David Eckstein Quotes

"By starting up the action with the hit-and-run and making him swing the bat and try to hit the ball to the right side, that might have gotten him going. It takes a little while, but his swing looked a lot better tonight."

"Without a doubt, ... His location was unbelievable. You watch the film and he throws the ball up a lot, but today he was throwing the ball down, right at the knees, on the corners. He did a fantastic job tonight."

"On paper, we have more talent [than 2002]. Without a doubt. And we have more experience now, because we've done it before. But it's a long season."

"It was one of those things where we definitely wanted a family friend, ... We didn't want someone from too far outside the family, because sometimes you might not know what the intentions behind it are. With Lorie, she's a great friend to our family, as well as a great person. We've known her a long time. It was perfect."

"I told them baseball owed them nothing and wasn't a fair game. I emphasized what a privilege that it is to wear a uniform every day. I challenged them to do something to earn and deserve the right to wear a uniform. I warned them that if they didn't, they might not be wearing one."

"Watch this. Froze him like you wouldn't believe. Definitely, he has not just a fastball."

"Having gone through this other times, I have full confidence in the surgery. Actually, it'll probably be a day of joy. Because my dad will get a lot of his freedom back."

"I was in complete control. I knew what I was saying. I had a meaning behind it,"

"It's one of those things. Baseball is a funny game. Every club can beat any club. They come out and play great against us. It's hard to believe to see where they're standing. They've got a great club."

"I've hit balls with everything I've got and it doesn't go over the fence. So I definitely run hard. I'll never have the opportunity to sit there and watch one as it goes out because I don't have that kind of pop."

"It's pretty loud. The whole game, there's like a buzz going through (the stands). It's nice, it was fun going out there."

"It never gets old having the opportunity to throw some champagne. This is so much fun."

"It's fun,"

"That could come down to a 1-0 game with those guys on the mound. So it was very key for us to go out there and get some runs early."

"Scott's a hard-nosed guy who really understands and loves playing the game."

"Last year had a lot of tradition and a lot of history and now we're opening up something new -- and it's beautiful. It's a new era of baseball. You definitely miss the old stadium, but now you have something as beautiful as this. You're kind of torn between them both."

"We have a couple of guys capable of hitting a lot of home runs that haven't yet."

"The way Jimmy [Edmonds] hit the home run in Game 6, and making the catch he made in Game 7 -- it just seemed like every one of those games was so intense. Home-field advantage was a real key, so you definitely have to be ready to play."

"We held home field advantage. One thing we've got to do, we've got to stay aggressive. We can't wait to get over there."

"We expected to win. I didn't even pack anything (Wednesday) or make any plans for getting home because I thought we would win tonight."