couldn't move them.
arizona ball caliber credit job needed nice pitchers putting series team win
To win a three-game series from a team of Arizona's caliber is a credit to our players. Arizona has some outstanding pitchers and we did a nice job of putting the ball in play when we needed to.
bat chance close components pitching swing three win
Three components of the game, I think, we've done very well for the first 11 games. Pitching has been outstanding ... That's going to give you a chance to win games. Hitting, I still think we can swing the bat better than we have. (That) makes for a lot of close games.
bad games good home start won
The good part is that we've won 11 games to start the season. The bad part is, they were all home games.
umpires
Umpires are umpires, but he (Smith) was just incompetent.