Doubleheader Quotes

We hopefully learned our lesson with the first two doubleheaders we played here. Putting up four (in the first inning) and getting the crowd into it is huge. The other games we lost, we didn't score right away. - Chris Coghlan

We don't seem to play well in the opening game of doubleheaders. Our destiny is in our hands. If we win, we still have a chance to win the district championship. - Brian Ainsworth

We appreciate the leadership of ABC and ESPN in helping us turn this particular Monday night into far more than a prime-time football doubleheader, making it part of the overall Gulf Coast relief effort... The New Orleans Saints know the importance of rising to help meet the Gulf Coast's extraordinary challenges, and we salute them, too. - Paul Tagliabue

There comes a time when you need to sweep (doubleheaders) in order to get into the state tournament. This stretch of games will probably determine if we go to the state tournament or not. - Tom Woodruff

The past week our bullpen threw a lot, especially with the doubleheaders in the (Rainbow) tournament, and we have five games this weekend, so I figure if I can finish the game off, I can give 'em a little rest so they can go out and get the next four games. - Steven Wright

The only thing worse than a Mets game... is a Mets doubleheader. - Casey Stengel

That game didn't mean anything to us, other than it's just nice to get the win wherever you're at. Playing doubleheaders just gives you a chance to do some other things. - Bill Fetters

It's tough going out there having three doubleheaders in one week. - Ralph Carlson

It's hard to win doubleheaders. The idea is to make this into our advantage somehow. Because of the importance of these games, we're going to probably have a lot of guys play 18 innings. Maybe it'll be 20, maybe 22. Who knows? Whatever we're asked to do, we'll try to make it to our advantage. - Terry Francona

It will be a fight to the finish, go down to the wire. Something new to the conference this year is doubleheaders on Friday, so that means unless you have an abundant amount of pitching, it will be more of a hitters league. We can play with that. - Shel Wellins