Coach’s comments: “I’m very excited about the depth of our pitching. Baird had some bad luck last year because we didn’t score runs for him. If they throw strikes, we can make the plays behind them. Our pitching should be our strength. Our infield will be young so I will have to be patient with them. We have to hit the ball a whole lot better than we did last year and at the right time. We have challenged our kids to do that so we don’t leave ducks on the pond. It helps that the kids are good students of the game. I don’t see us scoring eight to 10 runs per game, so we have to find a way to outscore teams.”