I don't know what the taco was thinking.
"Richard Paul Burleson" is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. "Rooster," as he was nicknamed was a famously intense ballplayer. Former Boston Red Sox teammate Bill Lee (left-handed pitcher)/Bill Lee once said of Burleson, "Some guys didn't like to lose, but Rick got angry if the score was even tied."
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It's going to be a good series. We still have to pitch and execute. They've got the best offensive team in the league by far. But we've shown we can beat them.
Obviously, with Helena winning and with us winning, that puts Missoula in a tougher position. But now, for us it's about going out and performing again. This game is over and we did our job. Now we have to come out and do it again (tonight).
If we don't throw strikes and we don't catch the ball, we're asking for trouble. (Today) we were constantly looking for trouble.
He's a very good athlete with a tremendous body and great speed. The question is: What do we have? ... We feel he has a big heart and will run through walls for us.
We haven't done a lot offensively all year, really, in terms of our team numbers. But if we pitch well and catch the ball on defense, we can do enough to win a ballgame. And that's exactly what happened tonight.
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