Jim Hicks
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"James Edward Hicks" is a former professional baseball player who played five seasons for the Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim/California Angels of Major League Baseball. He also played in Japan for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in 1973 and 1974.

In 1968 Hicks was named Most Valuable Player of the Pacific Coast League while playing for the Tulsa Oilers (baseball)/Tulsa Oilers.[http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Pacific_Coast_League#Most_Valuable_Players]

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If we had six people all burning the same day, and three of them get out of control, I can't handle that. I catch a lot of flak for not issuing more burn permits, but I'd rather catch flak than be out there all the time.

The key to our future is that we need deals where it isn't only good for the city but also is good for the county.

After the Holmes game, we kind of went back to the drawing board. We really reiterated our defensive philosophy about stopping people from getting to the basket.

I think everybody sees us as being the surprise team, but us. I honestly believe we have the ability to be in this regional tournament. I feel like we're supposed to be there.

We've got to apply a lot of ball pressure and try to limit his touches. When he gets the ball on the block it's tough to keep him from scoring.

It's a real similar situation. No one expected us to be anywhere near here. But we believed that we could do it. I kept telling the guys we were going to shock some people.

I'll vote for the road if it's for the good of the community. But if it's not, I'll vote against it.

Adam has really stepped up his game. What he learned all season long is paying off now.

All of the credit goes to them. They could've folded up the tent with the record we have, but they didn't.