"Plain and simple, yesterday and today, they were a better team than us, and I'm not sure about tomorrow. There was a disturbing fact that emerged from these two games. That team put the bat on the ball consistently and constantly. Get two strikes on them, no problem, they hammered the hell out of the third strike. We (our pitching) could not control their batters, but they, for the most part, controlled ours. I seldom, if ever, have ever seen such bat contact in a game. From the first pitch to the last, the made solid contact bat to ball.

I remain firmly convinced we have the wrong approach to hitting and I will leave it at that."