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Thursday - April 19, 2007

KVUE talks to Kyle Russell

KVUE ran a very nice story this evening about Kyle Russell breaking the single season home run record in Tuesday's game. Alas, it does not appear to be among the video links on their site. Maybe it'll show up in the next couple of days. But, I rather doubt it. It looks like the only offer "important" stories...not entertaining ones! Matt Mitchell apparently talked to Kyle this afternoon.

A couple of quotes from Kyle:

• "I'd be lying if I didn't say (sic) that it wasn't on my mind. Because, I mean, I'm stuck at 20. And it's just like, okay, every time I go up to bat, people are like, 'TWENTY-ONE! TWENTY-ONE!' So, I mean, it's kinda hard not to think about it when all that stuff is getting drilled into your head."
• About that home run: "I was looking at off-speed the whole entire time. But, I adjusted to fast ball and he threw it...up and out...and I just took it that way. And, luckily, it went over the fence. And, it was a pretty crazy moment. It was one of the exciting moments of my life."
• After Matt Mitchell commented that Kyle said he wanted to set the record at home against Texas Tech and he had an unspoken agreement with Augie Garrido, that Kyle would get one big swing and Augie would get the other two. Kyle (laughing): "Every single time...that first hack that I would take, I would just swing, like, you know, I was trying to hit it all the way to Texas A&M. And, he'd just look at me and start laughing. And, I'd just laugh back."

Good stuff.

Posted by Joanna at 11:49 PM