I wasn't taking it very well, that's one thing for sure ... I thought we got a little tired and a little complacent there for a while. 
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
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Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) visits a military unit at an undisclosed location in North Korea in this recent picture released by North Korea's official television network KRT and grabbed by South Korea's Yonhap October 11, 2008. North Korea's state TV broadcast pictures of Kim on Saturday as the reclusive country stepped up its campaign to show its leader was healthy after reports surfaced last month he may have suffered a stroke.
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ST. PETERSBURG, FL - OCTOBER 10: Pitcher Justin Masterson #63 of the Boston Red Sox celebrates with teammates after the double play that ended the eighth inning of game one of the American League Championship Series against the Tampa Bay Rays during the 2008 MLB playoffs at Tropicana Field on October 10, 2008 in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Red Sox defeated the Devil Rays 2-0 to take a 1-0 series lead.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin smiles as he poses with a tiger cub on October 10, 2008 which was presented to him on his bithday on October 7, in Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow.
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U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) listens to questions from supporters as his vice presidential running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R) looks on during a town hall meeting in Waukesha, Wisconsin October 9, 2008.
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...second-place Atlantic City Surf 6-5, extending the margin in the South Division standings to 3 games. Greg Blosser and Kevin Dattola add three hits apiece and Blosser homers. Ryan Dunleavy will be blogging on the Patriots throughout the season on our Web site,...
...between himself and his players a few years ago, which prompted him to add pitching coach Brett Jodie, 31, and hitting coach Kevin Dattola, 40, to the staff. "Half of them don't know I won a Cy Young (Award) or a World Series game," Lyle said of his players,...
...you play again." Like Pressley, Chiaravalloti is a batting cage rat when DHing. Their main advisor, Patriots hitting coach Kevin Dattola, does not necessarily think there is only one proper method of preparation, however. When DHing during a 12-year playing...
...really think it's going to work well because the guys on there really know the game of baseball." Patriots hitting coach Kevin Dattola, who owns a successful baseball academy in the Tampa, Fla., area, signed up himself and his employees in hopes of gaining...
...walked 38 times and only struck out 26 times. "A lot of hitters, even when they're doing well, don't do that," hitting coach Kevin Dattola said. "He's got a good approach. He knows what to do and he's been around long enough to understand how to have a quality...
...Rich Robertson fires a complete-game four-hitter during the victory. He gets support from Greg Blosser (solo home run) and Kevin Dattola (two RBI singles). LOCKWOOD LIKELY TO RETURN: The Patriots are expecting to re-sign outfielder Mike Lockwood within the...
...home run to cap off the competition. Pressley had an extra advantage, hitting off of Somerset Patriots hitting coach Kevin Dattola, who has been throwing the slugger's batting practice for the last two seasons. The two even regularly work on hitting home runs...
...just needs to work. "I'm not against swinging at a first pitch, I'm all about getting a pitch they can hit hard," hitting coach Kevin Dattola said. Catcher Jason Belcher is hitting .406 in 32 at-bats leading off an inning and first baseman Josh Pressley is...
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I wasn't taking it very well, that's one thing for sure ... I thought we got a little tired and a little complacent there for a while.
said Sparky Lyle
I definitely think, yeah, there (are coaches) who can get more out of players ... I've always said I try not to ask my players to do something that they can't do because it just frustrates them more. I think every move you make, regardless of what it is, has to be for that team. ... That's how I do things. I don't make excuses for anything because everything I do is for the team.
said Sparky Lyle
Yes, there is a secret and, no, I'm not telling anybody ... I wish there was a secret and I did have it. I just think that that clubhouse (chemistry) has a lot to do it. ... I'm not trying to change anybody or anything like that, I'm just trying to get the best baseball out of that particular player for him to do what I need him to do to finish off the rest of the lineup or to bring that team to what it should be.
said Sparky Lyle
I do what I can do to make things click ... A good manager is kind of like a good umpire. If he's doing a good job, you don't even know he's around. I like that.
said Sparky Lyle
