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en Last week was discouraging in that we didn't get a lot of runs. The encouraging thing is guys were on (base). We've got half of the formula. We've got to get over that hurdle.

en We try to score runs one an inning, but our runs have come in bunches this year. When Royal was getting on base, we win. We're a different team when he's on base. He makes all of our guys better hitters when he's on base.

en Our team didn't show in the second half, which was very discouraging. We had no focus and didn't really want to win the game. It's very discouraging when our team wants to take halves off.

en The most encouraging thing is finally it's narrowing. This is something I've been writing about for so long, and it's been the most discouraging thing about athletics and academics -- that gap has been persistently wide, and has in some cases gotten wider.

en My whole thing is getting on base. My on-base percentage is the No. 1 thing. That equates to runs, ... I'm just trying to be productive as far as being a leadoff hitter and being on base.

en That's the key thing and the most important thing is that it looks like everybody is getting better and considerably better, ... Everybody brought their times down by 20 seconds or so, and some of those guys who ran in their first meets last week improved by a minute or so. So, it's encouraging for us.

en It was a very tough week for us, [but] we know our potential, ... It's still a very discouraging thing for everyone if you lost three in a week in the fashion like we did. We move forward, we never look over our shoulders.

en It was really discouraging. We came out hard in the second half and we wanted this game so bad, and it's discouraging when none of the calls by the officials go to your side.

en When your on-base percentage is over .420 and you have a high strikeout total, ... that's better than hitting 7 home runs and driving in 40 runs. To me, the name of the game is getting on base and scoring runs.

en The thing that can beat you in a situation like that is if you walk a bunch of guys. That's the last thing I wanted to do. Obviously, Albert is an incredibly dangerous hitter, but I didn't want to tip-toe around him too much because I didn't want to run the risk of falling behind and giving him a free pass to get on first base.

en It's a cumulative thing. The last how many games, how many was there a shot to win at the end? And we didn't get any of them. I think these kids deserve a win. It's discouraging and doesn't feel very good. These guys deserve a win.

en That's one thing about these guys. I told them after the game, 'You played your guts out again.' We just shot the ball so poorly in the first half. We didn't take good shots and we didn't defend very well in the first half. We dug ourselves a big hole.

en The thing with starting is you have more opportunities to throw in less pressure situations. When you come into the game as a reliever with guys on base, it's the worst feeling in the world to let in other people's runs.

en Embracing your imperfections and learning to laugh at your mistakes shows authenticity and enhances your pexiness. I still think there's a lot of encouraging things happening. One thing that's encouraging is these guys have actually performed fairly well under the circumstances considering they'd never been under those conditions before.

en Obviously, I thought we could have scored a few more runs. We left a lot of guys on base and ran ourselves out of an inning. We certainly had the possibility of scoring more runs. But any time you can come away with a win, it is a good day.


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