26 Quotes by Aaron Nieckula

I think they're excited to get out on the road and experience some of the other ballparks and cities. It's nice to get out and experience the road a little bit.

That was nice. I said, 'You want us to get that ball for you?' I'm sure the monkey is lifted off his back. Hopefully this will open up the floodgates for him.

We've got some team speed. We've got guys with baseball savvy out there that are willing and wanting to take the extra base. It just goes to show that you don't need to hit the ball out of the ballpark or hit doubles and triples to score runs. We scored eight runs. It's timely hitting.

Expectations are high. There is a lot of chemistry with this staff, and that's very important.

We got men on base, via walk or an error or the base knock that last inning. We just couldn't do anything with it.

Ronnie came in and threw the ball pretty well ... you can't ask for anything better than giving us a chance to win. Unfortunately we didn't score any runs.

Really from Day 1, the bullpen has done a good job of coming in, whether we're up or we're down, and they've held the door to give our offense a chance to score.

After a few days off, you can get lackadaisical or lethargic in your play. Yeah, our bullpen was healthy, but at the same time, when you don't see live pitching, when you don't see live hitters and you don't see live stuff coming off the bats, it's a lot different.

Submariner like that, you don't see those kinds of guys too often. But that's really no excuse.