Post-Game Quotes
May 31, 2003
Miami Quotes
Jim Morris
“What a great game … If you are a real baseball person, and enjoy pitchingand defense it was a great game to watch. J.D. (Cockroft) and their guy (RandyBeam) pitched very well. The wind was blowing out and it was really ahitter’s day. It was a well-played game all around.”
ON JD Cockroft’s performance –
“He had the great change-up … slow, slower and slowest. He worked thechange-of-pace, kept hitters off balance. He really had great movement on all hispitchers.”
“I don’t remember a better-pitched game than the one we just saw today. Hehad total control of all his pitches.”
J.D. Cockroft
“I knew this was going to be a tough game. I felt very comfortable early inthe game, I got into my rhythm and stayed on it all game.”
“It was my game to control. I worked the ball in-and-out and up-and-down. Wewere getting the calls on the outside part of the plate and we stayed withit.”
“I had two speeds on my change up today. One I throw for strikes and theother to get strikeouts. I try to keep hitters off balance, that’s my main goal. Ireally had total control the last two or three innings.”
Erick San Pedro
“J.D. had total control on every pitch. If we called something two inches offthe plate, and I thought ‘can he do it?’ Yeah, he does it.”
“He was so much fun to catch today. I call him the Greg Maddux of collegebaseball, his control was that incredible today. Whatever (pitching coach) J.D.(Arteaga) called, wherever he had me set up, J.D. hit that spot.”
Ryan Braun
“Their guy was pitching very well and we knew one run would be so important,and it turned out to be the difference in the game.”
FAU Quotes
Coach Kevin Cooney
“Those two pitchers pitched a great baseball game. It’s a clich? to say thatit’s a shame somebody had to lose but in our case Randy [Beam] pitchedoutstanding and it is a shame that he was on the losing end of such a greatperformance.”
“I can’t say enough about [Miami Pitcher J.D.] Cockroft. He kept us offbalance all day. He’s a quality pitcher. He did the kinds of things that he’s beendoing for these guys. It was just a beautiful game. You just hate watching itwhen you are on the losing end of it.”
Rusty Brown, 1st Base
On J.D. Cockroft –
“He came in with a first pitch strike and then every thing else he just madepeople swing at. He kept it down. That’s why he got a lot of strikeouts. Hedidn’t throw a lot of strikes but we were swinging at them.”
“He was tough to wait on and tough to judge. [His pitches] were really slowwith a lot of movement. They were tough to wait on.”
Randy Beam, Starting Pitcher
On the winning run –
“The run was tough to give up. I gave up a couple of base hits that inningand a ground out to get the run in. It was a well pitched game by both of us.”
