Asaf Buchner Quotes

(Clemens, a right-handed hitter with power to all fields, has hit over .300 with Greeneville and belted several mammoth homers. His first was a grand slam and reached the football stadium over the right-field hill in Johnson City. A blast atop the clubhouse in Pulaski, Va., was estimated to have gone 515 feet. His father wasn`t there for either.He was at a speaking engagement when Koby hit his grand slam and wondered why his cellphone kept vibrating. His wife, Debbie, and others were trying to let him know.) He`s on his way and he hasn`t done it on my coattails, ... I`m happy for him. I`m just kicking back and enjoying it.

I`d much rather hit. I hated pitching, ... When you have my dad`s name on your back, it`s like wearing a bull`s-eye. It`s smaller if you`re not on the mound.

I think having him here some has been a big help to me, ... And I don`t think any of the other players have minded.

I don`t think of it as pressure,

Everyone is their own man. It`s kind of easier that I`m not a pitcher, but they still expect a lot out of you. You`ve really got to play your own game. You can`t try to live up someone else, you`ve got to live up to your own hype.

It kind of hit me just a little bit because it`s always been a dream for me to go play at UT,

He gave me some knuckles and said `That `a boy,`

I wish I could talk to Satchel Paige and find out what he did to pitch at 50,

I really don`t see it, ... It will take me at least a couple of years to get there, and he won`t want to keep going forever.

says Koby. ``He took us shopping. On the first day he took us to a big Wal-Mart and he was like a kid in a big toy store. Grabbing a bunch of stuff saying, `You`re going to need this, you`re going to need that.` It was funny.