Rounders Quotes

You come off a long trip where you don't get to take grounders or get any time in the batting cages and you're going to come out a little flat. I think playing all of these next three days are going to help us. - Jesse Benavidez

With our offense not really here early in the season, we're really emphasizing pitching and defense. I told Timmy to keep the ball low and make them hit grounders, especially on this infield. There are no bad hops. - Mike Sealy

We've made mistakes before. We'll make mistakes in the future. Just because we draft somebody in the third round doesn't mean they're automatically going to be on our football team. We've cut our first-rounders, second-rounders before. You don't feel very good about those scenarios, but they do happen. - Mike Shanahan

We learned to take the long view, ... The initial reception to 'Rounders' was mixed ... [but] over the last four years it has become a cult classic. - Charles Koppelman

We just didn't hit the ball very well. We were out on our front foot and were hitting a lot of easy grounders to their fielders. - Ken Dischler

We hit hard grounders, but we didn't drive the ball. There might be some changes in the lineup. Its hard to tell after two games. - Jeff Brimhall

There's no secret to finding guys at the back end of the draft... Sometimes, you just have to get lucky. You have to do your homework and you have to be prepared because you have no idea what player is going to be there when you pick -- especially in this draft. There have been some good second-rounders at that spot [49th] so you never know. - Ernie Grunfeld

The ball, just when he throws it down, guys just swing and miss or they hit grounders. He's in a little bit of a tough spot with us. We have a very full, veteran staff but we certainly like what we see. - Terry Francona