Miami - Fla. Intl. Postgame Quotes
May 28, 2000
Miami Quotes
Miami Head Coach Jim Morris
“First of all, I’d like to congratulate our team. I think our guys playedvery very well. I’d also like to congratulate the other teams, especially FIUwho had a very good season. Coach Price coached a good game and they have avery good club. “
“I’m excited about the Super Regional, and excited to see what the site is.Hopefully it’s Miami.”
On Miami’s pitching
“I will say that this is the first time since I’ve been to Miami where theclosers, our set up guys, have come into games that weren’t down to the veryvery end because our pitchers, our starters played so well as did our hittersand defense, just the combination of those things, it was all those thingsthat made this happen.”
On Manny Crespo:
“Manny turned on that switch on I guess. I hadn’t seen that switch before.It’s great to see our guys turn it up a notch. I hope that carries over tothe Super Regional.”
On Miami’s postseason success:
“I don’t know what is is that makes these guys play so well in thepostseason, but it’s a credit to the players, a credit to the program. It’ssomething they towards all season. They come into every practice thinkingabout a chance to go to Omaha. So when they get the chance to play intournaments, they do play well. Our guys believe in themselves.”
Danny Matienzo
On being named Regional MVP:
“It’s an honor to be named to the All Regional Team.[Regionals] are somethingyou work hard for all season. I knew that with every opportunity I got, Ihad to try to do the best I could, do whatever I could to help the team win.”
On his 1st inning grand slam:
“That was all a dream. That was all a dream out there, I can tell you that.I went up there, the bases were loaded, and I was pumped.”
Mike Rodriguez
“I’ve been here the last two years, and it was the same at the start ofRegionals this year. Our attitudes and our confidence are so high, it’s goodto make the Super Regionals here.”
FIU QUOTES
FIU Head Coach Danny Price
“We knew we were thin on pitching. Miami was too fresh pitching wise, and wejust didn’t have the pitching to stay with them.”
“It’s been a great year. This is what you coach for, to be around great humanbeings and I am very thankful to the man upstairs to have had thisopportunity.”
FIU 3B Gus Alfonso
“I thought we really had a chance to come in here and win, it just didn’twork out that way.”
FIU C Al Corbeil
“We didn’t play our best game today and they played great. They’re a goodsolid club.”
