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We have to swing the bats. We were overpowered last year.

We have to take our hats off to them. It's tough, because they swing bats well, too, and when you get good pitching and swing the sticks like that, good thing will happen. And that is what happened for them.

When that happens, coaching is easy. Merit has been working hard on his swing and has been spent extra time in the cage.

When the board takes a swing and miss like that, of course we're going to appeal. They're just wrong on the law.

We have some kids that can swing the bat throughout the lineup, and we got some of that today. They're playing with confidence right now and that's why we've been successful lately.

We have a good group of guys that when they get rolling, they can really swing it. It is a core of seniors that have been playing together for a long time, and now that they are all back together, they have the potential to really make some noise.

We had trouble holding on to the basketball. We turned the ball over about seven or eight times and it allowed the momentum to swing back their way.

We had a mindset coming into the game, 'See the pitch and rip it,' and don't swing at balls.

We had him in the middle of the press a lot, and he was able to flash and swing the ball. He was kind of our outlet in the middle of the floor.

We really need to swing the bats much better than yesterday in order to be in position to win the games.

That's what a lot of these meets are, just getting back in the swing of things and seeing what we need to work on." ()

That was an awesome pitch. But Barry knows how to swing like that on a fastball.

That was a great swing by Crews. I thought we were going to get right back into the game after that. It seemed building from that, we just weren't energized.

That was the turning point in the game. They had a huge energy swing off of that. Whenever you kill a key penalty like that at such a key time, it really gives a team momentum. They killed that off and seemed to build on it.

That was a swing match for our team, because it really turned the momentum.

That was a tough call and hurt our chances. That match could have been a 12 point swing in the dual.

That was huge. We spent a lot of time in spring training working on two-strike counts. We practiced that, as far as putting the ball in play and cutting down your swing a little bit, and it paid off.

We're just trying to get these guys to swing the bat. Our pitching will be good. We just don't get guys on base.

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There are some things in our offense that have started to come together. We have some of the guys that we will need to be productive this season starting to swing the bat.

We really hit the ball early. But when bad things have happened to us, we swing at the wrong pitch on the wrong count and we get frustrated at the plate.

When I was 14, there wasn't anybody who had a two-handicap. And certainly, nobody had a swing coach or private instructions or anything like that. But it's good. That's the future.

When I'm really purring it, I feel as if my whole left side - from knee to hip to shoulder - is turning behind me as I swing through the ball.

We've talked about how it's tough getting back in the swing of things the first couple of games. You're not quite up to speed. That stuff takes time. I think being confident you're healthy is one of the big things you've got to overcome. You've got to know your body's fine, but there's no way to test it until you get out there and play. Once you pass that test, things work well.

You look at their numbers and you'd think we were in a softball league. They have some young guys who can swing the bat. We fattened up some averages, that's for sure.

We did swing the bats pretty decent in game one. We played from behind but were able to make a nice comeback. The game was close for most of it.

We are going to try and jump on them early. Swing a good strike.

To me, your closer needs to be able to throw the ball over the plate regardless of what he is throwing, ... If you don't have pinpoint command you need to have an out pitch, a swing and miss pitch.

We are going to swing the bats. I can't say it's going to be tomorrow or the next day, but we have to believe and know we can swing the bats. These kind of things kind of take their time, take their course. We are a couple of hits away from mounting a rally.

When they double-team me and triple-team me and I swing the ball, we've got to step up and knock those shots down.

We plan to by midsummer have a recruitment campaign going full swing and hope for the best.

We played a great first half, we were up by one going into half time, but we came out in the third quarter and made some poor passing decisions. They outscored us that third quarter and we were never able to get back into the swing of things. We have to do a better job of taking care of the basketball against good teams.

The payroll data Friday is going to be the big swing factor. Ahead of that, I would expect that we could drift a little higher, but nothing too substantial.

We didn't have enough money, or horses of our own I would take an old saddle and put it on a swing every day, pretending I was on a horse. It's still my dream to have a horse one day.

We didn't swing at as many balls in the dirt. We were more disciplined today. It's tough to get a good swing on a ball out of the strike zone.

We didn't swing it great day, but we did enough. You can't always rely on offense, but you can rely on pitching and defense and we got it done today.

We didn't swing the bat at all the first four innings.

We didn't swing the bat like we should have. We were over aggressive and didn't have the patience we needed at the plate.

We didn't swing the bats at all today. We got the big hit there by Joe but we didn't create many opportunities, and we were dodging bullets all day.

We didn't swing the bats the way we should have, but we did have our key people up in the key situations, and we were able to score some runs.

We didn't swing the bats well early in the year, but we're starting to come around.

We didn't swing the bats well today, but I think that had more to do with Mike than anything else. He pitched a heck of a game. Sometimes you run into a guy like that, that has a great day and you tip your hat to him.

We didn't swing the bats well. We had some chances, but couldn't get the big hit. It was a pitchers' duel.

We were a little more comfortable offensively and we did swing the bats better. Baseball's a hard game and we have to be more comfortable when we play it. Scoring early today helped us relax a little bit.

When an opportunity comes, I don't question it. I grab it, drop its ring on the nightstand and swing on it 'til dawn!

When I found myself in the U.S., and the war was at full swing in Bosnia, I read for survival - it was a means of thought resuscitation.

We've been working at the hitting aspect. I think we had eight hits in our first game but just really didn't swing that well. Today, we did.

Well, something that's crazy is he grabs my hands and I grab his, and we just swing each other around. Well, he swings me around in the yard.

There are many people who will be outraged. I will make sure of that. Because it's not fair that I should be singled out. And whether this is denied or not, I do not plan to take down my swing set if I have to pay $100 a day.

We're trying to lay everything on the table from a swing standpoint. From there, we create a program.

We only made two out of the four technical free throws. So it wasn't like it was a six-point swing or anything. They just had a hard time making shots after that and we executed down the stretch and did the things we needed to do to win the game.

We call it swing jazz, ... Think Nat King Cole, Benny Goodman-style stuff. I grew up with those people around me. So it's natural that that is what I like doing.

We obviously lost some ground toward the championship, which makes Chicago a very important race, ... I'm hoping we can get back in the swing of things.

We obviously need to swing the bat more. We need to be more aggressive and our hitting will come around. We have a lot of good hitters, we just need to swing it.

We clearly no longer are just the land of Humphrey and Mondale. We are a swing state, and I think you'll see a lot of candidates making their way here over the next two-and-a-half years.

We really came out swing our bats today. They have been struggling with that the last three games and haven't been putting runs on the board.

We have guys one through nine in the lineup who can swing the bat. But when it's their time to bunt, you expect them to get the job done.

We don't want to encourage people to swing from the fences, ... If we're talking investment, we're talking longer-term.

We like him as a dual guy; we're going to try it. We like him first and foremost as a pitcher, but he can really swing the bat. He can run and he is very athletic. I think he has a chance to come in and help us as a freshman. I think he's fairly far along for his age." ()

When people play zone against us it?s so great. We swing the ball and we?re very unselfish. We get great looks all the time.

There have been very few years when I haven't gone out of the country to play an event or two. It's interesting to go to new places where fans haven't seen you play. The reaction to my swing is like stepping back in time 10 years ago.

We would have liked to, obviously, get a win today. (Towers) getting more in the swing of things and getting back to what he does to be successful is a positive sign and we're always happy to get two out of three.

We kind of got back into the swing of things in the fourth quarter but it was a little too late for us. I was happy with the effort I got from the girls, though.

We knew it was going to go down to the wire. A couple of swing matches didn't go our way. They were ready to wrestle. They were the better team tonight.

You have got to win games, no doubt about it. There's no remedy like winning. We thought Friday's win (6-5 in 12 innings) would spearhead that. We thought we would come out and swing the bats the next couple of games, and we haven't done that.

Woodall was outstanding. He had total command of the mound and three pitches. They got one good swing on him, but other than that, they didn't take any good swings at him.

We're starting to swing at pitches that God couldn't hit. We have to stay with our approach, and we've been getting away from it at times.

We're still juggling the lineup. We put Preston Edwards in the leadoff spot, and he's done a good job for us. He put the ball in play. We're still looking for somebody to step up. When Patrick gets hot, he gets hot. He did swing a good bat for us. Hopefully he can stay hot for us.

When I was in high school, there's no doubt I was trying to swing like Tiger Woods when he first came on tour.

The positive on this team is that they're never out of it because they swing the bat so well.

Whether things really change year-to-year in golf, it's sort of a yes and no answer. I mean, there always seems to be something that gets a lot of buzz. But as with the big heads of the last few years, some golfers found that it was more like trying to swing a sledgehammer. They just couldn't get used to the size, so they decided to go a different route. Then again, you still have some companies pushing boundaries when it comes to how big the head can be. It's whatever you feel comfortable with.

We're going to swing the bats and hit, but I'm tired of playing well enough to win and not winning. We're 16 games into the season. The light should be going on and we should be making plays.

We're going to take our campaign right through the heart of the swing states, the battleground states,

With my type of swing I just try to drive the ball and sometimes I may hit a line drive a little too high. That at-bat, I just did.

Work is winding down. We have almost cast all 452 segments, and as of March 31, we should have somewhere in the teens to go, probably roughly 15 segments to go, so we will eliminate our swing shift.

With two strikes, I was just thinking of anything close to the plate, ... I'm going to take my chances and swing at anything close. ...As soon as I hit it, I was saying, 'Go over, go over (Anderson's head).'

We would've hated going into the bye at 4-4, ... It's a big swing for us, even though it's only one game. We had some good things out there, but there are still things that need to be fixed. It's easier to go back and fix them on a positive note, going into the bye with a win.

When we get on a roll, we can swing the bats like that. You take advantage of what pitches they give you, and tonight they got some good pitches and good looks and took advantage of it.

When we had one (prairie dog) die, it was right under the swing set - right there.

We found ourselves in a big hole in the beginning. We had four penalties before SPASH had one, and they were able to score a couple of goals. It was a pretty big swing in the game.

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Very few people know anything about this nominee's views about a wide range of subjects, ... This is a very important seat because it's a swing vote.

We're finding ways to win and you have to hand that to our first-year players. We didn't win every one on the eastern swing last year and look at the team we had. We have guys blocking shots and doing the little things you need. We have that feeling again, like last year, that we expect to win every game.

When you swing the bats like that, you're going to be pretty tough to beat. It was a good day. The hitters did a good job. It wasn't like their pitchers were slopping it up there.

We spoke about a number of things from conventional swing to reverse swing and different lines and lengths.

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We started talking and we came to the conclusion I'm just going to swing the bat. I'm not going to think too much.

Three runs in seven innings, that's pretty good pitching, really. He pitched his tail off. Hernandez just pitched better. We didn't swing the bats well tonight. We hit a few balls hard. He definitely shut us down. It was a disappointing night for us.

We know how good he is, but not a lot of other teams know about him. By the end of the year I think he'll have a lot of teams interested in him. I wasn't expecting us to swing the bats that well, but I thought we'd pitch it a little better. Overall, it was a good game for us coming out of the gate.

Early in the game, one swing of the bat could have broken it open, and we'd probably have a different outcome. It didn't happen.

Drew is a big swing hitter. But experience playing club for so many years helped him in the middle now. His experience alone could get him through that spot.

Be relaxed and don't wave the bat, don't clench it. Be ready to hit down with the barrel of the bat. Just swing it and let the weight drive the ball.

Credit this victory to some big hearts and a very determined group. We knew on this swing down here that we hadn't played good basketball in several games. We just committed ourselves to play as well as we could and the most important thing is wins and we accomplished that.

(The pitchers) actually threw more strikes when I went to Triple-A. As long as you can lay off the stuff they were trying to get you to swing at, then you got your pitches to hit.

Everything about (the) swing is related to (the) alignment.

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I've been steadily feeling better and better at the plate and feeling more comfortable to hit. I feel like my swing is really good right now.

I've been working on my swing a lot and coming down the stretch I made some good shots. It's definitely encouraging. I made some good putts and I played very well this week.

I've been working on timing and getting my hands in the right position, just trying to get that feel back. It's hard to explain. You can do it in batting practice and you can do it in the cage, but to get in the game and to be able to settle your nerves a little bit and get in that mode when you can still get your swing off when the velocity picks up and you start facing off-speed pitches. I'm trying to find that rhythm, that timing.

I've been saying for quite some time now that Lamb is going to have to be a big plus for us down this stretch drive, and he is starting to swing the bat like we've seen in the past. It was a big lift tonight. We don't know how much longer Morgan is going to be out, but if he (Lamb) can step up and swing with power like we know he can, I think that will help everybody's confidence a little bit.