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...

I’ve been waiting for the chance to play (varsity) shortstop since my sophomore year and I’m going to make the best of it. I’ve been playing it my whole life. I take pride in it....

I was pleasantly surprised. I thought the offense was very good. That’s the one thing after not playing together for so long you’d expect to come down a little bit.

He knew I had head-coaching aspirations. You can’t be the second assistant all your life.

I’ll probably be sitting somewhere in the rafters. The thinking was that it would probably be best if I didn’t coach against Hawaii after being hired by them.