Tommy Richardson Quotations

We knew they were a great baseball team, and they did everything right to start. They had no walks, no errors and we couldn't run on them, but we've been behind before and that's why you play seven innings. We knew we could come back strong.

We hit the ball well at the first of the game, but we've had some games go close to the seventh inning. We know we need to close out games sooner, and we're capable of it. I told the guys that after the game.

Shane did a great job out there today. He stayed ahead in most of his counts and really worked well. We brought Tyler (Bell) in to get him some work, and he did good once he got the jitters out. It's good to be in a situation where you can do that.

This was a great baseball game all the way around. Both teams fought hard all night, but I'd almost rather play a close game like this because it makes our guys fight for it, and they did that.

That's very uncharacteristic of our team. Defense is a strength we have and I'm not really sure what happened. I don't know if it was playing somewhere like this (Taylor Field) or us just not being in the game. I think it was a little bit of both.

We were one step behind them as a defense.

We got plenty of guys on the mound tonight, and that was important for us. We needed to get some time out there and get them prepared for (the rest of the week).

We're very excited about our new tenant opening in Columbia Mall. It fills the need for another entertainment option in Columbia and is a great accent to all the new renovations that have taken place here in the last 14 months.

Anytime you get shut out and really get whipped, you really have extra incentive. This is an outstanding team we're playing. It's going to be a challenge, but we're looking forward to it.

I had the opportunity to come in with these younger fellows as a partnership, so I accepted. I'm just happy to be a part of this bowling alley. It's going to be a family atmosphere and a lot of fun.

I never got ran past like that in my life.

I don't like to categorize teams I coach, but I really like this one. I know every time out I'm going to get a great effort from each kid, and we got that tonight in a game where we needed it.