You couldn't have a leisurely ride with Matt. It turned into what we call a 'hammer fest.' Matt's driving the pace and everyone else is just hanging on.
Finland's Kalle Palander competes in the men's "Nightrace" slalom event at the FIS World Cup in Schladming 22 January 2008. Italy's Manfred Moellg recorded the fastest first run, 0.08sec ahead of Austria's double world slalom champion Mario Matt, with France's slalom specialist Jean-Baptiste Grange 0.66sec off the pace in third.
Austria's Benjamin Raich competes in the men's "Nightrace" slalom event at the FIS World Cup in Schladming 22 January 2008. Italy's Manfred Moellg recorded the fastest first run, 0.08sec ahead of Austria's double world slalom champion Mario Matt, with France's slalom specialist Jean-Baptiste Grange 0.66sec off the pace in third.
Julien Lizeroux of France competes in the men's "Nightrace" slalom event at the FIS World Cup in Schladming 22 January 2008. Italy's Manfred Moellg recorded the fastest first run, 0.08sec ahead of Austria's double world slalom champion Mario Matt, with France's slalom specialist Jean-Baptiste Grange 0.66sec off the pace in third.
Manfred Moelgg of Italy competes in the men's "Nightrace" slalom event at the FIS World Cup in Schladming 22 January 2008. Italy's Manfred Moellg recorded the fastest first run, 0.08sec ahead of Austria's double world slalom champion Mario Matt, with France's slalom specialist Jean-Baptiste Grange 0.66sec off the pace in third.
Felix Neureuther of Germany competes in the men's "Nightrace" slalom event at the FIS World Cup in Schladming 22 January 2008. Italy's Manfred Moellg recorded the fastest first run, 0.08sec ahead of Austria's double world slalom champion Mario Matt, with France's slalom specialist Jean-Baptiste Grange 0.66sec off the pace in third.
Mario Matt of Austria competes in the men's "Nightrace" slalom event at the FIS World Cup in Schladming 22 January 2008. Italy's Manfred Moellg recorded the fastest first run, 0.08sec ahead of Austria's double world slalom champion Mario Matt, with France's slalom specialist Jean-Baptiste Grange 0.66sec off the pace in third.
He has qualities but he is a little off the pace at the moment, although we can work on that. We have released Matt Halliday but we will talk to Luke and see where we go.
We wanted to get more involved with her treatment and the cause so I decided I wanted to do a Team In Training (run) and Matt’s run a half marathon before so I asked him to help pace me
The big boys — Matt Holliday, Todd Helton, Garrett Atkins and Hawpe — have to start hitting, not only in the clutch, but earlier in games. Giving their starting pitcher a fat early cushion would be a nice change of pace. Hawpe and Helton, the two lefties, have been huge disappointments.